Happy Summer everyone! Here's what's going on at the Rocket.

Food News

Dennis went to visit Black Dog Farms recently out in the Imperial Valley. We're buying some things from the organic part of their farm, so keep your eye out for their produce on our menu, along with the plethora of other local farms we buy from of course.

We've finally found a new source for California olives, so you'll now be able to get green olives on our tapas menu that are from up north in Corning. We've created a house-made marinade for them including some minced veggies, lemon and chili peppers.

On that note...We've changed some things about our Market Fish Plate, including a new Green Olive Tapenade and the addition of a side of California Wild Rice along with the steamed seasonal veggies. The rice has a wonderfully chewy texture and is seasoned with some of our chimichurri sauce (herbs, citrus & oil).

Events and Other Cool Things

Here are some photos of our current art installation by Maura Vazakas. If you haven't seen them in person yet, the two very different styles of expression are definitely worth a look.

30th on 30th will be on Wednesday this month, so don't be afraid of fighting too big a crowd. Christy is planning to make some Chinese Broccoli sauteed in a house made oyster sauce, and we usually pick a beer to pair with our special but that's still TBD at this point. Just stay tuned to our facebook page or 30th Street blog for updates. And if you're not a beer drinker, never fear, because it just so happens that every Wednesday we offer select wines 1/2 price by the glass all night!

We'll be closing in observance of the 4th of July holiday this year since last year was really quiet. We hope you enjoy your day and we'll be back open on Monday the 5th for business as usual.

Check out the fun, free, local concert series put on at Bird Park this summer. Maybe we'll see you there, or maybe we'll see you at the bistro for dinner after the music is over and the sun has gone down. We're just 2 blocks away!

Until Dennis finishes up our super spiffy custom iPhone restaurant app, check in on our live specials board anytime you're wondering what's on tap or off-menu.

The SDBikeCommuter.com website is growing, and so is Art Produce Gallery's garden space.