Dining

We Love Smoked Turkeys for Thanksgiving!
11.20.10
By Joanne Tucker
The Thanksgiving holiday may be fun, but it can also be full of stress when you’re in charge cooking, serving and cleaning.
Here’s a solution to ease your mind for a relaxed and carefree Thanksgiving dinner party without cooking the old bird.
Every year, we order up a deliciously smoked barbecue turkey from Beach Pit BBQ. The succulent turkeys are rubbed with a Southern spice mixture and then smoked on premises for up to 12 hours in a special blend of hickory and pecan wood. Plus, the bird comes with Beach Pit’s proprietary barbecue sauce and turkey gravy.
This year, Beach Pit BBQ offers two sizes of smoked turkeys. You can order a 10-14 lb. turkey (serves 10-15 guests) for $49.99 or a 20-24 lb. turkey (serves 20-25 guests) for $79.99. Each order comes with barbecue sauce and gravy.
Perhaps you’re tired of putting on the holiday spread and wish for a complete down-home, pre-cooked Thanksgiving dinner? No problem! For the holidays, each Beach Pit BBQ also offers trays of four sides (candied yams, mashed potatoes, blueberry cornbread stuffing, green beans with bacon) that costs $25 each and serves 20+ guests.
BUT HURRY! Your last day to order your turkey(s) and sides is Sunday, November 21. (Pick up time is 10:00 a.m.-noon on Thanksgiving Day.)
Beach Pit BBQ has six Orange County locations:
Costa Mesa
1676 Tustin Avenue, Costa Mesa
949.645.7427
Tustin Garage in Old Town
560 El Camino Real, Tustin
714.929.7427
Old Towne Orange
128 N. Glassell Street, Orange
714.633.7427
Huntington Beach
301 Main Street #107, Huntington Beach
714.374.3033
Laguna Niguel
32371 Golden Lantern Ste. G, Laguna Niguel
949.496.7427
Aliso Viejo
26541 Aliso Creek Road “C”, Aliso Viejo
949.362.7427
Joanne Tucker is a lifestyles writer based in Costa Mesa, Calif.
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REI Grand Opening!
11.19.10
Outdoor enthusiasts! Your ultimate shopping destination, REI, is celebrating a grand opening of its new store at the Market Place in Tustin. It’s a weekend of presentations, giveaways and a winter sale.
The first 200 people (ages 12 and older) who visit the store today, Saturday and Sunday will receive a special edition water bottle with an REI gift card ranging in value from $5 to $100. And enjoy a free continental breakfast served before the store opens throughout the grand opening weekend. Doors open at 9 a.m. each day.
You can can also enter to win a variety of REI and Novara prizes throughout the grand opening celebration, including an REI Mountain 2 Tent, REI Flash 65 Pack, Novara Pika Bike and more.
To celebrate the store’s new community space, REI has invited a group of Orange County athlete each evening beginning tonight through Tuesday whose amazing stories inspire others to get into the great outdoors. Each night a community reception will be held at 6 p.m. and the talk will begin at 7 p.m. Participants can register at http://www.rei.com/stores/17 for the following presentations:
Today: Jacke Van Woerkom, founder of Trail Angels.
Saturday: Ryan and John Dahlem, father and son climbing team.
Sunday: Jordan Romero, youngest person to summit all Seven Summits.
Monday: Kat Swigart, equestrian endurance racer.
Tuesday: Michelle Barton, Doug Malewicki and Sierra Barton, family of Badwater Ultramarathon runners.
REI is the Tustin side of the Market Place, next to Best Buy. 714.505.0205.
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