Urban Tavern Partners with Shorenstein to Offer a Pre-Theatre Dining Package Live Jazz in July at Cetrella Restaurant in Half Moon Bay Cetrella Restaurant Presents Sunday Brunch with Singers from Opera San Jose on July 26

Urban Tavern in downtown San Francisco has announced that they have partnered with Shorenstein Hays Nedelander (the Shorenstein Theatre Group) to offer a pre-theatre dinner package available daily until further notice.

Priced at $34.95, the package includes a three-course prix fixe meal, a glass of wine and five hours of complimentary parking. For an additional $15.00 per person, guests will be transported, via town car or limo, to and from the theatre that they will be attending.

The package is valid with proof of a theatre ticket for a Shorenstein Hays Nedelander performance and guests should mention this package when booking their reservation.

Urban Tavern serves American gastropub cuisine prepared with seasonal, fresh, often locally sourced organic ingredients.

The interior design at Urban Tavern is the creation of restaurateur Donna Scala and Gensler Design. Highlights include a striking full-size horse sculpture by Arizona artist Doug Owen welded together from tractor, motorcycle and car parts, underscoring Urban Tavern’s green sensibilities while juxtaposing old and new, rural and urban - elements found throughout the restaurant. Also notable are the intimate booths, reclaimed wood beams and claddings, a communal table made from a recovered fallen tree, plaster walls, exposed concrete, a marble-topped bar and saddle-shaped bar stools.

Urban Tavern is located at 333 O’Farrell Street near Mason Street in downtown San Francisco, California. The restaurant is open daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The restaurant’s Web address is www.urbantavernsf.com. Reservations can be made via OpenTable.com or by calling (415) 923-4400.

Cetrella Restaurant in Half Moon Bay has announced their July schedule of live jazz entertainment. The program, which runs from 7:30 to 10:30 PM, includes:

Friday July 3 - David Ervin (Jazz and old timey swing piano)
Saturday July 4 - Mark Robinson (vocalist)

Friday July 10 - Maye Cavallaro (jazz vocalist) and Alan Steger (jazz pianist)
Saturday July 11 - Masha Campagne (jazz vocalist)

Friday July 17 - John R Burr (jazz and folk pianist)
Saturday July 18 - Darlene Langston (jazz and blues vocalist)

Friday July 24 - John R Burr (jazz and folk pianist) and Jenna Mammina (vocalist)
Saturday July 25 - Deborah Winters (jazz vocalist/guitarist/songwriter)

Friday July 31 - David Ervin (Jazz and old timey swing piano)

Cetrella, now reopen after a winter hiatus, has introduced a new Executive Chef, Sylvain Montassier. Chef Montassier has enhanced the restaurant’s award winning Mediterranean fare by infusing a new suite of spring menus with progressive French technique and flair.

Cetrella serves dinner Sunday and Tuesday through Thursday from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. and on Friday and Saturday until 10:00 p.m. and serves Sunday brunch from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Located at 845 Main Street in Half Moon Bay, California, Cetrella has ample free off-street parking. Visit Cetrella on the Web at www.cetrella.com. Reservations can be made by calling (650) 726-4090 or at www.opentable.com.

Cetrella Restaurant in Half Moon Bay has announced that their July 26 Sunday Brunch will include live performances by members of Opera San Jose. Brunch will be served from 10:30 am to 2:30 pm and arias from Manon, Cinderella, The Marriage of Figaro and La Rondine will be sung in two sets between noon and 1:00 pm. There is no cover charge. Event co-sponsors are Cetrella, Opera San Jose and the Half Moon Bay Coastside Chamber of Commerce and Visitors' Bureau. Reservations are required and can be made through OpenTable.com or by calling the restaurant at (650) 726-4090.

Sunday Brunch at Cetrella ($35.00 plus a la carte options) features the progressive French cuisine of Executive Chef Sylvain Montassier who hails from the Saumer culinary academy and the French kitchens of Jean Bardet, Michel Gaudin, Georges Blanc, and, in Switzerland, the Hotel du Rhone, in England, The Waterside Inn and The Savoy, and, stateside, Boulevard in San Francisco, and Alinea, TRU and Isabella's Estiatorio in Chicago. Montassier’s French technique complements locally sourced ingredients such as wild diver and line caught seafood and pedigreed meats and poultry including Alaskan halibut, American Kobe short ribs, and artisanal products from Balakian, Daylight, Giusti, Harley, Iacopi and Pastorino farms. Desserts include strawberries with roasted marshmallow and a chocolate mousse bar.

The Opera San Jose artists performing will be Rebecca Schussler (Soprano), Betany Coffland (Mezzo Soprano), Alexander Boyer (Tenor) and Krassen Karagiozov (Baritone). There will be a raffle conducted during the brunch with the prize, donated by Opera San Jose, being a certificate for a pair of season opening night tickets to the opera Manon, on September 12, 2009.

Cetrella serves dinner Sunday and Tuesday through Thursday from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. and on Friday and Saturday until 10:00 p.m. and serves Sunday brunch from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Located at 845 Main Street in Half Moon Bay, California, Cetrella has ample free off-street parking. Visit Cetrella on the Web at www.cetrella.com. Reservations can be made by calling (650) 726-4090 or at www.opentable.com.