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Mimi’s Cafe Turns 35, Rolls Back Prices
07.11.13
In celebration of Mimi’s Café’s 35th anniversary and French heritage on Bastille Day, Sunday, July 14, Mimi’s will offer a Heritage Menu featuring several classic dishes at original 1978 prices. Five of the classic tastes include a bowl of French onion soup –at $2.25; Pain Perdu at $4.25; classic muffins at 45 cents; French dip sandwich at $4.10; and Eggs Benedict at $3.95
Guests will also have the opportunity to win prizes such as $10,000 in cash, a trip for two to Napa Valley and more with their Merci for Mimi’s promotion. Beginning Bastille Day, all lunch and dinner guests will receive a game piece to be opened on their next visit, revealing a special prize. Prizes include $10,000 cash, a trip for two to Napa Valley, an in-home dinner prepared by Mimi’s Cafe Executive Chef Katie Sutton, Mimi’s gift cards and dining discounts.
In Orange County Mimi’s has locations in Costa Mesa, Fountain Valley, Laguna Niguel, Anaheim, Yorba Linda, Lakewood, Garden Grove, Tustin, and Lake Forest.
Dining
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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