Saving the planet one sip at a time in Laguna Beach! Sorrento Grille & Bar’s five course organic wine dinner celebrates Earth Day on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. Executive Chef Ryan Adams has created a special, five-course dinner pairing locally sourced, new American dishes with West Coast organic wines.
The menu starts with hangtown fry, an omelette of sorts from the California Gold Rush updated with lobster, egg, caviar, bacon and tomato paired with Domaine Carneros Brut, N.V. Napa; next scallop with speck, greens, fennel and Meyer lemon paired with Benton Lane Pinot Gris, 2008 Napa. A spring soup is prepared with asparagus, morels, corn and duck with Argyle Pinot Noir, 2008 Washington. And salmon with favas, onions, radish, potato and red wine, paired with Gamble Family Red Blend, 2008 Napa; ribeye with mushroom, garlic, watercress and tomato, paired with Del Bondio Rutherford Cabernet, 2006. Lastly dessert, chocolate ganache cake with Zinfandel dark berry foam and carbonated black berry Chateau Felice with ‘Port Style’ Zinfandel, N.V. Napa.
The dinner, $65 per person.Sorrento Grille & Bar at 370 Glenneyre St. in Laguna Beach. 949.494.8686
Laugh Attack
The Irvine Improv at the Irvine Spectrum offers intimate comedy shows nearly every night—and this week’s line-up is super funny: tonight’s OC Comedy Competition and Comedy Juice College Night; Wednesday, Bert Kreischer; Thursday through Sunday Christopher Titus! Here’s the complete calendar.
You can dine during the show, or there’s a two item minimum per guest (could be drink or food combination). The ticket price excludes dinner or the two item minimum in the showroom.
Doors open on Wednesday at 7 p.m., Thursday and Friday 6:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 5:30 p.m. Tuesday is Late Night Menu, doors open at 7:30 p.m. Showtimes can vary. 71 Fortune Drive in Irvine. 949.854.5455
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