ARTIFACT At Night Brings Prix Fixe Regional Dining To Balboa Park

ARTIFACT at Mingei is finally adding a dinner experience on Thursday and Friday evenings for a regional tour of Mingei’s notable exhibits in addition to our Tuesday- Saturday Lunch service.

The service includes a three-course prix fixe regional menu in addition to an a la carte dinner menu from Executive Chef Tim Kolanko and Chef de cuisine Jeff Armstrong.

Maghreb Dinner – March

March remaining dates 11, 17, 18, 24, 25

Featuring a family-style dining experience filled with muhammara + toasted walnuts, chermoula spiced lamb, and Tunisian braised bass, finishing items of montecaos and pistachio baklava. Maghreb Dinner menu can be found here.

Oaxaca Dinner – April

Featuring a family-style dining experience with highlights of  spot prawn aquachile, tlayuda + flor de calabaza, spiny lobster tetela, achiote duroc pork cooked in banana leaves and finished with a postre plate of pan de yema, coconut flan and Oaxacan dark chocolate cookies. Full menu to be released soon!


For a la carte dinner menu, click here. Click here to make reservations.

Another amazing way to enjoy the art and culture of Balboa Park! We’re looking forward to this!

See you there, San Diego!

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