Easily the most exciting addition to Las Vegas, is the opening of new W Las Vegas. It took almost two decades to become a reality! The W perfectly transformed a 289-room tower of SLS Las Vegas, into a luxe and chic hotel-within-a-hotel experience, on the emerging North End of the Vegas Strip. In a former life, the hotel was in the same spot as the iconic Sahara...MORE
Continue Reading With many kids out of school and home on Spring Break, The Triangle in Costa Mesa offers great options for family fun, from dining and bowling, to the movies and grabbing a custom ice cream confection at Creamistry. In addition, the popular dining and entertainment center is also giving away a $100 gift card to Tavern + Bowl this month, just visit The Triangle’s Facebook page to enter. At Tavern + Bowl, you can enjoy dinner nightly, or brunch on the weekends, while watching your favorite teams on the multiple TVs throughout the restaurant, followed by a round or two…
Continue Reading Attention grilled cheese fanatics! Provisions Market and OC Baking Company are going all out again for in celebration of National Grilled Cheese Month to host The Big Cheese, Orange County’s grilled cheese festival and competition. Event Co-Founder chef Greg Daniels and local chefs will compete for the title of “The Big Cheese” in this 4th annual event to be held on National Grilled Cheese Day on Wednesday, April 12 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Provisions Market in Orange. OC Baking Company master baker Dean Kim will supply locally produced freshly baked bread to the competing chefs, while the farmer-owned dairy cooperative Tillamook County Creamery Association will offer a selection of its…
Continue Reading The team behind Driftwood Kitchen and The Deck on Laguna, just opened their newest restaurant, Hendrix at the Ocean Ranch Village in Laguna Niguel. Hendrix offers "New American" cuisine a combination of flavors and traditional American cooking techniques. Executive Chef Rainer Schwarz’s menu items include local and seasonal ingredients, popular cuts of fish, steaks and chops as well as rotisserie items with interesting and flavorful accompaniments. The restaurant was named "Hendrix" as a play on Hendrick's Gin; it's the featured spirit in the restaurant's signature cocktail, "The Perfect G&T." Some of the standout dishes from Hendrix’s rotisserie includes spit roasted Porcetta and…
Continue Reading Deemed “One of the best mid-sized cities in the nation for food…” by the Orange County Register, Costa Mesa has become a culinary capital. This is, in large part, thanks to the award winning restaurants at SOCO and The OC Mix, which include the two-time James Beard Award nominee Carlos Salgado’s Taco Maria. Now, you can experience this up-and-coming foodie scene while enjoying a relaxing stay-cation at one of Costa Mesa’s stylish hotels, thanks to a fabulous promotion that pairs hotel rooms with high-caliber cuisine. Simply book two nights at one of Costa Mesa’s participating hotels, including Marriott, Crowne Plaza,…
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