Dining
dineLA at Michael’s On Naples!
07.22.13
We’re over the moon for the cuisine at Michael’s On Naples in Long Beach. It was named Best Italian Restaurant in Los Angeles by Zagat and LA’s #2 Overall Restaurant as well as among the Top 25 Best Italian Restaurants in the nation, and it’s no surprise, the food is incredible and sustainable, plus the wines are some of the best. Michael's is a recipient of Wine Spectator’Award of Excellence.
And now, it’s the perfect time to get in and try Executive Chef David Coleman’s incredible dishes. Michael’s on Naples is offering a special three-course, prix-fixe menu during dineLA for just $45 per person excluding tax, gratuity and optional wine through July 26.
Michael’s dineLA menu features…
To start, you can choose of one of three antipastis: insalata di promodoro with Farm lot 59 tomatoes, mache, gorganzola, pickled onions, and walnuts; or carpaccio di tonno with ahi tuna carpaccio, olive oil, sea salt and micro arugula; or paccheri alla Bolognese with house made pasta with wild boar Bolognese and pecorino Grand Cru.
The second piatti choices include coniglio al forno, Devil’s gulch rabbit roulade wrapped in speck with Mission fig, with Tuscan chard, and new potatoes. Or the pesce spade, grilled swordfish with sweet corn, fragola sarda and cherry tomatoes salad; or tagliata di manzo, 6 oz. prime New York steak with summer squash and potato gnocchi.
And finally, dolci! Choose from Bing cherry pie; or fresh sorbeti or gelato.
Open 5-10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and until 11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.
5620 East 2nd Street on Naples Island in Long Beach. 562.439.7080.
Summer Grilling at Maro in Laguna
07.11.13
The summer season is all about the grill! And at Maro Wood Grill, a farm-to-table restaurant in Laguna Beach they’re celebrating all year long with wood-fired grilling at its finest. Executive Chef Debra Sims prepares made-from-scratch creations and the sweet smoky flavors of wood grilling in Maro’s open-style kitchen, including everyone’s favorite edamame with Sonoma sea salt and mesquite grilled shishito peppers.
The award-winning Maro burger is a real palate-pleaser with grass fed ground beef topped with aged white cheddar, organic lettuce and tomatoes, bacon, homemade pickles and aioli. Other menu favroites include the grass fed steaks topped with house made chimichurri and grilled fish selections changing daily based on the day’s catch.
Open from noon to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Thursdays and Saturdays; open noon to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturdays. Closed Monday.
1915 South Coast Highway in Laguna Beach. 949.793.4044.
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