An ongoing commitment to innovative cuisine using only the freshest local produce makes NINE-TEN a must visit for culinary aficionados. This intimate restaurant, led by award-winning Chef Jason Knibb and Pastry Chef Jose Alonzo III, offers the perfect combination of sophistication and casual elegance and an ideal location along La Jolla's historic Prospect Street.

Every visit to NINE-TEN will tantalize with fresh, seasonal cuisine. Enjoy the best of the harvest from local artisan farmers, where produce is selected daily for the restaurant's Evolving California Cuisine, recognized with a "very good to excellent" rating by ZAGAT. The bounty of the sea is also featured with local fish selections and items arriving daily from Hawaii and the North Pacific and Atlantic regions. Entrees are contemporary in presentation, with exceptionally intense and pure flavors. Those wanting a true epicurean experience put themselves at the "Mercy of the Chef," a special prix fixe menu created at the whim and inspiration of the Chef and features matching wines.

Within a block of the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego - La Jolla and minutes to the La Jolla Playhouse, NINE-TEN regularly draws patrons for pre-event dinner or post-event dessert and cordials. The bar at NINE-TEN is the popular gathering place where the "who's who" of La Jolla convenes daily to enjoy an array of cocktails, imaginative martini selections and complimentary homemade chips and fresh California olives.

Special prix fixe menus are available daily and feature matching wines from the extensive, Wine Spectator-awarded wine cellar. Enjoy dining indoors or al fresco on the sidewalk patio or terrace. A separate bar offers limited menu and happy hour specials daily. NINE-TEN is open daily for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.