Greer's Blog

Chef Steve Kling at Five Crowns Dine Newport Beach Menu

Image
By Greer Wylder
January 19, 2015

What’s not to love about chefs creating prix-fixe courses to please, knowing that many diners could be first timers at their restaurants? During this two-week culinary celebration, the Dine Newport Beach Restaurant Week through February 1, we picked some of our favorite restaurants that could be new to you, and you surely will love. It’s been too long since we dined at Five Crowns in Corona del Mar, and if that’s the case for you as well, make your reservation for Executive Chef Steve Kling’s Restaurant Week menu.  Five Crowns is famous for its traditional prime ribs of beef with…

Continue Reading

Chef Cathy Pavlos at Provenance Dine Newport Beach Menu

Image
By Greer Wylder
January 19, 2015

One of Newport’s newest restaurants, Provenance in Newport Beach is a hidden gem at Eastbluff Village Center and for anyone who loves Napa-style, farm-to-table dining this is the place for you. Chef Cathy Pavlos planted an organic raised-bed garden in the patio where she can incorporate the garden's bounty into her fresh and delicious menu. For Dine Newport Beach Restaurant Week, Chef Cathy is offering a lunch menu for just $15, and the dinner menu costs $40.  For dinner, you will be overwhelmed by the incredible choices: start with warm yogurt biscuits with honey butter. First courses include cauliflower and…

Continue Reading

Chef Jon Blackford at A Restaurant’s Dine Newport Beach Menu

Image
By Greer Wylder
January 19, 2015

Executive Chef Jonathon Blackford at the A Restaurant in Newport Beach could easily be one of the best chefs in Orange County, and his Restaurant Week menu perfectly shows off his culinary talents. The A Restaurant menu starts with a duck liver pate, or braised meatballs, or a salad with Fuyu persimmons and Envy apples. Main course choices include a 10 oz. prime block cut New York, Niman Ranch Pork carnitas, or Scottish salmon. The dessert is simply a baked hot chocolate. The cost for this delicious menu at Newport’s oldest restaurant with a retro chic décor is just $50.…

Continue Reading

The Newest Fit Club

Image
By Greer Wylder
January 16, 2015

The FIT CLUB will celebrate its grand opening today from 4 to 8 p.m. at Mercantile West in Ladera Ranch. Featuring innovative equipment, The FIT CLUB offers personal training services, educational workshops, and a variety of classes for all ages. (There is also a Fit Club in Irvine at Quail Hill Parkway.) To celebrate the opening, The FIT CLUB is offering free classes this morning, and from 4 to 8 pm, guests can meet the trainers and tour their new facility. Event attendees will enjoy giveaways, refreshments, and discount pricing for unlimited classes and private event training sessions. Small group…

Continue Reading

Grand Opening at The Halth Spa

Image
By Greer Wylder
January 16, 2015

The newest go to spot for natural luxury spa treatments--Hälth Spa across from Eastbluff Village in Newport Beach--will be celebrating its grand opening Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The beauty boutique specializes in natural nails using 5 free polishes, natural mineral make-up services, eyebrow shaping, and waxing services. During the event, you can receive 50% off all services, special offers and gifts, and free nail stenciling for kids.  And bring in gently used book for charity, and receive a free treatment.  Hälth Spa is a family and eco-friendly environment with services for men, women,  and children, a philanthropic boutique…

Continue Reading