Toluca Baseball Benefit Dinner Tonight

Tickets are still available to a charity dinner Friday benefiting Toluca Baseball for kids and teens.

The event is being held at the new Luca's restaurant, a seafood and sushi spot, at 10550 Riverside Dr. in Toluca Lake.

Admission was reduced from $150 to $90 per person.

Luca's chef will be previewing some of the new eatery's dishes:

Choice of One Starter:

Escargot au Pastis, sautéed in herbed butter, wine, fresh spinach served in garlic toasted baguette

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Roasted Beet Salad with almond crusted goat cheese, arugula, and orange ginger vinaigrette

Choice of One Entrée:

Braised Short ribs with mushroom puree

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Sole en Papillote with clams, mussels, shrimp, fennel, white wine, herbs, slow cooked in parchment paper with sliced ciabetta bread

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Roasted Monkfish with lemon butter white wine sauce with roasted artichoke hearts 

Plus a selection of Chef Kei's sushi, sashimi and Japanese-style salmon

Toluca Baseball has been active in the area since the 1960s with games played at South and North Weddington Parks.