February 03 - Cooking Class: Authentic Pizza from Scratch

Have you ever wanted to learn how to make pizza in the authentic style from the renowned city of Napoli? How about a tasty Sfincione from Sicily; Focaccia from Liguria? Here is your perfect opportunity.

Pizza Chef Brian will guide you through each step – starting with making the dough from scratch. This is very HANDS ON – you are learning to make pizza and not just watching someone else show you. Each student will take home extra dough to show off their pizza making skills that evening at home!

The lesson is held in our kitchen and is “hands-on” and not a mere cooking “demonstration”.  The fun starts at 10:30am at Solare with an Italian-style coffee of your choice. Italian wine is served for students interested in “cooking with wine”.  Important: Please wear closed toe shoes.  Class size is small and intimate and limited to approximately 10 students.  $95++/student that includes the class, wine, and lunch. It’s fun!  Reserve today.

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

January 20 - Cooking Class: Fresh Pasta from Scratch and Ravioli

Solare’s pasta is made fresh every day – in our kitchen. This is an opportunity to see exactly how Executive Chef Denice Grande makes that happen! She will teach you all the right techniques to enable you to make the best “pasta fresca” and perfect ravioli and more.  This is a hands-on pasta making class where you will learn the classic dough techniques and so much more.

The lesson is held in our kitchen and is “hands-on” and not a mere cooking “demonstration”.  The fun starts at 10:30am at Solare with an Italian-style coffee of your choice. Italian wine is served for students interested in “cooking with wine”.  Important: Please wear closed toe shoes.  Class size is small and intimate and limited to approximately 10 students.  $95++/student that includes the class, wine, and lunch. It’s fun!  Reserve today.

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

January 18 - Italian Wine Dinner – Amarone and Buglioni Estate

Italian Wine Dinner! Do you like Amarone? Wines from the region of Verona?

We have owner & winemaker, Mariano Buglioni of Buglioni Estate, here on Thursday, January 18, to lead an epic wine dinner.

Click here to request your reservation or please call us at 619-270-9670.

Please join this evening ~ One of our most special ever.

Mariano is a very charismatic and fun speaker and he is pouring his great wines from the Italian region of Verona. We are talking Amarone, Valpolicella, Ripasso (you’ll love what Mariano does here), and more.  

We are opening a 12-liter bottle of 2009 Amarone – best vintage of Amarone in 15 years!!

Exec Chef Denice Grande is designing the menu focused on Italian dishes from the Verona region so you can enjoy “An Evening in Verona”.

Here are the details:  

• Jan 18, Thursday
• 6:30pm Reception 
• $94 includes the 4-course special pairing dinner and select Buglioni wines
• Focus on Amarone, Valpolicella, Ripasso, and more
• Menu focused on the cuisine of Verona designed by Chef Denice Grande
• Seating available both inside Solare and on our heated patios
• RSVP asap – limited seating

Here is a 90-second video describing the dinner.

Definitely join this dinner if you can – I predict one of our best ever! Click here.

Salute!

-Randy and the Solare Team

January 13 - Cooking Class: Fish and Shellfish + Fish Market

Learn to cook delicious fish and seafood Italian style!   Meet at Solare and drive together to a local fish market (less than 3 miles) to learn about fish and buying fresh fish with confidence.

We then all head back to Solare to prepare and cook some great seafood dishes. Executive Chef Denice Grande will teach you how to cook fish and seafood. Seafood lovers will not want to miss this opportunity.

NOTE that for this class, the fun starts at 10am instead of the normal 10:30am as we are visiting the fish market.  We start with an Italian-style coffee of your choice.  The lesson is then held in our kitchen.  The lesson is held in our kitchen and is “hands-on” and not a mere cooking “demonstration”.  Italian wine is served for students interested in “cooking with wine”.  Important: Please wear closed toe shoes.  Class size is small and intimate and limited to approximately 10 students.  $95++/student that includes the class, wine, and lunch. It’s fun!  Reserve today.

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

January 13 - February 24 - Cooking Classes at Solare – Jan and Feb 2024 Schedule ~ Hands-on!

Ciao!! Here is our January and February 2024 Schedule.  Contact us to reserve your spots.

$95++ per student.   Includes the hands-on cooking class, wine, and a full lunch.   Limit 10 students per class.

We love doing Cooking Classes here at Solare.

• Jan 13 – Seafood Italian-style
• Jan 20 – Pasta from Scratch
• Feb 3 – Pizza from Scratch!
• Feb 17 – Traditional Gnocchi
• Feb 24 – Lasagna with Maria

Our Cooking Classes offer a truly hands-on experience in Solare’s kitchen allowing each student to create Italian cuisine themselves to make at home.   Our classes are not just a “demonstration”.  They are very “hands on” and interactive. You are in the Solare Kitchen. 

When you see one you like, I recommend jumping on it pretty fast as class sizes are intentionally small.

The classes are held pretty much every other Saturday, and 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”.

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

January 01 - New Year’s Day

Solare is closed all day on New Year’s Day to allow our Team to relax and be with their families and friends. We open again Tuesday, January 2, at 4:30pm noon.  Buon Anno!