Our Top Picks For The Final Days Of San Diego Restaurant Week

The Marine Room serves up a deal for Restaurant Week.

If you've wanted to try out a restaurant or two, there's still a couple days left to put yourself in a food coma during San Diego Restaurant Week, which runs through September 18. More than 180 restaurants are offering sweet deals for three-course meals as part of the fifth annual event.

San Diego Restaurant Week, which usually runs in January, is making its fall debut. This marks the second time this year that Restaurant Week has invaded local restaurants. It seems like this marketing ploy to help struggling restaurants is a new trend, since L.A. also recently made its Restaurant Week a semiannual event. But hey, we'll take it to get some cheap, yummy eats. Restaurants all across the county, from Escondido to Coronado, feature special menus with local, seasonal ingredients. You can score some good discounts, since the prix fixe meals come in packages of $20, $30 or $40, though tax, beverages and gratuity aren't included.

Check out Jaunted's picks after the jump.

In the $20 range, go for Mexican. Casa Guadalajara gives entree options like the pescado Guadalajara, a grilled white fish topped with jalape�o sauce and avocado slices served with Mexican chipotle mashed potatoes and veggies; and shrimp saut�ed with tequila, lime, butter and seasoned with garlic and cilantro atop a bed of rice and served with hot tortillas. Cafe Coyote's dessert menu includes a rich Mexican chocolate tequila mousse topped with whipped cream and a quesadilla stuffed with whipped banana, cream cheese and powdered sugar that's garnished with whipped cream, banana slices and a drizzle of dulce de leche.

This is also your time to test out restaurants that are usually out of your price range. Go to Market, where you can get an heirloom tomato salad with blue cheese souffle; cabernet-braised beef shortribs with sweet onion puree, sherry-glazed cipollini onions; and a tempting strawberry cheesecake creamsicle with a warm cardamom doughnut for 40 smackers. For the same price, head to The Marine Room, where alongside a breathtaking view, you can get Fiji macadamia spiced Baja prawns with saffron tabouleh, harissa tomato jam, kohlrabi sprouts, tangerine white port dressing; honey crystal plum-scented Maine diver scallops with red quinoa, basil salad, persimmons and Buddha�s Hand Sake Essence; and for a grand finale, the �Trilogy,� a Kona Kahl�a espresso torte, some blueberry violette pot de cr�me and a Maltese orange sorbet.

To get the special prix fixe dinners, visit participating restaurants throughout the week. Reservations are recommended, since the foodies will be out in force. To make a reservation, call restaurants directly or book them online at the Restaurant Week website.

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[Photo: The Marine Room's Facebook]

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