Get Sea & Smoke in Your Belly; New Restaurant Opens in Del Mar

Sea & Smoke opened just days before the race season in Del Mar. The restaurant, which serves up responsibly sourced dishes, is Chef Matt Gordon's third restaurant in San Diego County.

The brasserie style restaurant took over the Paradise Grille space in Flower Hill Promenade. It serves breakfast, lunch and dinner both on its outdoor patio and inside.

Dinner is à la carte and guests are encouraged to share entree dishes and sides. Menu items include shell baked diver scallops with black olive crust; and Niman Ranch pork belly with ginger-soy marinade, pickled fresno peppers and ginger. There are also several vegetarian options such as the confit carrot with multi-grain risotto, red wine reduction, ruby red grapefruit and watercress. Entrees run $14-$40. (Plus they have a $70 Paso prime grass-fed 35-day dry aged natural shortloin. It is 18 ounces.)

Patch stopped in for brunch recently and tried the frittata with arugula pesto, oven dried tomatoes, grilled squash, basil, feta and roasted tomatoes; and the chicken or the egg sammie with marinated free range chicken and fried egg with aioli on croissant with fries. We also splurged on the grilled peaches dessert with brown butter shortcake, caramel sauce and sour cream ice cream. Breakfast and lunch runs you $9-$14.

With roughly 12 draft beers, 25 wines by the glass and Scotch flight for sipping, Sea & Smoke's bar is stocked. There is a large lounge area for drinks and bites as well.

• Address: 2690 Via De La Valle, Del Mar, CA 92014
• Shopping Center: Flower Hill Promenade
• Phone: 858-925-8212
• Web: seaandsmoke.com
• Facebook: Sea & Smoke
• Twitter: @seaandsmoke
• Cuisine: American
• Menu: Day, Happy Hour, Night
• Reservations: Can be made by phone or online
• Meals: Brunch, lunch and dinner
• Seating: Indoor and outdoor
• Days Open: Sun-Sat
• Payment: Cash, debit, credit
• Parking: Lot, parking garage, valet
• Accessibility: Level entrance
• Chef: Matt Gordon
• Opened: July 11, 2013