A.R. Valentien Restaurant: a high-energy homage to freshness."Trust the instincts of a chef as seasoned as Jeff Jackson Jeff Jackson (born April 24, 1965 in Chatham, Ontario) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 263 games in the National Hockey League. He played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers, Quebec Nordiques, and Chicago Blackhawks. ...and you have a food lover's hole in one... A.R. Valentien and The Lodge have redefined luxury in a new way." Superb produce from renowned local farmers and the best of California's seafoods and meats are showcased at A.R. Valentien, the signature restaurant of The Lodge at Torrey Pines Torrey Pines can refer to:
Chef Jeff Jackson oversees the restaurant's creative selections. The extensive California wine list features varietals from boutique vineyards. A.R. Valentien offers indoor private dining and alfresco dining on the deck beneath a canopy of Torrey pines, with views over rolling fairways to the Pacific. Restaurant critic John Mariani says about A.R. Valentien: "...A.R. Valentien -- named for an early-twentieth-century California artist -- offers big flavors and big portions via superb young Chef Jeff Jackson. Eat, drink, sleep, and play one of America's top public courses with sublime sublime /sub·lime/ (sub-lim´) to volatilize a solid body by heat and then to collect it in a purified form as a solid or powder. abandon." A.R. Valentien was named one of America's Best New Restaurants by ESQUIRE Magazine, November 2002. RELATED ARTICLE: OUR PRECIOUS NEIGHBOR TURNS 103 Located a short walk or drive from The Lodge, Torrey Pines State Reserve Torrey Pines State Reserve is located within San Diego, California city limits and yet remains one of the wildest stretches of land on the Southern California coast. Two thousand acres (8 km²) of land are as they were before San Diego was developed—with the chaparral protects America's rarest pine tree--a species found only here, on less than a thousand acres, as well as in an isolated grove on Santa Rosa Island Santa Rosa Island, narrow barrier beach between the Gulf of Mexico and Santa Rosa Sound, NW Fla. in the vicinity of Pensacola, extending c.50 mi (80 km) parallel to the coast. It is the site of Fort Pickens and of a missile-launching station. The island is also a resort area. , one of the Channel Islands off the Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, coast. Long-needled, with sculpturally-twisted trunks and branches that attract California's many "plein air plein air or plein-air adj. 1. Of or being a style of painting produced out of doors in natural light. 2. Taking place outdoors: plein air dining. " artists and photographers, the pines cling to Verb 1. cling to - hold firmly, usually with one's hands; "She clutched my arm when she got scared" hold close, hold tight, clutch hold, take hold - have or hold in one's hands or grip; "Hold this bowl for a moment, please"; "A crazy idea took hold of golden cliffs and table-like sandstone formations along a three-mile stretch of coastline. Lodge guests who walk to the Reserve are welcome (no admission fee) to hike its many miles of trails leading to ocean overlooks, as well as one thrilling, cliff-hanging stretch down to the beach. Parking in Reserve lots costs $4. Don't miss the original Lodge--our namesake--a Pueblo Revival style building designed by noted architect Richard Requa and constructed in 1923. It now serves as a museum and headquarters at the top of the Reserve's bluff. Reserve lands were first set aside in March 1899. Our concierge can provide you with trail maps and a picnic lunch (but please note that the fragile Reserve only allows picnics on the beach; no food or drinks are allowed elsewhere on the cliffs or amongst the trees). Torrey Pines State Reserve is open daily from 8AM until dusk. The Visitor Center opens daily at 9AM. |
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