Flavors of the Village This Sunday - 3pm - 6pm

The highly acclaimed Carlsbad Village Association's Flavors of the Village is expanding! This year--in addition to our annual restaurant tour of village restaurants--we're adding a week-long prix fixe menu event.

PREVIEW TOUR
The event kicks-off on Sunday, May 16 with our annual 3 hour Restaurant Preview Tour, where you can walk from restaurant to restaurant and preview samples from over 20 participating restaurants.

Cost for the Preview is $25.00.

Purchase your tickets online by clicking on the buy now button below. You tickets will be held at the information booth at the corner or State and Grand on May 16. Tickets will be on sale on Sunday, May 16 beginning at 1pm on the corner of State and Grand

RESTAURANT WEEK
The event will continue from Monday, May 17 - Sunday, May 23 when participating restaurants offer a multi-course prix fixe value menu for $20, $30 or $40. Participating restaurants may choose to offer special discounts in lieu of prix fixe menus.

Each restaurant will determine their own special Flavors of the Village menu or special promotion during Restaurant Week. Prix fix menu prices will vary from restaurant to restaurant. To be paid directly at restaurant.

For information on this event or to purchase tickets in advance, please call 760-434-2553 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              760-434-2553      end_of_the_skype_highlighting

North County Merchants Celebrate COASTER Anniversary

Sixty retailers along COASTER corridor offer discounts and giveaways to riders on Saturday, February 27

OCEANSIDE, Calif. – February 22, 2010.

February 27 marks the 15^th anniversary of COASTER service in San Diego County. To celebrate this milestone, the North County Transit District (NCTD) is partnering with the Solana Beach Chamber of Commerce, Downtown Encinitas MainStreet Association, Leucadia-Encinitas Highway 101 MainStreet Association, the Carlsbad Village Association, MainStreet Oceanside and the Oceanside Chamber of Commerce to host the “COASTER Crawl.” The “COASTER Crawl” is a progressive event that will carry riders, with special two-for-one train fares, to Oceanside, Carlsbad Village, Encinitas and Solana Beach.

NCTD and its partners have scheduled entertainment at the stations including dueling guitarists at the Oceanside Transit Center and a small-scale farmer’s market at the Carlsbad Village COASTER station. In addition, merchants in the downtown areas of the host cities will offer special promotions to COASTER riders that day. Offers include free admission to the California Surf Museum in Oceanside and other discounts at participating restaurants and stores that are within walking distance of the stations.

“The COASTER Crawl is more than a ride along America’s most beautiful rail line,” said Rick Wright, executive director of MainStreet Oceanside. “It’s a chance for San Diegans to get out of their cars and visit some of the most walkable and vibrant communities in our county.”

The 15th Anniversary COASTER Crawl will use the regular Saturday COASTER schedule and will feature special events at the Solana Beach, Encinitas, Carlsbad Village and Oceanside Transit Center stations. Round trip fare all day long is $10 to $13 for two people depending on the zones and half price for seniors age 60 and over. Simply buy one ticket for two riders from machines at the station. No reservations are necessary; however space is limited on trains.
For complete trip planning information, call toll free 511 or visit GoNCTD.com.

NCTD serves 12 million passengers annually by providing public transportation within North San Diego County and via the COASTER to downtown San Diego. Its family of transit services currently includes the BREEZE bus system, the COASTER commuter rail service, LIFT paratransit and the SPRINTER light rail. It is NCTD's mission to deliver safe, convenient, reliable and user-friendly public transportation services.

Carlsbad Marathon Road Closures

A number of roads will be closed in and around the Carlsbad Marathon course on Sunday, Jan. 24, from approximately 5 a.m. to 2 p.m.


Marron Road between Monroe Street and Jefferson Street

Monroe Street south of Marron Road

Jefferson Street between Marron Road and Laguna Drive

Laguna Drive between Jefferson Street and State Street

State Street between Laguna Drive and Carlsbad Boulevard

Carlsbad Boulevard between the north city limits at Buena Vista Lagoon to the south city limits at La Costa Avenue

Palomar Airport Road between Carlsbad Boulevard and El Camino Real (eastbound lanes only)

Avenida Encinas between Cannon Road and Palomar Airport Road

Poinsettia Lane between Avenida Encinas and Carlsbad Boulevard

Camino Vida Roble between Palomar Oaks and Palomar Airport Road

Palomar Oaks Road entirely

I-5 at Palomar Airport Road both northbound and southbound off-ramps and southbound on-ramp closed


The Carlsbad Police Department and volunteers will assist cars needing to get in or out of closed or partially closed areas, when safety allows. Those who need to get in or out of the race area during the event can do so on a nearby street not affected by race-day closures.


The Carlsbad Marathon begins and ends at the Westfield Plaza Camino Real shopping center. The race course runs from the mall to Carlsbad Boulevard and continues as far south as La Costa Avenue. The marathon also runs inland along Palomar Airport Road as far east as El Camino Real. The 26.2-mile marathon race starts at 6 a.m., while the half-marathon begins at 7:30 a.m.


More than 100,000 participants are expected.


Visit the event’s Web site at www.carlsbadmarathon.com for detailed route maps and additional road closure information.

Thursdays on the Coast Rings in the New Year in Carlsbad Village

Kick off New Year's Eve with a visit to Carlsbad Village where we will be hosting a special New Year's Eve event with bubbly and other goodies. You'll get to see great art and listen to great local musicians. Make sure to stay in the Village where there will be a plethora of opportunities to welcome 2010.

Make the Village your bridge to 2010!

Pups on Parade Returns to Carlsbad Village

Thursdays on the Coast - Special Night - Black Friday!

Welcome to Friends of Carlsbad Village

Welcome!

This new blog, which is replacing the soon to be defunct "Friends of the Village" has been created to discuss all things pertaining to Carlsbad Village. Come and share your ideas regarding revilatization of the Village and to stay up-to-date on events taking place in the the Village.

For more information about the Village visit www.shopcarlsbadvillage.org