Pay your debts

Financially it is tough for everyone, but we all must meet our obligations. One of the basic obligations in business is funding payroll. Without that there is no need for business or work. No employer should abuse that basic right. Meeting obligations like payroll is one point but to deliberately create debt and push it on another person is morally wrong and unforgivable.  

Poway Anyone?!?

Miami Grille started in Poway back in 2006 - but will there be another Miami Grille in Poway? We need you to tell us what you think. Comment on our Facebook page and let us know.

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All Our Best Wishes to KEVIN

I wanted to recognize the changing of the guard here at Miami Grille UTC. Kevin the long time bartender at our UTC location, and in the early days of Miami Grille at the original location in Poway. Kevin has been with Miami Grille for almost 6 years and will be greatly missed. He is relocating back to Florida - to be closer to his family. We will miss you and wish you all the best. GOOD LUCK in Florida!

Thank You for a Great Start 2011

New Years Eve was a great event and we would like to thank everyone for bringing the New Year in 2011. You can check out the photos and post your own on our Facebook Page.Miami Grille Facebook UTC

Happy 2011 to all!

General Admission Tickets Still Available

  

Reserved Seating is SOLD OUT. We still have General Admission tickets available. These tickets entitle you to the same festivities including; Live music from LATIN GROOVE COMBO, balloon drop, party favors, Caipirinha Toast at midnight, and after midnight Buffet.  They do not include reserve seating or a reserved table. There will be areas throughout the restaurant including the bar, lobby, dance floor and outside. Expect a full house, crowded atmosphere with loud music. General Admission will be allowed in after 10pm only.

Did you Reserve your table for NYE?

We are filling up the tables for our annual New Years Eve Celebration. I will be working with Walter and Latin Groove Combo in setting up the table configuration over the next 2 days. We will be calling to confirm your reservation and table size Thursday. If you have additional guests or special needs we will note them with your reservation.



If you have not purchased or picked up your tickets you still have time Today & Tomorrow. This event did sell out last year and we are on pace to sell out again. The band will start around 10 pm and will be playing into 2011 (1:45 am) Party favors Ballon Drop and a special Ciapirhna Toast served at midnight. Special after midnight buffet will open around 12:30 am with a coffee station and our popular Caribbean Bread Pudding with Rum Sauce. If you get your tickets today or tomorrow advance price is only $ 35. per person. This year everyone will have a reserved table!

Merry Christmas!

From our table to yours, we wish you a

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

What are your New Years Eve plans?

Happy Thanksgiving

Miami Grille UTC will be closed this Thrusday November 25, 2010 for Thanksgiving. We hope you will come by Westfield Mall starting Black Friday. The mall opens at 6 am. Miami Grille will open @ 11 am for Lunch. Just in time to relax from a crazy morning of shopping and enjoy a refreshing Mojito! Remember with all the family and friends in town you might want to stop in Friday night to do some dancing with -Latin Groove Combo- music starts at 9pm

Combo Libertad

Join us this Thursday September 23 for a special live event. Beginning at 7pm with Dance Lessons by Walter Meneses. Learn the basics of Salsa, Merengue, & Bachata. Intermediate lessons followed by Live Music.

• Live Music featuring Combo Libertad
• Special Dance Performances by the students from "Dancing After School"
• Tommy Bahama Mama drink special all night every Thursday night.

Combo Libertad has that special sound to liven up any party.
You will just want to get up and start dancing.

Dance the night away and start your weekend early only at MIAMI GRILLE

Are You Ready for NFL Football?

FOOTBALL SEASON IS HERE!

Miami Grille UTC is proud to offer Every Game. Every Sunday. Right Here.
Join us in our Football lounge area to enjoy your game.
With Direct TV and the Sunday Ticket
we have access to every team in the NFL.
Starting every Sunday morning at 10 am
Enjoy $ 1 off Draft Beer. $ 1 off All Mojito's and $ 4 House Wine.

All Appetizers are 1/2 price from 10 am until 4 pm.

We are also featuring popular Breakfast / Brunch items 10 am until 1 pm.

including Caribbean French Toast and Cuban Style Omelettes.

Relax on our couches and enjoy the games.

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!

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.

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.

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!

Latin Groove Combo

Join us this Friday July 2 to start your Independence Day Weekend right. Miami Grille is pleased to feature Latin Groove Combo with Oddy Pena , Nestor Martinez , Raul Martinez, Edgar Rodriguez, Jose Morales, & Rudy. Dance to the sounds of salsa, merengue, & tropical music. Feel the groove of Latin percussion's, congas, timbales & bongos.
Entertainment is included with dinner. Music starts at 9pm $ 5 cover charge enforced after 8pm. Friday's drink special available all night long is the "Top Shelf Mojito" made with Metusalem Platino rum triple distilled from the Dominican Republic $ 6.

See Latin Groove Combo in UTC

ORDER ON-LINE

Miami Grille's menu is available for pick up and you do not even have to call. Order on-line! Just follow this link to have acess to online ordering. You can even order up to a week in advance.
We have also just added 3 new Plancha Sandwiches to our menu. Try the Ropa Dip served with Ropa Vieja and Chorizo, Swiss Cheese with a Spicy Au Jus Dipping sauce.
New to the dinner menu served after 4pm try the Ahi Tuna served with the Miami Grille rice.

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Tonight Saturday May 29