





Consortium Holdings - the hospitality group that operates more than a dozen bars & restaurants around San Diego - closed the original location of Soda & Swine in Normal Heights earlier this month to reopen on July 1 with a refreshed menu. We have the first look at the revised offerings and the restaurant has moved away from a meatball focus and will now serve more Italian comfort food dishes.





The new Meat Baller Sub





The original location of the Soda & Swine concept opened in Normal Heights in February 2013 with a menu designed by corporate executive chef and partner Jason McCleod based around an eclectic array of meatballs. A second outpost debuted in Liberty Station in July 2015 with a third expected to open by year's end on the University of California San Diego campus in the space longtime occupied by Porter's Pub.Chef Jason McCleod announced on June 11 that Soda & Swine's Normal Heights location was closing for three weeks in order to "develop new recipes". The new menu was released this week and is no longer based around meatball sliders, rather it is filled with Italian comfort foods and family-style plates. Highlights include baked stuffed shells, fried calamari with marinara sauce, chicken parmesan, a nine-layer lasagna, and a family-sized grilled cheese that feeds 4. The restaurant has also added soft serve to its menu and aims to host special dinners with guest chefs in the future.