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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
Sponsored by A Restaurant
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GOBBLE IT UP!
The A Market does Thanksgiving to-go just right with delicious and complete dinners.
Order a free range organic Willie Bird from Sonoma, brined and ready to roast (12 to 14 lbs) with all of the trimmings: pan gravy, cranberry, orange and sour cherry relish; wild rice and pine nut stuffing; mashed potatoes, green beans, alpine sourdough cheese rolls and pumpkin pie with caramel, toasted pecans and whipped cream.
The meal serves 6 to 8 and costs $149.
And you can also order a beautiful platter of imported and domestic charcuterie that makes a great appetizer.
The platter comes with housemade chicken liver terrine, pepper shooters, green peppers stuffed with fontina and prosciutto, cornichons and whole grain mustard, selection of breads and housemade garlic herb crostini.
Serves 8 to 10 guests ($110); for 20 to 35 guests, the price is $220.
And The A Market has other great additions to complete your meal, including candied yams, macaroni and cheese, creamed spinach and more.
3400 West Coast Highway in Newport Beach. 949.650.6515.
Or if you want to take the vegetarian road on Thanksgiving, Avanti Café in Costa Mesa offers an incredible vegetarian dinner served Thursday, Nov. 27 at 3 p.m.
Or you can place a take-out Thanksgiving dinner deluxe by Saturday and pick up your meal Wednesday after 5 p.m. or Thursday (Thanksgiving) from 1 to 2:30 p.m.
Reserve and pre-pay by today for $49 per person. The price then goes up to $55 per person.
The appetizer includes an amuse bouche, Avanti's mouth-watering appetizer bite of holiday flavor; and a truly authentic Spanish gazpacho shot.
Next course, a soup of mushroom and onion pierogi in roasted vegetable golden broth with celery root and Italian parsley.
For the main course, you have your choice of grilled vegetable medley served over toasted nut soft polenta vegan; or a French poached garlic and kabocha pumpkin custard in golden filo. (Both served with cherry tomato confit and French root vegetable round up, orange zest parsnip, rosemary red potato, Shiso rutabaga, white miso and ume boshi daikon.) You also get a salad of cranberry pickled fennel, heirloom lettuce and haricot vert in honey blood orange vinaigrette with sage cornbread crouton.
Dessert choices include a spiced sweet potato panna cotta with pecan praline crisp and sour cherry ginger compote vegan; or pumpkin souffle with cornmeal black pepper shortbread and molasses chantilly cream.
Served with your choice of a glass of selected red or white wine or sparking Lissa water. Holiday specials on wines and beer by the bottle or glass.
Avanti Café is at 259 E. 17th St. in Costa Mesa. 949.548.2224.
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