NYE reminder - Q&A

A lot of questions regarding New Years Eve at Miami Grille UTC. I will try to answer them. First, the regular dinner menu will be available all day and night until 11 pm. If you would like to dine before or during the salsa lessons or first set of Luna Llena, I would recommend a reservation for a dinner table. Second, the dance floor will be positioned in front of the band on the east side of the dinning room. This will help accommodate the larger crowds. It will also eliminate the bottle neck in front of the bar. Third, the balloon drop and festivities will happen throughout the restaurant. I have 3 drops over the dance floor and the bar area. Tables will be offered at a first come first serve basis. There should be plenty of seating with the new restaurant configuration. Some guests are staying at the Embassy Suites afterwards. We always recommend a designated driver and we will do whatever it takes to make sure everyone has a Happy & Safe New Years!

New Years Eve 2010

Join us at Miami Grille UTC

Live Music & Dancing
Featuring
- Luna Llena -
10:00 pm - 1:00 am

Salsa Dance Lessons w/ Walter Lessons begin at 9 pm.

Dinner Menu available until 11 pm

Midnight CUBAN BUFFET
Serving Ropa Vieja, Lechon, Rice & Beans, South Beach Salad, Scrambled Eggs, Caribbean Bread Pudding, Coffee Station

Sparkling Caipirinha TOAST
Served @ midnight. Must be over 21 for alcohol.

$20 per person for Advance Tickets
**Save $ 10.00**
Tickets available from Miami Grille / Luna Llena / Walter

Tickets on night of event NYE $ 30 pp
Includes Dancing, Dancing & Dancing, Live Music, Midnight Buffet, Salsa Lessons, Party Favors, Ballon Drop and Sparkiling Caipirinha Toast at midnight.
Event time begins at 9 pm - 1 am

MiamiGrille.com
858-552-0668
4353 La Jolla Village Dr
Next to Macy’s Westfield UTC Mall
18 yrs and up

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Yerba Mate Herb in MATERVA

Materva Yerba Mate Soda; A Cuban favorite - delicious! It tastes like a sparkling tea soda with a cream finish. Some notes of apple juice and bubble gum. Sweet but not overbarring. A golden brown soda. It smells much like a champagne cola and the taste is close.

Materva is a mate soft drink, (non alcoholic) produced in Miami by Cawy Bottling Company. Materva is made from yerba mate, an herb imported from Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Materva is very popular among Cubans and other Hispanics in the United States. Some claim that the drink has health benefits, such as a strengthened immune system, better sexual performance, less stress, and a younger appearance.

The Materva Soft Drink Company was founded in Matanzas, Cuba, in 1920. It was produced and sold in Cuba until 1960, when the Cuban Revolution brought about the nationalization of all private industry. The rights to the drink were bought out by the competing Cawy Bottling Company of Miami in 1965. Materva in 2002 was given the Best Local Soft Drink award by the Miami New Times. Recently, Materva has been distributed outside Southern Florida to larger markets in the United States, Spain, and Central America. The staff at Miami Grille tasted it this week and loved it. Come check it out only at Miami Grille in San Diego!

Black Friday live Music !Priza!

!Priza! will be playing live at Miami Grille UTC Friday starting at noon. Join us after your Black Friday shopping spree for a Mojito's and live Salsa - Afro - Funk & Jazz at the Westfield UTC Mall next to Macy's

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VIP Celebration

Special Invitation Only

This Saturday night November 21 Miami Grille will be celebrating with our special customers - you. Just go to the web site and print your pass. We will be starting the party early with Salsa Dance Lessons followed by live music direct from Cuba * Emilio y su Tres Cubanos*

Caipirihna Cocktail Party featuring Cachaca 61, Brazilian Rum (Must be over 21 years old for alcohol) Complimentary Tapas Buffet starting at 9pm. This will be a very full event so come in early, first come - fist served for tables in the cocktail lounge area. Seating is limited although everyone will be welcome!

Iron Beer - National Beverage of Cuba

Ironbeer is a soft drink that originated in Cuba in 1917.

Produced in Miami since 1960 after the nationalization of Cuba by Castro.

This non alcoholic beverage has been served at Miami Grille for over 4 years and only a select few of our guests have experienced its unique flavors. A wonderfully sweet beverage that crosses the flavors of Root Beer and Cream Soda with a slight citrus zing. Some describe it as being similar to Mr Pibb or Dr Pepper. I know you will have an unforgettable flavor sensation and a story to tell about this original Cuban beverage. Odds are high you will not find this soft drink at any other restaurant in San Diego.

Westfield UTC Employee Celebration

Miami Grille located next to Macy's at the Westfield UTC mall is celebrating all the employees next Saturday night November 14 after the mall closes. Invitation only (passed out by your managers) Salsa dance lessons, live music, free appetizers and a Caipirihna cocktail party for guests 21 and over. Endoxi will be preforming live starting @ 9:00pm http://www.myspace.com/endoxi
or on Endoxi - facebook. This is a rare opportunity to see this acoustic duo. We all know that this retail season will be bigger than last year so... start this holiday season off right, let's get this party started at Miami Grille UTC
For more information and your Invitation - ask your manager or call Miami Grille UTC 858-552-0668 or print this blog and give it to your manager to endorse.

Happy Hour Buffet

Miami Grille UTC -

Check out our new Happy Hour Buffet. Not only do we have great drink specials including $ 4 wine by the glass. We have a great spread of free BBQ slow roasted Pork Sliders and Vegetarian Croquettes. Happy Hour runs every Monday thru Friday. The buffet will be available every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 4pm - 6pm.

Happy Halloween Weekend

• Live music tonight with Latin Groove Combo starting around 8 pm.
• Saturday night Halloween, we will not be having live entertainment - enjoy trick or treating!
• Sunday Brunch will start at 10 am $ 9.50 breakfast spread includes beverages, and this week we are going to have some great pro football matchups on TV. Go Chargers

Entertainment This Weekend

Miami Grille UTC

• Thursday 10/22/09 starting @ 7 pm salsa dance lessons with Walter at its usual time. There is no charge for the lessons but Walter requests a donation of $ 10 to his charity "Dancing After School" Following salsa dance lessons this Thursday night we will be featuring Emilio & Tres Cubanos (playing most Saturday Nights) Luna Llena will return next Thursday 10/29/09.
• Friday night there will be no live music we will close early due to a private event.
• Saturday night 10/24/09 beginning at 9pm we will be featuring Diego Mondargon on violin, playing jazz/salsa in a proformance you do not want to miss.

Remember to check out our web site for the latest information on drink specials and live music http://www.miamigrille.com/

858-552-0668

Breast Cancer Foundation

Please Join Us Tomorrow,

Saturday, October 17

between 5 and 11:30 p.m.

we are proud to sponsor
The San Diego Breast Cancer 3Day Camp Logistics Team!

For each of the following select items ordered tonight,
Miami Grille will donate $1 to the
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation:

Canasta de Frita
Key West Chopp
Bread Pudding

From the bar:
Pink Ribbon Cachaça Spritzer

The event will also feature a Salsa lesson at 7pm, live Cuban band and dancing at 8pm and Raffle prizes all night!

Chimichurri

Jimmy McCurry

Chimichurri originated from Argentina and Uruguay, and is a popular sauce used with grilled meat in many Latin American countries. The unusual name comes from 'Jimmy McCurry', an Irishman who first prepared the sauce. He was sympathetic to the cause of Argentine independence and marched with the troops of General Jasson Ospina in the 19th century. The sauce was popular and the recipe was passed on. However, 'Jimmy McCurry' was difficult for the native people to say so the name was corrupted and morphed to 'chimichurri'.

Miami Grille serves the chimichurri in serveral dishes including the Churrasco Chopp, The Chimichurri Chicken Chopp and the Churrasco Plancha (Sandwich).

Churrasco is a Portuguese and Spanish term referring to beef or grilled meat. In Latin America especially Argentina, Uruguay and in the South of Brazil a churrasco is a thick cut of skirt steak served with chimichurri.

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Elena Ruz (The Sandwich)

Elena Ruz
Cuba History pre Castro at its best - I found this explanation of the name of this popular sandwich on Chowhound Florida, must be true ;-)

Robert Creamer, author of the definitive Babe Ruth biography, explained in a 1960’s interview for the Saturday Evening Post how the Babe went to Cuba to play baseball in the off-season at least twice with his first wife, Helen. Helen, who was of frail health and who rarely went out, asked the head waiter at the Hotel Nacional in Havana, where they were staying, to prepare her a sandwich that her grandmother used to make: turkey slices with cream cheese and strawberry jam on toasted white bread. The head waiter obliged the babseball star’s wife, and thus the sandwich was named Elena (or Helen) Rus (pronounced “Roos”, a literal spelling of how non-English speaking Cubans pronounced “Ruth”). This story was confirmed by that head waiter, whose name was Valsar, and who went to exile in Miami after 1960, and died shortly thereafter.

Of course you can enjoy this Plancha at Maimi Grille here in San Diego and eat a little history.
$ 9.50 served with our mixed fries (half sandwich available M-Th 11am-1pm $ 4.75)

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Band tonight is Latin Groove Combo. This group of musicians play a cool upbeat salsa sound. We feature them every other Friday this month