Here is some of this week’s dining news and food events from across San Diego County:
Parfait Paris gets spooky: San Diego-based Parfait Paris, with seven local French-style patisseries, is baking up Halloween and Dia de los Muertos-inspired layered cakes and entremets through Nov. 2. They include a jack o’lantern, coffin, ghost, Jack Skellington and a Dia sugar skull varieties. Each dessert serves two. Locations in Fashion Valley and Westfield UTC malls, the Del Mar Sky Deck, Liberty Public Market, and in Coronado, the Gaslamp Quarter and La Jolla. parfaitparis.com
Nat at Night is back: The San Diego Natural History Museum’s Friday-evening rooftop parties has returned, with events weekly through Dec. 18 (excluding Oct. 30 and Dec. 4). Events include a no-host cocktail bar, food for sale and a DJ. 5 to 11 p.m. Fridays, every week through Dec. 18, excluding Oct. 30 (the Nat’s “Adultologists” Halloween party for ages 21 and up) and Dec. 4 (December Nights). 1788 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego. $12.50, adults. $8.50, youth. sdnhm.org/calendar/nat-at-night/
Taste of City Heights: On Saturday, the City Hights Community Development Corp will host its second annual culinary walking tour, where ticket-buyers can get a taste of global cuisine at more than 30 restaurants and enjoy live entertainment along a 1.5-mile stretch of University Avenue. Tickets are $65 for general admission and $95 for VIP, for early entry and upgraded tastings, gifts and complimentary drinks. 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday. eventbrite.com/e/taste-of-city-heights-tickets-1989923308182
Fish Shop hosts charity event: Fish Shop Pacific Beach will host a Give Back Night, from 3 to 10 p.m. Saturday, to benefit It’s All About the Kids, a local nonprofit focused on ending childhood hunger and providing nutritional education and choices to childrens and families. During those hours Saturday, when any guest mentions It’s All About the Kids when they’re ordering, Fish Shop Pacific Beach will donate 15% of those sales to the organization. Guests can also donate $1 or $5 at the counter and bring their donation receipt to the It’s All About the Kids table at the restaurant during the event to receive a swag item. Since it began supporting It’s All About Kids in 2019, Fish Shop has helped provide more than 95,000 meals to San Diego children. 1775 Garnet Ave., San Diego. thefishshops.com/pacific-beach
Celebrate the Craft: The Lodge at Torrey Pines will host its 23rd annual culinary festival showcasing Southern California restaurants, seasonal food, wines, artisan wares and farm ingredients. This year’s festival will be led by the Lodge’s new team of Executive Chef Eric Sakai and A.R. Valentien Chef de Cuisine Owen Beatty. Other featured chefs will include Eric Bost, Travis Swikard, Brad Wise, Brian Redzikowski, Drew Deckman, Joo Ruiz, Claudia Sandoval, Oscar Torres and many more. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. 11480 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla. $375. lodgetorreypines.com/celebrate-the-craft
Salt & Straw Halloween flavors: Salt & Straw shops in Little Italy, Del Mar’s One Paseo and Wesfield UTC are serving five Halloween-themed ice cream flavors this month. They include the Great Candycopia, a salted butterscotch flavor with candy mix-ins; Jack O’Lantern Pumpkin Bread, with pumpkin spice ice cream and cream cheese frosting; Witch’s Brew Fruit Punch Sherbet, Creepy Crawly Critters, with sweet green match ice cream candy crickets and worms; and dairy-free Chocolate Graveyard Cookie Crumble, with black cocoa coconut cream with cookie crumbles and chocolate frosting. saltandstraw.com
Beach Plum hosts tea service: Beach Plum Kitchen Breakfast & Lunch café will three host afternoon tea seatings Oct. 24. Tickets are $40 and includes choice of tea, scones, finger sandwiches and fresh-baked sweets. Reservations available at 4, 4:15 and 4:30 p.m. Oct. 24. 6971 El Camino Real, Suite 201, Carlsbad. beachplumkitchen.com
Winehouse Halloween Party: M Winehouse in Little Italy is hosting a themed Halloween night event, with haunted portraits, floating candles, spiderwebs and more. Tickets include two glasses of sangria and the chance to participate in the evening’s costume contest. 7-11:30 p.m. Oct. 31. 1918 India St., San Diego. $14-$28. mwinehouse.com
Cloak & Petal Dia de los Muertos celebration: Mexico’s Day of the Dead returns Nov. 1 and 2, and to commemorate this years tribute to loved ones who have passed, Cloak & Petal is building a large ofrenda (altar). Guests who bring in a photo of a deceased of love one or pet from now through Nov. 2 will receive a $10 gift card for future use at the Japanese fusion restaurant. Chef Robert Cassidy has several Mexican-inspired items on the menu, including a Oaxacan Trade Winds cocktail and an Abuelita (grandmother) sushi roll, made with pepper-crusted tuna, shrimp tempura, spicy tuna, avocado, cucumber, smoked serrano ponzu, spiced lime crema, guajillo shio and micro cilantro. 1953 India St., San Diego. cloakandpetal.com
