Saturday, July 31, 2010

Saturday Night DJ


Dance the night away with no cover and drink specials starting at 10pm and going all night. This Saturday and every Saturday Club MG @ Miami Grille UTC will be spinning the music you want to dance to. Special DJ's featured each weekend. Why drive downtown? We are centrally located with plenty of free parking and no cover on Saturday Night!



Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Caribbean Bread Pudding

Brad from SDCR is coming for dinner tonight to celebrate his wife's birthday. The special birthday wish was for the Caribbean Bread Pudding with hot Rum Sauce. Topped with Haagen Dasz ice cream - she knows what she likes ;-> 

Chocolate Brownie Cake

Chocolate Brownie Cake ala mode


Back by popular demand is the Chocolate Brownie Cake. Served hot and topped with Vanilla Haagen Dazs Ice Cream and drizzeled with chocolate sauce. The perfect match of hot and cold.

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

LIVE MUSIC July 9 & 10

Join us this weekend Friday July 9 & Saturday July 10 for the best LIVE MUSIC in La Jolla / UTC. Friday night our most popular band Latin Groove Combo will bring their sound featuring Salsa / Merengue / Bachata to Miami Grille. They are the house favorite and the tables and chairs by the dance floor fill up quickly. Most guests come in early for dinner to avoid the rush and the last couple of Friday's have seen large parties occupying the majority of the seats near the dance floor. The music is extremely danceable and the variety of sounds from Latin America leads to people calling out their country of origin in celebration.

Saturday night July 10 we are very happy to bring back Emilio y su Tres Cubanos highlighting the raw vivid sound direct from Cuba. The Tres Cubanos are always joined by their friends to provide the music that brings you to Cuba. Enjoy a Mojito and be transported from La Jolla to Cuba. The $ 5 cover charge is included with dinner and will be enforced after 8 pm both Friday and Saturday.

The cigar lounge by the front patio next to the bar is a quite refuge for a sipping rum, don't forget to BYOC bring your own cigar.

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Chopp Chopp

The Chopp Chopp severed at Miami Grille is a very unique signature plate. Chopp Chopp is a play of words using the slang of something made quickly "chop-chop" -and- the fact that the food is prepared with chopped lettuce and tomatoes. The key ingrediants are found from the Florida / Caribbean region or referred to as Floribbean Cuisine.


This combination plate is composed of several main elements. The base of a Chopp Chopp is rice and beans. For a more traditional Cuban style use Black Beans and White Rice. For a more Boricua Puerto Rican style, begin with Pink Beans and Yellow Rice. We also offer another variation of Cuban Fried Rice to the mix.

Now that you have decided on the base of the Chopp Chopp it is time to think about the main profile or protien. The options include a vegetarian choice Eggplant Katsu / seafood choice Mahi Mahi, or Sauteed Shrimp / Grilled Marinated Chicken or Chicken Katsu / Slow Roasted Lechon Pork or Ropa Vieja Beef / or Churrasco Steak.

Top off your Chopp Chopp with any of 7 different sauces. Some suaces work better than others depending on your main profile or protien selection. here are some great rule of thumb combinations;
  • Katsu items work best with our Caribbean BBQ sauce
  • Chimichurri is a perfect sauce with any item that is grilled
  • Citrus Chili is matched well with any seafood item
What makes the Miami Grille signature Chopp Chopp dish so unique is the presentation of the Chopped romaine lettuce and diced tomatoes covering the entire plate. The romaine lettuce is hearty enough to stand up to the rice and beans, and becomes a very refreshing ingrediant that mingles perfectly with the diced tomatoes, and highlights the main course protien. Over the years we have created a few very popular Chopp-Chopp's including the Key West Chopp - topped with Rum Soaked Cranberries and pine nuts. Churrasco Chopp with grilled marinated steak served with Chimichurri sauce and green onions.

The pricing of the Chopp Chopp will vary depending on your main protien selection and it will vary based on portion size from Lunch vs. Dinner. Dinner Chopp Chopps range between 11.50 and 15.95 Lunch time the Chopp Chopp is priced in the range of 12.95 and 9.50!