The Westside’s Tiato Market Garden Cafe announces its new holiday menu that stays true to its commitment to sustainable living with a twist of Green glamour. Tiato’s gearing up for the holiday season with organic sustainable themed-fare appropriate for everything from Halloween to New Years. Tiato is the latest restaurant concept and event venue from the House of An.
The limited-time-only holiday menu is highlighted by numerous sustainable fare and biodynamic wines, as well as the An’s Secret Spiced Organic Turkey with “Sides from Around the World.”
Tiato’s seasonal fare is a great complement to the spot‘s eco-conscious design aesthetic and impressive outdoor space, providing the ultimate eco-chic event venue this holiday season.
New holiday menu items include: Pumpkin-Spiced Jidori Free Range Chicken with wasabi mash, chinese long beans, and lemon thyme jus; Sustainable Yellowtail Tartar with Kumquat Dijon wrapped in our own garden fresh organic Tiato Leaves, Grass-Fed Organic Mini-Tiato Sliders; and the An‘s Secret Spiced Organic Thanksgiving Turkey with “Sides from Around the World“, such as, coconut sticky rice stuffing, garlic sauteed Chinese brocoli, wasabi mashed potatoes and cardamon candied cranberries.
The Westside venue also introduces “Tea Parties with a Twist“ emphasizing freshly brewed whole leaf and flowering teas that are great for a girls‘ night out or weekend brunch, interactive cooking classes can also be offered as part of the event, and special garden herb-infused holiday cocktails created by House of An‘s renowned mixologist. Some of this season‘s featured libations are a Chocolate Organic Peppermint Martini with fresh herbs from Tiato’s on-site herb garden, an Organic Mulled Spice Rum Cider, and a Green Kiss, Tiato’s signature holiday cocktail muddled with freshly cut garden herbs of basil, rosemary, and thyme. Tiato boasts a wine list that is 80% sustainable, including several biodynamic wines such as Paul Dolan.
The extremely versatile eco-chic café + venue concept brags over 8,000 square feet of holiday entertaining potential including a private dining area for small family celebrations and more intimate parties.
The interior of Tiato can be transformed into cozy semi-private sections, or left as a more spacious setting to accommodate the flow of larger parties with an optional dance floor and band stage set-up.
Tiato’s organic atmosphere with raw concrete floors, high honycomb ceilings, natural lighting, reclaimed wood from Wyoming snow fence, eco- friendly textiles and flooring create the perfect backdrop for your eco-chic holiday event.
Tiato’s outdoor garden patio is the largest in the city and has a seating capacity unmatched by any other venue on the Westside. The al fresco space includes citrus trees, an organic herb garden, water features and strands of market lights that twinkle from the trees and canopy above.
Tiato is located inside the MTV/Lionsgate building, at 2700 Colorado Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90404. Hours of operation are Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM. Street and underground parking are available. For more information about Tiato call (310) 866-5228 or visit www.tiato.com or www.twitter.com/tiatocafe.
House of An
House of An (www.houseofan.com) is an industry leading group of multi-concept establishments in the restaurant and food service industry, run by the women of the An family, a close-knit unit of passionate chefs and food service professionals. Their portfolio includes their original location, Thanh Long in San Francisco, CA which opened in 1971, and the original Crustacean location in San Francisco, which opened in 1991. In 1997, the opening of their award-winning Crustacean Restaurant in Beverly Hills, CA, where Executive Chef Helene An creates her famous, award winning Euro-Vietnamese fusion cuisine, took House of An to another culinary level. An Catering, open since 2007 and lauded as “Star Caterer to the Stars,†allows fans of the restaurant to bring the secrets of the family’s kitchen with them to events large and small. In December 2009, House of An expanded yet again with new concept AnQi, a gourmet bistro experience located at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, CA. In June 2010, market garden café Tiato opened in Santa Monica, CA.
