Tarla Grill Information

Today people want to both relish their meal and know where the ingredients are coming from. At Tarla Mediterranean Bar + Grill we stand behind the culinary dishes we create. We take our responsibility of ensuring the origins of our ingredients seriously and pride ourselves on using local, seasonal and organic fare whenever possible. Tarla, meaning "field" in Turkish, implies the fertile expanse of earth that can provide for the people around it. True to our namesake, the Tarla Grill aims to yield nourishing, creative, and culturally exciting eats originating from Turkey and Greece, lands heralded for their cuisine and a culture that takes pride in the relationship between mankind and the land! The only professional chef in his family hes one of 13 children Garcia started cooking out of necessity. I was 9 or 10. Just a kid, he recalled. One afternoon, his mother told him there was, no food in the house and she was waiting for my father to get home from work so she could go shopping. Garcia scoured the pantry and kitchen cabinets and located several ingredients he thought would feed his parents and the seven kids living at home. I made dinner to the surprise of all, he said. From that point on, he got to cook dinner for the family twice a week or whenever they would let me. Garcia came to the United States from Mexico with his family at age 7. His father, a retired military man, worked in the vineyards while his mother took care of the family and cooked exceptional Mexican dishes for him and his siblings. Garcia observed and learned quite a bit. In 1983, Adolfo began his training with the Great Masa in Auberge Du Soleil in Rutherford, California. Later that year, he transferred to Domaine Chandon in Yountville, California for further training in every aspect of the culinary arts by the world-renowned Phillipe Jeanty. Three years later, Adolfo became fully submerged in all aspects of management and culinary arts at Pasta Prego in Napa, California. Adolfo also worked at Chardonnay Golf Club & Vineyards, ...