Photo by Brenton Garen

Bistro 31 is open for lunch and dinner Tuesday through Thursday during the school year at the Art Institute of California – Los Angeles in Santa Monica.

Bistro

31, the Santa Monica student-run restaurant at The International

Culinary School at The Art Institute of California—Los Angeles, will

donate a portion of all sales to the school’s scholarship fund during

the last two weeks of February.

“Enjoying

a wonderful meal while contributing to student scholarships at the same

time is a great way to support our aspiring creative professionals,”

said The Art Institute of California—Los Angeles President Claude

Brown. 

The scholarship funds raised will benefit students in all

Culinary, Media Arts, Design and Fashion areas of study.

Students

created an Asian cuisine-inspired menu for the current winter quarter

with several items added weekly.

Dishes include starters such as Yellow

Tail Hamachi Carpaccio with micro greens, shiso ginger, serrano chili,

with yuzu ponzu ($7); an Asian Bistro Burger entree with ground Angus,

soy ginger glaze, Asian slaw, pickled cucumbers, tomato, grilled onion,

and aonori dusted potato chips for $8.50; and an assortment of

desserts.

Doors

are open to the public Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday for lunch from

11:30 am 1:30 pm, and for dinner from 6:30-8:30PM.  Reservations are

strongly encouraged: 310.314.6057. The bistro offers two hour parking validation.

Bistro 31 is located at 2900 31^st Street (at Ocean Park Boulevard), Santa Monica.

For more information, visit http://bit.ly/AiCALABistro31.