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Where We're At

Saltbox
1047 Fifth Avenue,
San Diego, California
(619) 515-3003

You can find one of San Diego's best restaurants, top chefs, coolest cocktail lounges, and favorite outdoor dining spots conveniently located exactly where you need it.

Saltbox is in the Hotel Palomar, on the doorstep to San Diego's ultra-lively Gaslamp Quarter, near East Village, Horton Plaza, the House of Blues and the Red Trolley Line.

Welcome to San Diego's most engaging gastro-lounge, where the food is gratifying, the drinks are exhilarating, and the atmosphere works on multiple levels.

Saltbox is where Executive Chef Simon Dolinky cooks and Master Mixologist Erin Williams pours. For more about us, go to About.

To see our multiple levels, check out the Gallery.

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Up & Coming

Events

Restaurant Week at Saltbox! We've extended for a week!

 

 

 

Restaurant Week 2012

Chef Simon Dolinky

$30 per person with tax and 20% gratuity added

$12 per person for our Sommelier recommended wine pairings

$15 for a flight of three cocktails from our Mixologist Erin Williams

First Course

Flash Fried Shishito Pepper ginger and lemon aioli

broadbent, vinho verde, portugal, nv

Warm Ham and Cheese Bites

parducci “true grit”, petit syrah, mendocino ca 2007

Short Rib Grilled Cheese manchego cheese, sauce piquant

feudi “ognissole”, primitivo, zinfandel clone, apulia it 2009

Shrimp Ceviche Tacos crunchy tortilla, mango salsa

broadbent, vinho verde, portugal, nv

Artichoke Caesar basil, cherry tomatoes, rustic crouton

skouras moscophilliro, peloponnese, greece 2010

Grilled Kale Salad white anchovies, pecorino, black olive crostini

napa cellars, chardonnay, napa valley ca 2009

Main Course

Slow Cooked Brandt Beef Short Rib coconut porter and mango bbq, ginger mustard coleslaw

santa barbara collection, pinot noir, santa barbara ca 2009

Devils Chicken half a jidori chiken, mustard bread crumbs, market vegetables

yangarra shiraz, mclarenvale, australia 2008

Butternut Squash Ravioli pomegranate, curried walnuts, braised kale, brown butter

sokol blosser “evolution”, willamette valley nv

Striped Bass shaved fennel, tomato and grapefruit sauce

skouras moscophilliro, peloponnese, greece 2010

Spicy Seafood Cioppino mussels, mini sourdough loaf, rouille

yangarra shiraz, mclarenvale, australia 2008

Dessert

Butterscotch Pudding whipped cream, chocolate shavings

Pot de Crème mocha whipped cream

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