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Mini But Mighty Eastside Mini Mart
10.07.15
Longtime Eastside Costa Mesa residents will remember the old Alta-Dena Drive Thru Dairy on Santa Avenue, an easy accessible dairy shop that also sold beer and wine for decades.
It’s now under new ownership from a local family who turned into Eastside Mini Mart, a drive-thru convenience store with beers, wine, Alta Dena dairy, drinks, snacks, ice cream, fresh brewed coffee from De La Paz of San Francisco, pressed juice, and healthy local products.
Eastside Mini Mart support local businesses, provide healthy alternatives such as Active Milk, an organic raw sprouted milk in flavors such as cacao, coffee, and orange vanilla; My Favorite Indulgence, a local granola; and Nuvo olive oils and balsamic vinegars, and much more.
Open daily 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
1712 Santa Ana Ave. in Costa Mesa. 949.287.6332.
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The Fabulous Forum Club and Don Henley experience
10.06.15
For the first time since the Forum completed its reinvention, the exclusive Forum Club at the “Fabulous” Forum will open its doors to the public. A special dinner benefiting the Walden Woods Project before Don Henley’s upcoming concert on Friday, Oct. 9 will treat all attendees to a true VIP experience, featuring gourmet cuisine, a hosted bar and much more from 6 to 9 p.m. The concert starts at 8 p.m.
After dinner, concert ticket-holders will head into the Forum for an exceptional concert by Don Henley, and will have access to the Forum Club all night long.
Concert and pre-show Forum Club Dinner tickets are available now through Ticketmaster.com. The pre-show dinner ticket will be available for purchase as an "add-on" after the concert ticket transaction is made.
For those who already have concert tickets - pre-show Dinner tickets are available now for $150 each by clicking here.
Below are some more details on the dinner, Forum Club, and Don Henley experience.
Included with each dining ticket:
Complimentary VIP Parking.
On-site VIP check-in.
Access to the Forum Club all night.
Access to crowd-free merchandise shopping.
Elite buffet.
Hors d'oeuvres.
Hosted bar (6-9 p.m. only).
A copy of Don Henley’s "Cass County" album on CD.
3900 W Manchester Blvd. in Inglewood.
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