Do you like it HOT!?

Our kitchen garden is POPPING with unique varieties of spicy peppers!! Our culinary team is experimenting with FIREY sauces & specials, including a version of our signature Fried Chicken Sando that will make you sweat!

If you LIKE IT HOT, join us for lunch or dinner Friday, Aug. 28 through Sunday, Aug. 30.

We’ll also have unique and rare peppers for sale for you to cook at home or make your own hot sauce!

• Widowmaker Wings $12 

  Smoked + fried chicken wings, Vista-grown Bhut Jalokia (1 MILLION SCOVILLE!!), celery, buttermilk aioli, sesame seed, scallion.  

• Nashville Southern Fried Chicken Sando $16

  Vista’s crowd-favorite chicken sando…but make it Nashville hot with Vista-grown cayenne (40K SCOVILLE)! House pickle, vaquero slaw, lime aioli, brioche bun.

• The Line Cook’s Mac + Cheese $18 

  Cavatappi pasta, mornay, fried chicken tossed in Vista-grown Cajamarca & habanero pepper sauce (40L SCOVILLE!), , aleppo pepper, scallion

Rare peppers growing in the Vista Chef’s Garden

Available for sale as fresh peppers this weekend.

The Scoville scale measures the spiciness and heat of chili peppers in Scoville Heat Units (SHU) based on their capsaicin concentration.

• Bhut Jalokia 1,000,000 India (Intense fruity, sweet chili flavor. one of the hottest peppers in the world)

• Cayenne 40,000 S America (Sharp, biting, and slightly sweet red pepper flavor with a subtle smokiness.)

• Cajamarca 40,000 Peru Andes (Fruity, citrusy aroma typical of Habanero-type pepper)

• Ahi Omni 40,000 Peru (Ripen from yellow to purple, to orange and finally to red. complex citrusy and fruity flavor.)

• Lota Lutein Serrano 30,000 Hybrid (Lota Lutein chile has a smoother burn than the typical serrano and also more of a citrus sweet flavor tone when ripe yellow. high lutein content for eye health)

• Ahi Limon 22,000 Peru (Bursting with a refreshing lemony tang and a medium, approachable spice level)

• Serrano 17,000 Mexico (Bright, crisp, and grassy with a clean, fresh bite. Red serranos turn slightly sweeter and earthier.)

• Red Padron 15,000 Spain (Combines a sweet, rich, and deeply vegetal fruitiness with a sharp, intense spice. Drought stress or maturity increases the heat)

• Lemon Spice Jalapeno 4,000 Hybrid (Juicy and sweet up front with distinct, bright citrus/lemony undertones and a mild grassy finish)

• Suave Orange Habanero 800 Hybrid (Signature tropical fruit flavor of a habanero with almost none of the intense heat)

• Corno di Toro 500 Italy (Italian roasting pepper with sweet, fruity flavor with a mild heat)