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All good things must come to an end…bye bye Glass Door

chefRob — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:01:23 +0000

Seems like only yesterday that we were installing the hood for the kitchen, hammers pounding nails into drywall and saws ripping plywood. The hotel construction dust, trips to Chula Vista for the so-called “knock-off” tiffany style lamps, which are really from Morocco, menu revision after revision, banquet menu’s up the wazoo, daily lunch at the [...]

As crazy as things are now…

chefRob — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 19:10:46 +0000

…they are about to get a whole lot crazier, for me anyway. Before I start going back to posting recipes on the blog (I have the time now to do this) I just wanted to take a few minutes and try and get everyone up to date on what is going on with the [...]

Things that go bump in the night…

chefRob — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 04:16:56 +0000

So this is NOT about things that live under your bed, nor things that make weird noises in the night. It is though about change, and change is good no matter what form it takes.

The changes are, new Sous chef, new restaurant logo, new menu…in that order.

New Sous chef

So it [...]

Sneak Peak @ the new Porto Vista hotel website

chefRob — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 04:49:14 +0000

OK…so I will probably get in trouble for this one, but…I could hold back no longer. Since we opened the Glass Door the Porto Vista hotel (where the restaurant is located) has been in some state of construction. Much to my relief, that seems to be winding down. We have been working 15+ hour [...]

Happy Anniversary Glass Door!

chefRob — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:42:43 +0000

OK, so I really can not believe that last week was the anniversary of our the restaurant’s opening phase, so technically our one year anniversary. On or around July 7th of last year we opened for breakfast, with a restaurant that was barely finished and a hotel that was still under construction. The big celebration [...]

Vote, vote, vote!

chefRob — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:46:11 +0000

Click this link and vote for the Glass Door as San Diego’s best hotel restaurant….Vote the Glass Door for best hotel restaurant… Do it now!

Thanks…chefRob

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The Glass Door makes the finals!

chefRob — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:37:03 +0000

The Glass Door restaurant has made the top 10 for Best Hotel Restaurant in San Diego! With your help, we can be #1 (and I think we should be, IMHO). Please click the Best of image above and vote once a day for the Glass Door, we have just 5 days until the end [...]

Tobin James Wine Social – Rooftop @the Porto Vista hotel

chefRob — Fri, 29 May 2009 03:27:59 +0000

4 June, or next Thursday I…well we are hosting winemaker Tobin James from Paso Robles on our roof for a wine social. 5 wines, 4 food pairings for $ 65 ++ and we will even throw in the view for free! Invite your friends as this is the only semi-private event on the roof for [...]

The Glass Door Voted Best Breakfast in San Diego 2009

chefRob — Mon, 25 May 2009 21:28:20 +0000

The Glass Door restaurant was the Critic’s pick for Best Breakfast in San Diego! I cannot tell everyone how happy that makes me as a chef and my staff that David Nelson picked us over the hundreds of other restaurants that serve breakfast.

David Nelson picks the Glass Door as best breakfast in San Diego! [...]

Roof top deck opens!

chefRob — Fri, 22 May 2009 00:03:43 +0000

All,

Beginning tomorrow and running through Sunday night the Porto Vista hotel (where the Glass Door resides) will be opening our rooftop deck. This is the only rooftop venue in Little Italy and is the best rooftop venue in all of downtown San Diego.

The deck offers guests large cabanas to lounge around in, [...]