Humans,
Bear here. Summer months for those of the family Ursidae are some of the slowest months of all. Generally, most bears pass the time lying in the shade, swimming, or splashing around in cool water waiting for the salmon run. With all that fur, us bears can easily overheat. In fact, in the hottest of months, if we amble too quickly we are liable to run a fever.
This time of year, bear eating habits include berries, grasses, roots, fish, and insects. I’ll leave the insects out (you’re welcome), but our summer menu has been inspired by these our mammalian roots. Consider our Stone Fruit Salad opener or our second menu course of charred octopus, cucumber, pickled pearl onions, radish, and smoked avocado mousse. You won’t want to miss this.
For the Bear Chef family, well, summer months are some of our busiest. Osito has a skate camp and is learning the electric guitar, Osa and I are planning another summer road trip to the Rocky Mountains to visit relatives, and we’ve got a bunch of fun dinners on the docket (with some amazing vegetarian options! I’m looking at you, MUSH-ATORI).
But this summer, we’ve vowed to try to slow down a bit and follow suit with our bear brethren. If you keep your eyes open, you might be able to find us lounging with some honeycomb and burrata beneath the Eucalyptus in Balboa Park, tossing pennies (and paws) into the Bea Evenson Fountain, or boogieing on a few waves over at Mission Beach. (Say hi if you do!) Besides us being bears, you’ll easily be able to spot us because we’ll be sporting our new Cow by Bear wear, now available at the Cow by Bear shop!
If you really want to get into the Bear way of life, while you’re there you can also check out our new subscription program which saves you $45 on dinners, $50 off of our Chef's dinner (quarterly), and a special code to get 15% off merch from the website. Oh! And make sure to check the July calendar for new dinner dates. I added a handful of dates since our last update!
Well GTG, we’re taking off for a day trip up the coast before prepping for this weekend’s dinners. See you there?
