Red Wine Poached (Easter) Eggs
Scott’s Restaurant & Bar in Costa Mesa is serving an Easter Sunday brunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The three-course brunch comes with endless Champagne and traditional favorites with a twist for $35 per person; and from 4 to 10 p.m. Scott’s offers an Easter supper featuring local, organic produce from Unity Farms and sustainable seafood from Santa Monica Seafood.
Scott’s brunch menu features cheese blintzes, crepes, ricotta, drunken strawberries, Macadamia French toast with caramelized bananas and brioche, an open faced pancake with bacon, sweet aioli, fried eggs, grilled salmon with agave yogurt sauce with roasted potatoes, hanger steak, red wine poached eggs, and chimichurri.
Scott's Restaurant & Bar is at 3300 Bristol St. in Costa Mesa. 714.979.2400.
Consider celebrating Easter Sunday Italian-style at Canaletto Ristorante Veneto at Fashion Island. With the combined ambience, service, and great food, and well edited wine list, with plenty of varietals, Canaletto is the perfect place for a holiday meal.
They’re offering Easter Specials, as well as its regular menu available. (We highly recommend the tagliatelle alla Bolognese, swordfish carpaccio, and salumaria, as well as the $5 pizzas at happy hour, and you can’t go wrong with the dessert cart offerings.) Easter specials incluse zuppa di zucca, a roasted butternut squash soup with sage and Yukon gold potatoes and Asiago cheese crostino ($4.99 cup, $5.99 bowl); Pasta e Risotto, risotto ai gamberoni
carnaroli risotto with white shrimp, zucchini, sweet peas, lobster reduction; roasted prawn ($21.99).
And, don’t forget Caneletto has one of the best local happy hours offering $5 martinis, beers, wines, and appetizers.
Open 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday; 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Call 949.640.0900 At Fashion Island, 545 Newport Center Drive in Newport Beach.
Classic Easter Brunch
Join the award-winning Winery Restaurant & Wine Bar at The District in Tustin for a special Easter three-course brunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. that costs $32.95 per person. With the brunch, you’ll have plenty of selections at each course that include a Caesar salad, or Santa Barbara heirloom tomatoes salad; and chilled wild jumbo shrimp salad.
For main courses, choose from a Grand Cru burger, prime beef tenderloin tips risotto; and chili lime rubbed Hawaiian mahi mahi; and for dessert, the Winery cheesecake with Zinfandel reduction swirl, and mixed berry coulis; and warm Scharffenberger chocolate fleur de sel tart with blackberry cabernet sorbet. The regular dinner menu will be available from 5 to 9 p.m. and remember the Winery offers live entertainment every weekend.
On Easter Sunday, enjoy Desert Rose Flamenco Guitar Duo & Vocals starting at 6:30 p.m. Open 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 11:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Friday; 4:30 to 10:30 p.m. Saturday; and 4:30 to 10 p.m. Sunday. 2647 Park
Avenue in Tustin. 714.258.7600
Tasty Brews
Looks like the the OC Wine Mart & Tasting Bar in Irvine is preparing early for Saturday’s National Beer Day by rolling out a Blind Taste Six World Class Beers beer tasting event tonight from 6 to 8 p.m.
The Belgian Ales vs American Belgian-Style tasting costs just $25 per person and includes cheese and beer snacks. Should be a great tasting considering Belgium is without a doubt, one of the world's most renowned beer producing countries, with 125 breweries offering more than 500 different ales of various flavors.
Open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday; 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday. OC Wine Mart & Tasting Bar is at 2272 Michelson Drive in Irvine 714.785.5451.
