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Hours of operation:
Dinner: Tuesday - Saturday from 5pm
Sunday Brunch: 9-3pm (No Saturday Brunch)
Closed Monday and Sunday nights*
(*except for cooking classes)

Join us for half-price wine Wednesday nights. We are offering 1/2 off ALL bottles of wine, from 7pm - close, Wednesday only. Offer not valid with any other offers.

$13.99 Three Course Set Dinner
Served Tuesday - Friday from 5-6:30pm
Offer not valid with any other offers. No substitutions.

THE I AM FOUNDATION: Gifting Books & Music Worldwide

CAFE ONE THREE is proud to support the I AM Foundation. The I AM Foundation stands for children, adults, literacy, self-esteem, love and unity of all people. We are committed to doing our part in creating the more loving and peaceful world most of us all envision.

This organization was founded on the principle of generosity and givingness. We know that all good comes back and there is enough of everything for all of us to share and enjoy. The I AM Foundation mission is inspiring millions of children and adults worldwide by gifting them with educational books and music.

An honorary dinner is being held Wednesday, May 16, 2007. Contributors will receive tickets to the event with the honorable Jeff Goonewardena, Consul General for Sri Lanka to Columbia and Venezuela. CAFE ONE THREE will be catering the event. For more information, click here or visit the I AM Foundation website.

DESSERTS BY MICHAEL LUNSFORD

"Bartender by night, baker by late night. I have been cooking and baking since the age of five, mostly out of necessity of feeding my insatiable sweet tooth and having both parents working. I grew up in the Texas kitchens of my mother/mentor, as well as my aunt and uncle who owned a Mexican restaurant in Alpine, THE standard. Cooking and baking became part of my life, therapy almost. I have worked with some of the best chef's in the city since moving to San Diego in 1989, taking what I've learned and making it my own.

"The last few years I have found myself doing small intimate dinners of no more that eight quests, in friend's and client's homes. I enjoy bringing back the 'Home Cooked Meal' feeling as well as creating deSserts for their special occasions (the Kahlua Cake being a favorite, it's the bartender/baker in me). With all this, 'An Intimate Affair' was born in 1998."

T-SHIRTS AVAILABLE

We are now selling CAFE ONE THREE t-shirts at the restaurant. The high quality cotton t-shirts are embroidered with the full-color Cafe One Three logo and cost only $25. Black t-shirts are available in medium, large and extra large.

GLASS ARTISTS' WORK FOR SALE

Mike Loftus has been blowing glass in Southern California for eight years. His latest works reflect his fascination with the desert area surrounding Palm Springs. He is currently creating bowls and plates with swirls of color that are inspired by the desert flowers, mountains and especially sunsets.

Mike has also recently collaborated with Joey Fernando, an up-and-coming Southern California glass artist. Together they have produced a line of "New Zealand Pearls" - globe-like monotone vases resembling a collection of multi-colored pearls. Together they sign their collaborative pieces "Fernando Loftus" glass.

Mike's work is included in many private collections in the US and throughout the world. Mike is currently displaying and selling his art at various galleries in Palm Springs and San Diego. Mike can be seen blowing glass at various studios in the San Diego and Palm Springs areas.

Born in Manila, Philippines, Joey Fernando acquired his interest in glassblowing while growing up in Seattle. After graduating from the University of Washington in Seattle (where all glass "gods" reside), Joey began to take glassblowing lessons in San Diego and Palm Springs from Mike Loftus, a local glass artist. Joey has shown astronomical growth under the apprenticeship of Mike Loftus; he has mastered the basics and has begun to create artwork that is unique and reflective of his desert and sea surroundings.

"Glassblowing continues to reflect travel experiences and my surroundings; I try to capture what aI see in my artwork. Bubbles rising from sea kelp, flashing fish scales, a perfect pearl found while scuba diving."

Like a foreign language, Joey translates his favorite colors and sights and captures these pictures permanently imbedded in glass. Joey is currently showing and selling glass at the San Diego Art Institute, the Palm Springs Desert Museum, and the Palapas Gift Shop in Palm Desert. Joey blows glass with Mike Loftus out of Bighorn Glass Studio in Desert Hot Springs.

All the glasswork in the restaurant is for sale.

FLORAL DESIGNS BY JASON DEAN

Jason Dean has been designing large and innovative floral arrangements for San Diego's elegant homes and businesses for years. See his amazing creations at Cafe One Three.

To see what Jason can design for you, contact him here.

INDULGENCE SUGAR-FREE BAKED GOODS COMING
In addition to our own decadent baked goods, CAFE ONE THREE will be offering the entire line of Indulgence sugar-free and diabetic-friendly baked goods as an alternative. Please note, the Indulgence line is NOT YET AVAILABLE!

We are re-designing our recipes, keeping old favorites and making some new and exciting creations. Please check back for updates, including new temptations and offerings from the trusted name in sugar-free, diabetic-friendly and gluten-free baked goods. As always, we will be baking all our desserts in-house.

"This is great news to our health-minded customers of Indulgence Cafe," said Tom Reise, owner of the old Indulgence location. Diabetics, dieters or anyone interested in watching sugar and calorie intake will eventually be able to view the entire line of Indulgence at CAFE ONE THREE and on the Indulgence web site (coming soon). For more information, you can call 619.299.3404.

HOT BLOCKS: 4200 PARK BOULEVARD, HILLCREST
San Diego Magazine calls our block "perfectly urban."
This little strip of storefronts seems so perfectly urban it's hard to believe it wasn't planned. What might be called a one-sided Main Street is a random string of businesses that only looks as if it were carefully assembled off an urban planner’s wish list. Journey East is a charming boutique of Asian art and artifacts; a couple of doors down is a coin laundry. Further down the row are shops that sell Moroccan furnishings, vintage clothing, clocks and watches and discounted imports; adding to the eclectic fun is Frank the Train Man, a model railroad enthusiast's nirvana since 1943, and the Taoist Sanctuary.