{"id":3170,"date":"2012-07-01T01:11:05","date_gmt":"2012-07-01T08:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegotroubadour.com\/?p=3170"},"modified":"2013-03-29T14:37:36","modified_gmt":"2013-03-29T21:37:36","slug":"the-starving-musicians-where-to-eat-in-this-town-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegotroubadour.com\/the-starving-musicians-where-to-eat-in-this-town-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Starving Musicians: Where to Eat in This Town"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ki’s Restaurant<\/p><\/div>\n

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Robbie’s Roadhouse<\/p><\/div>\n

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Calypso Cafe<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Well, the Starving Musicians are well fed! We checked out, not one, but three eateries for our column this month, looking for something to boast about. All three met our guideline premise as establishments monetarily supporting local music. Ergo, they actually pay the musicians who perform there. What a concept! Again, our philosophy is if they support us, we can reciprocate and support them. However, as musicians not accustomed to a wallet full of spendable cash, we also look to discover those enterprises who serve up a goodly, tasty portion at a musician-friendly price. We concentrated our efforts this month in the north county beach communities, where there seems to be a hub of music activity along Highway 101.<\/p>\n

KI\u2019S RESTAURANT<\/strong>
\nFirst on our list was Ki\u2019s, specializing in organic, locally grown, and healthy cuisine, located in Cardiff, next to the Kraken. The menu features breakfast, lunch, and dinner items, and there are quite a few vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free selections to be had. Our first impression was that the staff were confused by their own ordering procedures, but after placing and paying in advance for our order downstairs, we walked upstairs with our order number in hand and waited at a table for the fare to arrive. Now, Rick likes a nice juicy hamburger, medium rare. Ki\u2019s burger, though, was way too overcooked (Rick said it was as dry as an old maid\u2019s nasty). Eleven dollars is apparently the average price of a burger in this region, but it seemed far too much for that bad boy. My Salad Nicoise was not much better; the albacore was dry, and tasted a bit on the \u201cold\u201d side. While we applaud their commitment to environmental and community consciousness, the food we received didn\u2019t satisfy.<\/p>\n

Ki\u2019s Restaurant, 2591 S. Coast Hwy 101, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, CA 92007 <\/strong>– 760.436.5544 – www.kisrestaurant.com<\/strong><\/p>\n

ROBBIE\u2019S ROADHOUSE<\/strong>
\nOur next stop was Robbies Roadhouse, which is actually two restaurants in one, serving up California cuisine on one side of the menu and Italian on the other (under the name \u201cVigilucci\u2019s\u201d) along the roadside in the more northern beach community of Encinitas. Since the weather was perfect, we chose to sit outdoors on their patio. I chose the ribeye sandwich while Jim opted for a Rueben sandwich with truffle oil and parmesan fries, and we split a bowl of mac \u2018n\u2019 cheese from the \u201csides\u201d portion of the menu. The prices are pretty much what you\u2019d expect in that area of town, but starving musicians need to find value for our buck, so, if 11 dollars is too much to lay out for a sandwich, we could recommend simply ordering the mac \u2018n\u2019 cheese for $7.50. Good and plentiful enough to get you by until dinner.<\/p>\n

Robbie\u2019s Roadhouse\/Vigilucci\u2019s, 530 N. Coast Hwy 101, Encinitas, CA 92024<\/strong>
\n 760.634.2365 – http:\/\/www.vigiluccis.com<\/strong><\/p>\n

CALYPSO CAFE<\/strong>
\nLast, and only a block away up Hwy 101, the Calypso Cafe in Leucadia received our covert visit. They\u2019ve recently expanded operations to include a continental-seafood lunch menu. Their dinner menu comprises a mixture of \u201cworld\u201d flavors, with everything from filet mignon and rack of lamb, to a variety of salad selections and several pasta dishes. The food is consistently great, though the working \u201cstarving\u201d musician might find the prices a bit out of reach for most of the items on the menu. However, we\u2019re all about finding value AND quality, so we suggest that if you find yourself with a little extra folding money and want to treat yourself European-style, just drop in for their mussels and clams appetizer; it\u2019s $13.50, delicious, and the bread they serve along side make it a reasonable meal that\u2019s as good as anything you\u2019ll find in Belgium (known for their tasty mollusks). For a few bucks more, try adding a glass of the house wine or a nice lager, and you\u2019ll leave the place feeling positively Bohemian!<\/p>\n

Calypso Cafe 576 N. Coast Hwy 101, Encinitas, CA 92024<\/strong>
\n 760.452.2773 – www.calypsocafe.net<\/strong><\/p>\n

Until next time, Bon Apetit!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well, the Starving Musicians are well fed! We checked out, not one, but three eateries for our column this month, looking for something to boast about. All three met our guideline premise as establishments monetarily supporting local music. Ergo, they actually pay the musicians who perform there. What a concept! Again, our philosophy is if they support us, we can reciprocate and support them. However, as musicians not accustomed to a wallet full of spendable cash, we also look to discover those enterprises who serve up a goodly, tasty portion at a musician-friendly price. We concentrated our efforts this month in the north county beach communities, where there seems to be a hub of music activity along Highway 101. KI\u2019S RESTAURANT First on our list was Ki\u2019s, specializing in organic, locally grown, and healthy cuisine, located in Cardiff, next to the Kraken. The menu features breakfast, lunch, and dinner items, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3173,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-starving-musicians"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandiegotroubadour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandiegotroubadour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandiegotroubadour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandiegotroubadour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandiegotroubadour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3170"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/sandiegotroubadour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4883,"href":"https:\/\/sandiegotroubadour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3170\/revisions\/4883"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandiegotroubadour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandiegotroubadour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandiegotroubadour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandiegotroubadour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}