Greer's OC

Literature meets coffee at the new Ink & Bean Coffee Saloon & Wordshop in Anaheim celebrating its grand opening on Saturday. Ink & Bean features premium Stumptown Coffee and locally homemade pastries from beloved Blackmarket Bakery in Costa Mesa. There will also be ongoing literary events such as author signings, professor talks, story sharing and old time radio programming, as well as Write Ins on the first Wednesday of each month for writers of all genres. 

Grand opening festivities include a selection of Steinbeck audiobooks playing and half off coffee with the purchase of a pastry. At the same time, enjoy ACE, Anaheim’s Art Crawl Experience, where local artists line Center Street Promenade and live musicians play for guests in attendance. 

Ruben Cantu, sax player will entertain guests with classic American standards, smooth jazz, rhythm and blues, soft rock and Latin between 6 to 7 p.m. Visitors will enjoy a literary display on Park & Read parklet sponsored by the Orange County Museum of Art and As Issued from 6 to 10 p.m. Lucky winners will get a free coffee and mug from 6 to 10 p.m. in the raffle held that evening.

Open 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday through Friday; 7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday; and 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.  

151 W. Center St. Promenade in Anaheim.  

For menus and calendar events visit inkandbeancoffee.com, or call 714.635.BEAN (2326) for more info.

B. Sweet on Valentine's

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, B. toffee is offering a limited edition B. mine Valentine’s gift set for sweethearts.

The gift package features both milk chocolate and dark chocolate B. toffee, along with complimentary B. bits and a special recipe for a B. toffee Shareable Shake that you can make at home. Each gift set comes with two 9-ounce canisters of B. toffee (one dark and one milk chocolate), one complimentary package of B. bits, recipe card and Valentine’s packaging, priced at $32 (plus tax and shipping, if applicable). To order, email orders@Btoffee.com or call 949.722.9001.

B. toffee also offers customizable Valentine’s boxes for personal and corporate gifting. And, orders of any size can be personalized with special sentiments or company logos.