Dine and Dish: Vintage Press in Visalia

VISALIA, Calif. (KFSN) -- Some Valley restaurants are time-tested and person been enjoyed by generations.

Vintage Press successful Visalia dates backmost to the sixties.

Great nutrient is conscionable portion of the experience.

"1966, truthful it's a small spot ironic. Some radical telephone america aged school, which I benignant of similar aged school," said David Vartanian, cook and co-owner.

We started with chaotic mushrooms successful a puff pastry.

"A achromatic formation mushroom, a brownish formation mushroom," said Vartanian.

"We're going to enactment caller herbs."

Lemon juice, brackish and brandy provender the flames.

Creamy condiment completes the dish.

61-year-old Vartanian and his 10 siblings were calved into the business.

"I was backmost present erstwhile I was 12-13 years old. Wow," said Vartanian.

Vartanian wants you to bask acquainted foods with a tasty twist.

"Here's different archetypal course. This is simply a greenish chile relleno stuffed with goat food and mushrooms with a jalapeno cilantro butter," explained Vartanian.

"The different crockery we're going to marque is Steak au poivre, which is simply a greenish peppercorn steak."

The creamy condiment indispensable archetypal beryllium sampled.

"So, the filet mignon is the astir tender portion of nutrient connected the animal," explained Vartanian.

"And determination we person steak au poivre."

Wine Spectator was impressed with this collection.

"We're recognized successful that work arsenic having 1 of the nicer vino lists," Vartanian said.

Like its wine, the edifice has gotten amended with time.

"This is blackened reddish snapper," said Vartanian.

"There's a cajun seasoning that we premix up with 10-11 spices."

Vartanian remembers immoderate customers erstwhile they were conscionable kids.

"It's large to spot that and for them to archer you. You cognize I utilized to travel present with my dada mode backmost when," Vartanian said.

Whether it's jambalaya oregon conscionable a burger, galore can't defy the originative cuisine astatine The Vintage Press.

"I ever archer radical if this seems excessively daunting of a task to bash each this, past the champion happening to marque for meal is reservations."

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