Dining

ANDREI’S FOR A GREEN VALENTINE’S DAY
02.08.11
By Sheryll Alexander
Want to go green this Valentine’s Day? Andrei’s Conscious Cuisine in Irvine serves up organic and sustainable seafood and meats along with hand-crafted cocktails, award-winning wines and live music.
Available from Friday, Feb. 11 through Monday, Feb. 14 (excluding Sunday), Andrei’s gives each female guest a long-stemmed red rose upon arrival. Chef Yves Fournier’s regular menu is available as well as special dishes such as crispy jumbo shrimp, Carlsbad clams, a lamb tasting, a signature surf-and-turf combo and a chocolat à deux dessert for two.
Andrei’s also has a special “A List” of wines by the bottle to complement each special dish. Plus, each guest who orders a bottle from the “A List” gets to bring home four freshly-baked banana-chocolate chip muffins to take home and eat the next morning with your sweetheart (and mimosas?).
To add to Andrei’s already casual, yet sophisticated ambiance, jazz guitarist Bruce Wall performs on Valentine’s evening. A photographer is also on hand to take special photographs, which can be sent to you the next day via email.
Andrei’s Conscious Cuisine, 2607 Main St., Irvine, 949.387.8887. www.andreisrestaurant.com.
Open Monday-Thursday from 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., Fridays from 11:30 am. To 11 p.m. and Saturdays from 5-11 p.m. Closed Sundays.
Sheryll Alexander is a lifestyles writer based in Costa Mesa, California.
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Vote Now and Free Show Tonight!
02.08.11
The OC Music Awards best live acoustic showcase series continues tonight from 7:30 to 11 p.m. at the Gypsy Den in Santa Ana. Check out live acoustic performances by Justin Soileau (pictured above), Micah Brown, Parker Macy Blues, Danny Maika, and The Foxx & Da Hound. It’s a free show, open for all ages.
Local music fans can also vote for their favorite artist at Fan Vote now through Tuesday, Feb. 15 and enter to win a $500 gift card from Best Buy, one year of complimentary Wahoo’s Fish Tacos, two tickets and one hotel room in Las Vegas for Red Bull’s SoundClash on March 12, one year supply of complimentary pop chips a custom OC Music Awards guitar compliments of Ernie Ball.
The Gypsy Den is at 125 N. Broadway, in Santa Ana.
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