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Shop Living Gardens
01.02.18
Award-winning South Orange County-based landscape design studio, Living Gardens Landscape Design just debuted an E-commerce store - Shop Living Gardens. Filled with unique hand-selected items for the home and garden, this is the perfect one-stop shop for gifts. The store is filled with items that evoke nature. Choose from kids décor, pillow and rugs, stationery, gardening tools, and stylish ways to relax, such as heat pillows, eye pillows, soaps and hand creams.
Living Gardens Landscape Design founder, Sacha McCrae provides a full range of landscape design services from concept to installation. The firm also provides exterior furniture, fountains, pottery, accessories and decorative light fixtures. From conceptual plans to construction documents and homeowner association submittals, they can walk you through the process.
Living Gardens Landscape Design is at 638 Camino De Los Mares Suite H130-326, in San Clemente.
Dining
Beloved Cuban Eatery, Habana at Irvine Spectrum
01.02.18
Easily the most exciting restaurant of late is the new Habana Irvine at Irvine Spectrum. For over 20 years, Habana at the Lab in Costa Mesa has offered outstanding and authentic Cuban fare, and now with Habana Irvine, there’s just more to love. Habana Irvine offers an exciting and romantic vibe—complete with an onsite bakery and exclusive cafecita. It's the next best thing to being in Cuba in its heyday.
Lead by executive chef Alex Moreno, Habana offers Cuban-inspired fare, ranging from seafood ceviche starters to a hamburguesa a la Habana, a grilled 8 oz. beef patty, American and Manchego cheeses, caramelized onion, crispy potato, dill pickle, lettuce, tomato and Habana secret sauce on brioche bun. Habana is known for its Paella a La Habana, along with the key lime pie, house made bocaditos, ropa vieja and more.
You’ll love the Bakery Habana that offers an array of authentic Cuban pastries baked fresh daily. Habana’s talented Pastry Chef Katherine Russ provides outstanding bites to be enjoyed in-house or to-go. With its own entrance, Habana Irvine’s cafecita is easily accessible, and offers its own inviting ambiance. Along with the house made pastries, you can enjoy exclusive, aromatic and rich coffee blends. These roasts can be sipped at the bakery, or taken home to be brewed, but can only be found at Habana Irvine.
Habana Irvine will also offer an exclusive Cuban style craft beer, Hatuey. This 100-year-old famous ale was first brewed in Santiago, Cuba in 1914. Pair this unique brew with their Media Noche sandwich with low roasted pork shoulder, jamon, Swiss cheese, dill pickles, roasted garlic yellow mustard aioli in a pressed sweet roll, and you’re sure to leave satisfied.
Open 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday.
Habana Irvine is at the Irvine Spectrum at 709 Spectrum Center Drive in Irvine.
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