Best food in La Jolla? Try George's at the Cove

When you’re a foodie, you remember certain dinners with a fondness normally reserved for long-lost lovers or dead pets.
Last month, while covering the U.S. Open, I had the pleasure of dining at George’s at the Cove in La Jolla, which had been recommended by the folks at Lexus as a restaurant that epitomized what they refer to as the “Lexus Lifestyle”.

Now, I don’t normally inhabit whatever sort of ephemeral realm the “Lexus Lifestyle” implies, but the memory of that fine meal is still vividly with me: black olive cured albacore tuna, rack of lamb, and a cheese plate of artisan Wisconsin and Vermont cheeses.

It was– quite literally – a taste of that lifestyle.

The nice thing is that dinner at George’s has plenty of seating, with three levels, all overlooking the ocean. No impossible-to-get reservations here. Just a menu that didn’t actually list the prices, and a location which is sadly very far removed from my Illinois abode.

You know, as far as “lifestyles” go, I could have really gotten used to that one…sigh….