La Jolla is well-known for surfing at Windansea, scuba diving in the Cove, kayaking around the caves, boogie-boarding at the Shores, jogging at Black’s, hang-gliding above the cliffs and biking along the coast.

Good thing there’s plenty of good food in the neighborhood to fuel all these adventures.

Serves superb Northern Italian dishes with a Mediterranean influence.
La Jolla restaurant especially like the osso buco and the seafood pasta. Several dining rooms surround a courtyard and gazebo draped in twinkling lights. Daily for lunch and dinner.

Until last week, the 13-year-old Trattoria Acqua on La Jolla’s Prospect Street remained uncharted territory in my kitchen wanderings. To many restaurant goers I know, the name rings familiar given the media accolades it has received for its hefty repertoire of Mediterranean fare. But to the average pedestrian and motorist lumbering down this showy path, the restaurant barely stands out amid such front liners as Azul and George’s at the Cove.

Owners Michael and Victoria McGeath defer to Chef Damaso Lee of Mexico City for executing a plethora of southern European dishes that gravitate mostly to Italy. The chef recently returned from that country, where he was exposed to new preparations of game, seafood and other red meat due to appear on the menu early next year.

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