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Southern California casino players love Barona! Winner of multiple reader poll and satisfaction surveys, Barona Resort & Casino treats its guests to a singular gaming experience, delivering everything you’d want at a casino resort: the newest slots, extraordinary service, award-winning dining, and fantastic resort rooms!
Barona is San Diego’s leading destination resort featuring 400 luxury guest rooms and suites, ten award- winning dining options, the AmBience Day Spa, a full- service events center and the 18-hole championship Barona Creek Golf Club, rated the 3rd best resort course in California by Golfweek magazine.
Awards Galore!
Barona is a favorite of Southern California Gaming Guide readers, who voted it Best Casino in the last six years of the annual Reader’s Choice Best of Southern California GamingTM poll. And recently, Barona Resort & Casino was honored as a 2009 J.D. Power and Associates award recipient for “Highest in Satisfaction in the Southern California Indian Casino Gaming Experience.”
For two consecutive years in 2008 and 2009, Barona Resort & Casino has won the J.D. Power and Associates Award for the “Highest in Satisfaction in the Southern
California Indian Casino Gaming Experience” in the J.D. Power and Associates Southern California Indian Gaming Casino Satisfaction Study. Barona Resort & Casino received the highest numerical score in the proprietary J.D. Power and Associates 2008–2009 Indian Gaming Casino StudiesSM—Southern California Region.
New Italian Cucina
And last month, to add to its legendary service, Barona opened two new restaurants, the beautiful Italian Cucina and the new Seafood Plaza. Barona has lled nearly 100 positions to sta the new restaurants.
“While many businesses and casinos are forced to cut back due to the economy, we continue to enhance the services we provide our guests at Barona,” said Rick Salinas, general manager of Barona Resort & Casino. “We are
Barona’s new restaurant, Italian Cucina, serves classic Italian food in an elegant, warm setting.
very excited to unveil the new restaurants to our guests and the San Diego community.”
e Italian Cucina,
designed by Solana
Beach based W. Morris
Architects, Ltd., exudes
warmth with vibrant
colors, reminiscent of
an Italian piazza. A highlight of the new restaurant is its 3,800 pound ceramic wood stove hearth oven, which produces delicious pizzas, calzones and pasta dishes. Live kitchen cameras capture and broadcast chefs in action on plasma screens over the hot-line so guests can enjoy watching their food preparation. Overlooking Barona’s newest garden, complete with a decorative labyrinth and water fountain, the Italian Cucina can accommodate up to 175 guests and also features a private dining room that can accommodate up to 20 for special events or meetings.
While the featured entrees in the Italian Cucina are traditional Italian classics, the expansive menu also features numerous appetizers and soups including Porcini Mushroom Risotto and Hearth-Roasted Stu ed Mushrooms and Cannellini Beans, all ranging from $4.50 to $12.95. Additionally, the menu features Italian specialties such as Mediterranean Sea Bass with Basil- Parsley Butter, “Chianti Braised” Beef Short Ribs, as well as individual pizzas and calzones. All entrées are available from $5.95 to $19.95 and include an all-you- can-eat Caesar Salad.
New Seafood Plaza
On July 23rd, the new Seafood Plaza restaurant opened next to the Italian Cucina and Barona’s acclaimed Culinary Institute. e casual-fare and value-oriented restaurant o ers a variety of seafood options starting from $6.95 including Classic New England Clam Chowder in a Bread Boule, Barona’s Jumbo Shrimp Cocktail, Chilled Alaskan King Crab Jumbo Leg in a Cucumber-Mint Salsa and Mediterranean-Style Shrimp Ceviche. e Seafood Plaza also boasts a selection of grilled menu items from its Char Grill ranging from $6.95 to $12.95. Guests will also be able to enjoy oysters from the Raw Bar and selections of Barona Signature Rolls from the Sushi-Sashimi Bar.
“Our culinary
team has
been hard at work creating
the concepts and planning the menus,” added Salinas.
“We think guests will be just as excited about our new winning dining experiences as they are about hitting a jackpot on our loose machines.”
The 3,800-pound ceramic wood stove hearth produces delicious pizzas, calzones and pasta dishes at Italian Cucina.
e new restaurants will join Barona’s award-winning collection of dining options including the Ranch House Buffet, Sage Café and Ho Wan, as well as its Food Court. Recently, Barona Resort & Casino was honored with a 2009 Gold Medallion Award for Best Casino Dining by the California Restaurant Association (CRA), San Diego Chapter. Additional accolades include the CRA Gold Medallion Awards for “Best Casino Restaurant” and “Best Casino Bu et”; “Best Restaurants”, “Best Bu et” and “Best Brunch” from Southern California Gaming Guide; “Best Traditional Cuisine” from Santé magazine; and “Best Gourmet Restaurant”, “Best Bu et” and “Best Steakhouse” by Strictly Slots magazine. For Barona Resort & Casino reservations and information, visit www.barona.com, or call toll free 888-7-barona (722-7662).
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