Trattoria Acqua on the Cove

A long-standing icon of fine dining in La Jolla, Trattoria Acqua is continuing the 15 year celebration by rebranding the restaurant as Trattoria Acqua on the Cove. The new name comes with a revamped menu with “back to the basics” comfort foods and an appropriately reduced price point. Trattoria Acqua calls one of La Jolla’s luckiest lots home, overlooking the cove and the Pacific. With views like that, at any other restaurant you’d forget the meal sitting in front of you— but not at Trattoria Acqua. Fresh seafood is prepared with Mediterranean flair, and displays an admirable range of undersea diversity. Favorite dishes include Angry Shrimp Scampi – Spicy Black Tiger Shrimp sautéed “Scampi style” with a chipotle pepper & garlic/brandy reduction sauce with a touch of cream and served with “organic” summer vegetables; Mongolian Pork Chop – Asian marinated grilled “Kurobota” pork chop served with brocollini, buttermilk whipped potatoes and red wine vinegar-mustard sauce.