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The Story Ki's was started as a simple idea in a small converted beauty shop in Cardiff-by-the-Sea. In 1980 Catherine "Ki†Holcomb partnered with her son, Barry, to provide the local community fresh juice and vitimins. Shortly after, Ki started cooking home style meals prepared in a healthful manner . The meals were a hit and the popularity of Ki's grew steadily. Mission Statement It is our goal to maintain a quality, customer-focused business by serving great tasting, nutritious food in a friendly and comfortable style. Every customer is special at Ki's. Ki's Style Fun Friendly Casual |
Ki's offers a wide array of high-quality food and drinks. Whether it's a delicious selection at Ki's Restaurant, a yummy platter from Ki's Catering or a tasty lunch on-the-go from Ki's Wholesale, Ki's procures the freshest fruits & vegetables, grains, eggs, dairy, fish, poultry, and beef. Ki's favors organic options for most of its food selections. Ki's also purchases grower direct for its fruit and vegetables and has other direct relationships for its meat and fish.
Ki's food tastes good, and it's good for you too!
Ki's is just what my body needs-Terry Rivezzo
Seven Descriptors of Ki's Food
Fresh, Healthy & Nutritious
Ki's is just what your body needs. Fresh foods fortify you, supplying energy needed for good health. Ki's is nutrition that helps keep the fire burning.
Natural & Organic
Ki's offers many natural and organic foods to enhance its menus. Nature has its own intelligence, providing integration and harmony with complex systems. Ki's believes that your spirit, mind and body seek this natural balance.
Tasty & Delicious
Ki's food has an array of flavors and influences. It combines natural and nutritious ingredients with more traditional fare to create fantastic food options. Ki's recipes are tasty and delicious.
Ki's is a perfect fit for its local beach community culture. Where people actively enjoy the outdoors and have a high degree of awareness for their health, fitness and well being, Ki's provides food options that serve their needs. And Ki's is more than just a 'health food' option for many. It is simply great food for anyone-professionals on-the-go, families looking for a home-cooked meal or friends hanging out enjoying some tasty eats.
We invite you to be part of our community.
School Events & School Lunches
Ki's actively partakes in supporting local schools. Besides contributing to school events, Ki's donates services and hosts occasional fund-raisers. Food donations are also part of its assistance program.
In 2006, Ki's started a program to bring nutrition to local schools through its latest business division: Ki's School Lunches. See http://www.kisschoollunches.com/.
Environmental Awareness - Green Living
Ki's approaches business with awareness of the environment. It recycles as much as possible. Ki's ongoing plan is to regularly integrate environmentally friendly actions into its day-to-day business. Long ago (well at least over a decade ago) Ki's became a pioneering user of the now
pervasive biodegradable brown napkin. These days, Ki's is moving toward containers that can be composted.
During the recent restaurant remodeling, Ki's focused on natural and sustainable materials. Please enjoy the eco-friendly hickory floor in the dining room, the glass mosaic made from recycled bottle glass behind the order counter and along side the upstairs bar, and the multi- colored slate covering the entire downstairs. The purple clay plaster featured in the entry way is also a natural product, deriving its color from natural earth pigmentation.
Ki's also supports local organizations that promote environmental awareness such as the San Elijo Lagoon Conservancy.
Headlines
Rachael Ray's Tasty Travels (January 2008)
Ki's Restaurant was featured on the Food Network and identified by Rachael Ray as one of the very best spots to eat in San Diego. [read article]
Beach Break News (February 2008)
Ki's Catering Delights Customers in the recent issue of our local Beach Break News.
Over the years Ki's has received several awards and acknowledgements, including:
- Best Vegetarian Menu (San Diego County)
- Best American Vegetarian (San Diego County)
- Best North County View with Food
See a feature article on Ki's in the upcoming 2008 Spring edition of Encinitas Magazine.
Press Contact
If you have a press, promotional or media related query, please contact John Dawson.
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It's more than just a place to eat. It's an extension of your home or part of your social circle. It's a place that identifies with locals, offering them great food for breakfast, lunch and dinner in a casual and comfy atmosphere, complete with ocean view. From families to singles, kids to seniors, Zen to Midwest values, Ki's broad appeal is a key ingredient of its success as well as a great part of its charm.
To quote Ki, "It is our goal to serve low in saturated-fat, great tasting, organic, healthy food and drinks, while striving to have an atmosphere of friendliness. Every customer is special at Ki's."
Ki's Customers
Part of the experience of being at the restaurant is seeing the assortment of people who come to enjoy the food and view. It is typically a wide cast of characters. People coming from a workout, those dressed for work, people in the latest fashion and those entirely of their own fashion all mix to make Ki's an interesting and unique place. All, however, are share an appreciation for fresh, healthy and nutritious food served in the casual setting of the restaurant.
Besides being a wonderful dining experience, the view is fantastic! You can't beat Ki's.-Bob & Jane Fenyo
Ki's Staff
It is important to Ki's staff that customers have a great experience. Ki's staff focuses on friendly, courteous service. But if you're unreasonable with your requests or generally a P.I.T.A., please don't expect Ki's staff to be phony and treat you like royalty. Maybe you can find that at a more uptight establishment.
In charge of serving and nourishing our customer relationships are:
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| Rebecca Hilton Day Manager |
Nicole Holcomb Dinner & Catering Manager |
Kristin Holcomb Wholesale Manager & Outside Sales |
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Rebecca came to Ki's in October of 1999 from New Jersey. She started as a juice maker but nine months later was running the counter operations. She has been a key part in the restaurant's steady growth and success during the past seven years. Rebecca has recently been married and celebrated with a lively affair at Ki's Restaurant. She has fun with Ki's customers as well as the people she works with. Rebecca also admits, "It's nice to look across at the ocean everyday." |
Being part of the Holcomb family, Nikki has worked at Ki's since she was a small girl. Rumor has it that she used to help out making smoothies before she could see over the counter. Years later she has worked the full gamut of food service positions and now heads the catering and dinner business. She recently received her MBA from SDSU and has degrees from UCI in biological sciences and sociology. Nikki has a great 'can-do' attitude and entrepreneurial spirit. |
Kris has been with Ki's since the start. In fact, she helped with construction on the original location. Since the early days of pounding nails, she has cooked, waited tables and been the 'juice bartender.' In addition, Kris has had a key role in building different parts of the business. In developing the wholesale program, she has developed products, food recipes, overseeing food production and building a customer base. Some of those same talents are now being utilized for the school lunch program. She loves working locally in Cardiff, where she has lived for eighteen years with her husband and two children. She thinks working with the family is pretty cool too. Oh, and she is proudly known as "Nikki's Mom." |
Ki's Space
Ki's space features a wonderful ocean view, a great vantage point from which to enjoy the changing colors of sea and sky. Our downstairs is casual, a perfect place to enjoy a quick bite. Our upstairs features both indoor and outdoor seating. Our patio is a favorite, covered but still connected to the elements outside. The indoor dining room has a warm and casual feel. It was recently renovated with beautiful hand-scraped hickory wood featured on the floor and artistic faux finished walls in golden tones.
As part of Ki's Restaurant look and feel, there is a variety of select art featuring the following talented artists:
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| Grant Pecoff www.pecoff.com |
Charlene Bonney menslage@msn.com 760-753-2990 |
Wendy Shaw-Gaunlett dwshaws@pacbell.net |
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A native San Diegan, Pecoff received his formal training at the Academy of Art in San Francisco. He soon realized that his real classroom was the world around him. "When I was a child, my father traveled to remote places across the globe, searching for rare plants,†Pecoff reminisces, "His stories of those experiences were enchanting to me. He taught us to notice life around us and to express our feelings. It encouraged the development of my playfulness and imagination.†Pecoff has dedicated himself to traveling the world and finding the limitless inspiration everywhere. At the heart of Grant Pecoff's talent is his ability to share the way he sees life with the viewer. His art calls us in and shows us a new way to experience what we see. Through Pecoff's painting, he communicates the essence of a culture and helps us to feel the commonality we all share. Perhaps it is this expression of our universal similarity and one-ness which have created such enthusiasm from collectors near and far for Pecoff's paintings. As his work evolves, it is certain to continue to speak to us, to shape us and to influence the way we see our world. |
Charlene's background includes fashion design, interior design, model design, landscape design and decorating. She holds a masters in spatial art, studying in both New York and Europe. Charlene has been painting professionally for more than fifteen years. Her works are beautiful depictions of nature - the coast, the desert and the canyons of the Southwest US as well as different tropical locales. As a known colorist, she utilizes bold color to evoke intense emotion. Charlene's paintings are designed to enhance one's home decor. Her work is available as originals or in giclee prints. |
Wendy received her degree in art from Scripps College in Claremont, CA. Since then, she has accomplished much in the field. Her specialties include painting, sculpting and pastels. Wendy has also worked in commercial art for ten years and has been an art director and graphic designer. Some of her adventures include studying in Athens, Greece and working as an artist on an archeological dig. Wendy has won several awards, including The Don Diego for "Best Three-Dimensional of Show†for her bronze sculpture, Rebirth, as well as the San Diego award for her popular painting Smiling Dogs (from Dog Beach in Del Mar). Most recently she won 1st place at the Del Mar Fair for her new painting Orchid Chorus. Wendy has discovered a new passion in plein-aire painting with oils. Some of her art is shown at Ki's Restaurant. Much of her work is available as giclee prints with some originals. Wendy can also do commissioned work for those who appreciate her love of intense color and graceful shapes. |
Ki's Specialties
Anytime- Best smoothies on the planet
- Amazing assortment of salads and homemade dressings
- Fresh, zesty organic salsa made onsite
- Great selection of fresh squeezed juices
- Robust organic coffee and tea
- The world famous mondo burrito
- Baked goods made onsite daily
- Homemade soups
- Healthy, delicious wraps
- Fish tacos with an amazing homemade sauce
- Flavorful appetizers - like our fresh seared ahi roll
- Delicious seafood entrees - such as salmon baked in parchment paper
- Full bar & great wine selection
Reservations
Please call: (760) 436-5236 ext. 5
Reservations requested for parties of 8 or more (breakfast, lunch, dinner).
Dinner Reservations accepted for any size party.
Juice Bar, Downstairs Dining & Take Out
7 Days a Week 8:00am - 8:00pm
Upstairs dining for counter orders stops everyday at 4:30pm
Full Service Dining
Sunday - Thursday 4:30pm - 8:30pm
Friday & Saturday 4:30pm - 9:00pm
Address:
2591 South Coast Highway 101
Cardiff-by-the-Sea, CA 92007
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From San Diego/UTC/Sorrento Valley/Del Mar:
Take Interstate 5 to Lomas Santa Fe Drive. Proceed WEST for 1.5 miles. Turn right and head NORTH on Coast Highway 101 for 2.0 miles. Ki's is on right hand side
From Oceanside/Carlsbad:
Take Interstate 5 to Birmingham Drive. Proceed WEST for 0.5 miles. Turn left on San Elijo Ave and proceed 0.25 miles to Chesterfield. Turn right, cross the railroad tracks and turn left on Coast Highway 101. Proceed 0.5 miles to Ki's on the left hand side of the highway. PLEASE proceed past the restaurant to the next light to make the allowed U-turn to best access the restaurant.
Parking
During peak times, Ki's main lot and auxiliary parking lot can fill up. As consideration to other Ki's customers, please use these lots only when patronizing the restaurant. Those leaving their vehicles and going elsewhere are subject to tow. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation.
To encourage parking availability we will provide a complimentary drink (coffee, tea, soda or small o.j.) to the driver of a carpool of three people or more during lunch hours (Monday - Friday, 11am - 2pm).
Ki's Catering provides a phenomenal line-up of fresh, flavorful dishes. From California-style options to more traditional selections, Ki's Catering takes care to prepare high-quality, beautifully presented foods. Here are a few samples on some of our catering dishes:
- Brie Mango Quesedilla - a crowd favorite
- Blackened Mahi Mahi - sweet & spicy, the kind of food that hits all your taste buds
- Garlic Mashed Potatoes - everyone comes back for seconds
- Naturally Raised, Thinly Sliced Roast Beef - juicy and delicious, the best ever
- Sauteed Vegetables - make you want to eat your veggies
- Fish Taco Bar - simple, yummy and a great deal
Somehow Ki's makes it taste better!
Ki's does both onsite and offsite catering. We can come to your home or business and provide a wonderful set-up of delicious foods. If your event is in need of a venue, it can be held at Ki's Restaurant or at any number of recommended local places. (See list below).
Ki's catering has an excellent reputation, both with food and service. Ki's has great menu options and selections for simple get-togethers, business lunches or full-scale banquets. Our food impresses customers time and time again. Your event will also be easier with Ki's delightful service. We're sure you'll find pricing very reasonable as well.
We invite you to enjoy Ki's at your upcoming event!
Catering Services Ki's Provides
Corporate Lunches
We do breakfasts and dinners too. Many times these can be accommodated the day prior to the event. To arrange an order, contact Ki's Catering at (760) 436-5544 or email us at info@kiscatering.com. For the Corporate Catering Menu, click here.
Onsite Get-Togethers and Parties
These are held at Ki's Restaurant in Cardiff-by-the-Sea. They can be relatively small (20 or so people) to larger (up to 120 people). For the Event Catering Menu, click here.
Offsite Parties and Banquets
With offsite events, Ki's can cater a small, intimate party to a full- scale banquet (up to 1,000 people). We have pre-set menus or the ability to fully customize to your needs. For an Event Catering Menu, click here.
As part of our service, Ki's wants to make the process as easy as possible!
To check a date, pricing and other details go to Planning Your Event below.
For additional information, please refer to Questions and Answers below.
For more complete information on various types of catering services, please select from the following:
- Patio Reservations
- Entire Upstairs Reservations
- Offsite Service Pricing
- Offsite Bar Service
Testimonials
Ki's made our special event - "extra special." Thank you for the great memories!
—Peggy, Alex and Vince
Our expectations were far exceeded. WOW was it ever more than we hoped for.
—Julie & Kevin Matuozzi
We have used Ki's catering many times because you do such an excellent job providing delicious food for a reasonable price. I love the way the staff sets up and displays the food, and I appreciate being able to enjoy the party while your staff makes sure that all the guests are well-taken care of.
—Gina Magit
Fabulous, fabulous, fabulous. Yum Yum. All I kept hearing is; "where is this from? Ki's? It's really good."
—Randee Kaye
Planning your event is a piece of cake with KI's! In fact, it's as easy as 1-2-3.
- Contact Ki's with your event information
- Confirm date and food selections
- Let Ki's do the work
Email (info@kiscatering.com) OR Call (760-436-5544)
AND provide us the following information:
- Your Name
- Time and Date of the Event
- Type of Party
- Size of Party
- Location
- Contact Number or Email
- Special Notes or Requests
If not having your party at Ki's Restaurant, the following link can provide a handy reference for various venue options throughout North County San Diego which Ki's Catering will gladly service: Ki's Catering Venues.
Menu Links
Please note:
- A 20% non-refundable deposit is required with all catering orders.
- A final headcount is required one week prior to the event.
- Full payment is required 72 hours prior to the event.
What dates can I book Ki's Catering?
Ki's Catering can be booked year round. However, dates and times sometimes book well in advance, summer days for weddings and December nights for holiday parties for example. To check your date call (760) 436-5544 or email us at info@kiscatering.com.
How is Ki's pricing?
Very reasonable. In fact, many customers are absolutely thrilled with the pricing when tasting the quality of the food and experiencing the staff support.
Is it necessary to set up an in person meeting to plan my event?
No. In fact, Ki's Catering can help you save time. Many customers have enjoyed tremendously successful events simply with a phone call or email communication. Ki's can even help facilitate party rental items - tables, chairs, linens, silverware, stemware and such.
Can I customize a menu?
Absolutely. Ki's has ready-to-go menus (event catering and corporate catering), but these do not limit what food you can have at your event.
Can Ki's provide a bartender and alcohol?
Yes to both. However, for offsite parties, we recommend that you provide your own alcohol and we provide the bartender. This typically saves you money.
Can I arrange a food tasting prior to my event?
Yes. Specifics of the same need to be arranged with the Catering Manager. The details of your tasting will vary depending upon the type of event you are booking.
If I have to cancel my event, is the deposit refundable?
Unfortunately the 20% deposit is non- refundable. However, it can be applied in full toward a future catering job provided by Ki's.
What times are available to have party at Ki's Restaurant?
Generally speaking, summer dates are unavailable to book the restaurant. You will need to contact Ki's Catering to check date and time availability. Please call (760) 436-5544 or email us at info@kiscatering.com. For alternative venues, please click on Suggested Venues.
For parties at Ki's Restaurant, can we bring our own alcohol or stay longer than our booked time?
Your may bring only your own wine, but a $9 corkage fee does apply. As for extending the duration of your party, a $100 per hour charge is billed.
For parties at Ki's Restaurant, what is included?
We provide table linens, flowers and greenery, silverware, glassware and real dishes. No up-charge is billed for these.
Ki's wholesale business started in 1992 by selling vegetarian lasagna to Seaside Market in Cardiff-by-the-Sea. From there Ki's Wholesale has significantly expanded its product selection as well as its customer base. Today Ki's food products are distributed throughout Southern California
With our wholesale products, Ki's focuses on fresh, organic ingredients. Great care is taken in making a fine line of food products. Ki's invites you to experience any of our quality wholesale items:
- Baked goods
- Green leaf salads
- Pasta salads
- Organic vegetarian soups
- Vegetarian entrees, such lasagna, butternut squash enchiladas, chili
- USDA Certified organic salsa and dressings
- USDA Certified organic beans & rice (black and pinto)
Ingredients
- Fresh, organic ingredients
- Organic flours and grains
- Low fat content ingredients
- Non-GMO (genetically modified)
- No trans fats
- Some organic spices
If your business is in need of a reliable food supplier of large quantities of organic items, Ki's is likely a good partner. Ki's maintains a high level of confidentiality with its customers. The business is family managed and run. And they focus on having a highly trained and conscientious production staff.
Ki's School Lunches is Ki's newest business division. With Ki's ongoing support of local schools and the belief that good nutrition feeds good performance, the newest business division is a natural fit. Kids nutrition is our mission.
It is Ki's belief that good nutrition can help promote effective education and learning in our local communities, thus helping to foster a higher level of awareness with our future generations.
For more information, please use the following link: www.kisschoollunches.com