Rooftop Restaurant and Cocktail Bar Communion Opens in Mission Hills - Eater San Diego
"The companion piece to Paradis, the sidewalk cafe by day and pintxos bar by night that opened earlier this month in Mission Hills, arrives this Thursday, November 21. Crowning the eye-catching Sasan building, Communion lands on the eighth-floor rooftop, spanning 120 seats across its glass-enclosed dining room and heated patio. Owner Jacquee Renna (La Quinta Cliffhouse, Pacifica Seafood) has entrusted executive chef Mike Moritz, a vet of foundational spots like Mille Fleurs and Mister A’s with its global dinner menu, which includes triple-cream brie baked in filo dough and served with lingonberry jam, seasonal fruits, and local sage flour honey, a roasted beet “filet” with vegan bordelaise sauce, and dry-aged duck breast in a cassis reduction with parsnip, broccolini, cippolini onion. And George’s at the Cove alum Aly Lyng does double duty as the executive pastry chef for both establishments, baking bread and pastries for Paradis while whipping up desserts at Communion like a vanilla bean Basque cheesecake with salted caramel and a warm flourless chocolate tart paired with espresso ice cream. The space also gives the neighborhood its own rooftop spot for cocktails, shaking up refreshing sippers like Yama’s Reign, made with Japanese gin, yuzu liqueur, kiwi cucumber syrup, furikake tincture, lime, and sesame, and more direct drinks including the Eternal Path, a mix of rye, vanilla and cherry-infused Campari, sweet vermouth, and cherry bark vanilla bitters." - Candice Woo
