We had a wonderful dinner last week at a new restaurant here in San Diego called Roseville. The cuisine is “seasonal French-Mediterrranean” and we enjoyed a number of selections from the menu, which featured a
very nice variety of creative dishes that were well-prepared and beautifully presented. We had knowledgeable and efficient servers, and there was also a really excellent dessert menu.

And what does that have to do with Disney, you may ask? Not much really, except that both Lee and I commented that it was the type of experience we used to associate with fine dining at Walt Disney World restaurants, before things got a little bit too homogenized. We can remember going to restaurants like the Contemporary Grill, Artist Point, and Jiko, and having a hard time deciding what we wanted because there were several things that looked really good.
In recent years we’ve been disappointed because it seems like there’s only one or maybe two items that appeal to us. And I’ve been especially disappointed in the dessert menus – there has been a distinct lack of really good chocolate desserts!

Over on the Disneyland side of the world…I was dismayed to learn earlier this week that the Disneyland Resort is going to be closing The Vineyard Room by the end of August. The restaurant is inside Disney’s California Adventure and it’s my favorite table service restaurant in the parks. Lee and I thought about eating there when we were at the park in July – now I wish we had. I really hope they will use Executive Chef Gloria Tae’s talents somewhere else at the resort.

Anyway…for anyone who lives in San Diego, we highly recommend Roseville!

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