{"id":13450,"date":"2010-04-27T21:27:33","date_gmt":"2010-04-28T04:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/?p=13450"},"modified":"2010-04-27T21:34:38","modified_gmt":"2010-04-28T04:34:38","slug":"rustica-to-debut-at-fashion-island-in-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/rustica-to-debut-at-fashion-island-in-june\/","title":{"rendered":"Rustica To Debut At Fashion Island In June."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Extraneous PRELUDE of Importance<\/strong>:\u00a0Still working on technical issues in relation to the upload of new photos associated with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/2010\/04\/26\/stay-tuned-daily-theres-always-something-food-related-to-report\/\" target=\"_blank\">our latest reports<\/a>, thus opt to recite a Press Release we received.\u00a0 By posting this we hope NOT to encourage the dumping of\u00a0Press Releases in our inbox.\u00a0 Although we appreciate that they\u00a0do relate to food, for the record we&#8217;re not fans of receiving &#8217;em like a depository.\u00a0 We don&#8217;t want to collect them and mostly never parrot them, especially if they&#8217;re\u00a0&#8212; Not personalized, uninteresting,\u00a0self-serving, offering of <em>barely worth mentioning<\/em>\u00a0consumer deals or incentives, unfamiliar,\u00a0repetitive,\u00a0not locally, nationally\u00a0or universally relevant and\/or\u00a0contrary to Nibbles of Tidbits&#8217; assessment.\u00a0\u00a0It had to be said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Without further ado, we look forward to trying Rustica in June.*<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Rustica, an exclusive new restaurant by award-winning Chef Grant MacPherson, will debut at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shopfashionisland.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fashion Island<\/a>\u00a0in June. MacPherson\u2019s wealth of international culinary experience will bring authentic regional cooking techniques and a blend of seasonal California foods to Fashion Island, one of Southern California\u2019s favorite dining destinations. After being involved in more than 50 acclaimed restaurants and dining concepts worldwide, MacPherson is returning to his first passion \u2013 cooking \u2013 with the opening of Rustica. A true chef at heart, MacPherson will focus on a menu of creativity, refinement and elegance with fresh, high quality, seasonal foods.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI believe in providing our guests with the ultimate dining experience,\u201d said MacPherson. \u201cAt Rustica, I will be very involved in the cuisine, from executing the farm to table concept, to offering unparalleled service and personal interaction with the customers. I want our guests to feel at home and to feel like family and friends.\u201d The same menu will be featured at lunch and dinner, offering homemade soups, unique salads, wood-fired flatbreads, hand-crafted pastas, seasonal fish, wet-aged beef, and exceptional gelato made daily. Signature items will include Tuna Nicoise, Golden Beet Salad, Peppered Beef Carpaccio, Oven Roasted Pacific Fennel Salmon, and Maine Lobster and Asparagus Risotto.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cChef MacPherson has long been a major player in the restaurant business on the domestic and international stages, but Rustica is the first restaurant that will carry his name,\u201d said Keith Eyrich, President of Irvine Company Retail Properties. \u201cWith Grant\u2019s attention to detail and quality, Rustica will be a wonderful addition to Fashion Island\u2019s collection of fine restaurants. Because of our track record for success, Fashion Island continues to be a top location choice for restaurants,\u201d Eyrich continued. \u201cRustica is representative of our move to feature independent, chef-driven restaurants that showcase culinary excellence.\u201d Eyrich notes that as part of Fashion Island\u2019s $100 million reinvestment, more restaurants with patio dining will be featured throughout the center.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cOur guests love to dine outdoors and choose Fashion Island over places that can\u2019t offer this amenity,\u201d Eyrich said. Other notable restaurants that debuted at Fashion Island include the first-ever locations of Fleming\u2019s Prime Steakhouse &amp; Wine Bar and R&amp;D Kitchen, and the first California locations of Roy\u2019s Hawaiian Fusion Cuisine and P.F. Chang\u2019s. At 3,700 square feet, Rustica will have a casual and inviting atmosphere, with patio dining adjacent to Fashion Island\u2019s new Nordstrom Court and elegant Italian-inspired fountain. The restaurant is located next to Nordstrom.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>In addition to Rustica opening in June, Fashion Island also previously announced that Fox Restaurant Concepts will open its first California location of True Food Kitchen this summer. An acclaimed Phoenix-based restaurant, True Food Kitchen has a diverse menu created by best-selling healthy-living author Dr. Andrew Weil that focuses on high quality, locally-sourced ingredients that taste great.<span id=\"_marker\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>*\u00a0Our apologies to Rustica for the possible damper on their exciting news with our PRELUDE.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Extraneous PRELUDE of Importance:\u00a0Still working on technical issues in relation to the upload of new photos associated with our latest reports, thus opt to recite a Press Release we received.\u00a0 By posting this we hope NOT to encourage the dumping of\u00a0Press Releases in our inbox.\u00a0 Although we appreciate that they\u00a0do relate to food, for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[460,1024,1,95],"tags":[1669,2198,1731,2657,1313,1730,4156],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rustica To Debut At Fashion Island In June. - Nibbles of Tidbits, a Food Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/rustica-to-debut-at-fashion-island-in-june\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"FoodBlog\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/rustica-to-debut-at-fashion-island-in-june\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/rustica-to-debut-at-fashion-island-in-june\/\",\"name\":\"Rustica To Debut At Fashion Island In June. - Nibbles of Tidbits, a Food Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2010-04-28T04:27:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2010-04-28T04:34:38+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/#\/schema\/person\/d13703add5ff9ca85c0ddc52a749afd2\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/rustica-to-debut-at-fashion-island-in-june\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/rustica-to-debut-at-fashion-island-in-june\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/rustica-to-debut-at-fashion-island-in-june\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Rustica To Debut At Fashion Island In June.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/\",\"name\":\"Nibbles of Tidbits, a Food Blog\",\"description\":\"The GOOD, the BAD &amp; 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