Juan Jasper is named after the owners' dads, a small all-day restaurant and wine bar in Golden Hill set alongside an old-timey butcher shop. Seating is tight: three tables on the outdoor patio and narrow indoor and outdoor counters where diners sit elbow-to-elbow.
The wine-stained paper menu and a chalkboard of daily specials list a burger made from minced prime rib and New York steak, shrimp in a spicy, citrusy sambal, and a large, mustardy caesar salad heavy with anchovies. The kitchen's hand-cut steaks — including a marbled, tender T-bone — often don't make the printed menu at all, recommended directly by whoever just cut them.
Shelves along the walls hold European and Californian wine, sold by the glass or bottle to drink in or take home, reflecting the space's double life as both restaurant and wine shop.
The wine-stained paper menu and a chalkboard of daily specials list a burger made from minced prime rib and New York steak, shrimp in a spicy, citrusy sambal, and a large, mustardy caesar salad heavy with anchovies. The kitchen's hand-cut steaks — including a marbled, tender T-bone — often don't make the printed menu at all, recommended directly by whoever just cut them.
Shelves along the walls hold European and Californian wine, sold by the glass or bottle to drink in or take home, reflecting the space's double life as both restaurant and wine shop.