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Greer’s Pick of the Week
The Sassoon Salon Experience
Sassoon Salon offers a truly exceptional cut and color that will effortlessly complement your personal style for the holidays.
Sponsored by Sassoon Salon, South Coast Plaza
Greer’s Good Life
A+ for A Restaurant
From the darling "valet girls" to the retro luxe interior, the legendary restaurant property has never looked so good. It's serving up a 3 p.m. bar menu daily; Saturday and Sunday brunch (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.) and dinner nightly from 5:30 p.m. 3334 West Coast Highway in Newport Beach. 949.650.6505
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YOUR SWEET VALENTINE
We've tasted and gained insight (and maybe a pound or two for the cause) into the OC's top sweetheart treats for Valentine's Day. Here are our top choices:
Downey's Chocolates -- which has the best chocolates in the OC -- handpicked a luxurious box of seven wine-friendly chocolates and offers it free with a purchase of $50 or more. The Lovers' Wine Pairing Collection is available through Feb. 14. You can also order online and enter code: 2017 to redeem offer. 23902 Aliso Creek Rd., Laguna Niguel. 949.226.8086.
Just in time for Valentine's Day, Sprinkles debuts the XOX box (pictured above), topped with heart decorations. Each box contains a dozen cupcakes -- a mix of Belgian dark chocolate cupcakes filled with vanilla marshmallow cream and glazed with a rich bittersweet chocolate ganache; red-hot velvet cupcakes with a spicy cinnamon cream cheese frosting; and classic dark chocolate and vanilla cupcakes.
The XOX box costs $36, and special Valentine’s flavors available from Feb. 8 to 17. Open 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. 949.760.0003. www.sprinklescupcakes.com
Scandia Bakery in Laguna Beach bakes special treats for Valentine’s Day. Mention Greer's OC when you place your order and receive 15% off! (Ordering in advance is highly encouraged).
Choose from chocolate-dipped strawberries; heart-shaped raspberry tarts for two (shell made out of white or dark chocolate); Valentine's Day petit fours; heart-shaped short dough cookies with sugar sprinkles or fondant icing; heart-shaped gingerbread cookies and a heart-shaped cake available in small (serves 2) or large (serves 14) with ganache icing and choice of raspberry, strawberry or chocolate filling; large heart-shaped mixed berry fruit tarts (serves 12).
Open 6:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday through Thursday; 6:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday; and 6:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday. Scandia Bakery at 248 Forest Ave. in Laguna Beach. 949.497.1495
Wonderland Bakery offers delicious treats for Valentine’s Day -- including gorgeous red rose "cookie bouquets," personalized conversation heart cookies (including giant "Be Mine" and "Kiss Me" hearts), and its special "Kobe-style" strawberries (named after NBA star Kobe Bryant when he began to buy them regularly for his wife) -- long-stemmed strawberries dipped in milk chocolate and drizzled with pink-tinted white chocolate.
Open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday. The Bluffs Shopping Center, 1314 Bison at MacArthur, in Newport Beach. 949.640.9095. www.wonderlandbakery.com
Order a trio of to-die-for Valentine desserts at Zov's Bistro, Bakery & Café. Zov's Decadent Dessert Dayz are available during February to order on Sundays in Newport Coast and Irvine and Mondays in Tustin. The sweets menu, perfect for sharing, includes the first course Be Mine (mini homemade cookies and warm vanilla cream sauce); followed by True Love (chocolate ganache heart-shaped cake with raspberry drizzle); and finishes with Forever Yours (pomegranate-tangerine sorbet with citrus almond poundcake). Trio of desserts costs $14.95. 17749 E. 17th St. Tustin. 714.838.8855; 21123 Newport Coast Drive, Newport Coast. 949.760.ZOVS; 3915 Portola Parkway, Irvine. 714.734.ZOVS. www.zovs.com
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