May 10 - May 11 - Mother’s Day Italian-style at Solare – Saturday & Sunday Ristorante

Mother’s Day will be here before you know it – and now is the time to make your reservation so you can get the best times and tables for the delicious Italian menus we have.    We’re offering a special Italian à la carte menu for Mother’s Day that you will love – and we have our Full Menu too.

Click here for our menu.

Chef Denice has designed a delicious selection of Italian inspired dishes including:

• Special Millefoglie Dessert
• New home-made Pasta with Spring Lamb (agnolotti)
• Lobster Bisque
• Roast Beef & Truffle Mashed Potatoes
• Solare Breakfast Pizza (sharing!)
• Cioppino
• Tagliolini Pasta & Italian Truffles
• Seared Salmon Primavera
• Kids Menu for Mother’s Day
• Fun Sharing Plates

Note that we have our extended Mother’s Day menu on Saturday (May 10) and Sunday.  We open at 12pm on Friday and Saturday – and 10:30am on Sunday.

Día de las Madres – May 10 – is the traditional date to honor mothers in México, Guatemala, El Salvador and Belize.

We open at 10:30am on Sunday.  For Sunday — Make your reservation here while the best times are still available or call 619-270-9670.

Experience Solare.

-Randy and the Solare Team

May 07 - Wine Dinner Niner Estates – with Tucker Spear

A special “Evening in Paso Robles” with Tucker Spear of Niner Wine Estates – RSVP today.

Wine Dinner Details:

• May 7, Wednesday
• 6:30pm Reception and 6:45pm Dinner
• $98 includes the 4-course pairing dinner by Exec Chef Denice Grande and 5 select Niner Estate Wines
• Includes: Their flagship wine, Fog Catcher
• Also their fabulous Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon, Estate Chardonnay, and Sauvignon Blanc
• Seating available both inside Solare and on our covered heated patio
• Click here for a short video on the dinner

100% family owned and operated, Niner Wine Estates is one of the leading and most prestigious wineries in Paso Robles.  

Tucker Spear of Niner Estates leads the 4-course Solare/Niner Wine Dinner where each course is paired with carefully selected wines from their vineyards.

We are including their award-winning and flagship wine, Fog Catcher, a delicious Bordeaux blend led by cabernet sauvignon. 

Tucker is also updating us all on what is happening in Paso and tips on planning a fun get-away trip to Paso Robles this year!

RSVP by calling 619-270-9670 or clicking here to send us an email.

Hope to see you here ~ you’ll love it!

-Randy and the Solare Team

April 20 - Easter Sunday at Solare

Ciao – Easter Sunday at Solare Ristorante.

We Open at 10:30am on Sunday, April 20.  Yay!

Reserve your table for Easter today so you can still get the table you want.

We have dining Indoors or on our heated Patios.   Ask for our Wine Room or Chef’s Table!

We have our full menu – and a wonderful new list of Italian Easter dishes – by Chef Denice Grande.
Call us at 619-270-9670 or click here for OpenTable.

Hope to see you on Easter Sunday.

-Randy and the Solare Team
 

April 12 - June 28 - Solare Cooking Classes ~ April, May, and June Schedule

Cooking Classes at Solare. Here is our schedule for April, May, and June 2025.

Here our latest Cooking Class Schedule.

Class details and prices are found at this link.  The price for each Class includes the hands-on cooking class, wine, and a full lunch.  Limit is usually 12 students per class.

We love doing Cooking Classes here at Solare!

Our Cooking Classes offer a truly hands-on experience allowing each student to create Italian cuisine themselves to make at home.  Our classes are not just a “demonstration”.

The fun typically starts at 10:30am at Solare (10am for some classes) with an Italian-style coffee of your choice.  Italian wine is served for students interested in “cooking with wine”.

• Apr 12 — Lasagna with Chef Maria
• Apr 26 — Gnocchi, Pesto, and Bolognese
• May 3 — Seafood Italian-style + Fish Market
• May 17 — Making Pizza from Scratch
• May 24 — Osso Buco and Risotto
• Jun 14 — Making Pasta from Scratch – Yes!
• Jun 28 — Lasagna with Chef Maria

The Classes do sell out fast due to the limited size. 

You sign up for a Solare Cooking Class with Tock.   Click here – and select the Class you’d like.

If you have any questions, please call us at 619-270-9670 or email us here.

-Randy and the Solare Team

March 18 - Italian Wine Dinner with Roberto Broglia of Broglia Estate in Gavi, Piemonte

We have a special boutique Italian Wine Dinner Tuesday, March 18.

It’s extra-interesting because it’s in our private room with everyone around one table with the Owner & Winemaker.

Click here to request your spots.

Key Details:

• We are in our private room.
• Watch this short video that describes the dinner.
• 16 of us sitting around one table with the owner & winemaker, Roberto Broglia
• March 18, Tuesday, 6:30pm
• Broglia Estate in Gavi, Italia, is the most famous Gavi winery.
• Their Meirana vineyards have produced grapes and wine since 972 AD. Over 1,000 years. (!!)
• This is a deep dive on the Cortese grape (Gavi) and Timorasso.
• It will be wonderful hearing Roberto discuss the estate, its history, the vineyards, wine making, and more. What fun!
• $96++ includes 5 of his wines and the 4-course dinner
• Exec Chef Denice Grande and I are designing a menu to both pair with his wines and reflect the cuisine of this region of Piemonte.
• Click here to see a short video of Roberto and his family discussing their estate.

Let us know asap if you’d like to join. At 16 persons this will fill up fast with no room for expansion. RSVP.

February 27 - Italian Wine Dinner – The Slopes of Mount Etna with Passopisciaro Estate

Join us on the Slopes of Mount Etna in Sicily.

We have winemaker, Lorenzo Fornaini, of renown estate, Passopisciaro, here on Thursday, February 27.

Rare opportunity to spend an evening with the winemaker (Lorenzo) of the winery (Passopisciaro) that put Mount Etna on the modern wine map.

To have the winemaker describe the terroir, vineyards, and wines firsthand is the best oppty to appreciate these famous wines of Mount Etna.

The wines we are pouring include two of the best “contradas”: Rampante (the highest vineyard) and Chiappemacine. 

The dinner features the dishes of Sicily. Thank you Chef Denice Grande!

Call 619-270-9670 or click here to RSVP.

Here are the details:  

• February 27 Thursday
• 6:30pm Reception with Lorenzo
• $128 includes the 4-course special pairing dinner and delicious Passopisciaro Estate wines
• We are pouring two great contradas in the line-up: Rampante and Chiappemacine
• Menu focused on the cuisine of the Sicily
• Seating available both inside Solare at community tables and on our heated patios
• RSVP asap – limited seating

Here is a video describing the dinner.

Definitely join this dinner if you can Click here.

-Randy and the Solare Team