The best local food happenings this month.
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Old school ambiance and live jazz: Ambrosia Try: Bananas Foster made tableside 801 N. Main St., Santa Ana OCPavilion.com 714.550.0811 Open Mon – Fri for lunch, most nights for dinner $10-$49 Italian & seafood in classic setting: Anaheim White House Try: Romeo gigli salmon chocolat (poached salmon served atop white chocolate mashed potato puree) 887 S. Anaheim Blvd., Anaheim AnaheimWhiteHouse.com 714.772.1381 Open Mon – Fri for lunch, diner nightly $7.95 - $49.95 Intimate 24-seat restaurant with Swiss-French cuisine: Basilic Try: Basilic Bouillabaisse 217 Marine Avenue, Balboa Island Basilicrestaurant.com 949.673.0570 Open for dinner Tues - Sat $6 - $29 Euro-Cal cuisine in a classy setting: Bayside Try: Wild mushroom-crusted halibut 900 Bayside Dr., Newport Beach axiemawards.com/bayside.shtml 949.721.1222 Open daily for lunch and dinner $8.75 - $49.75 Disney design, historic site, French cuisine: The Cellar Try: Baked fillet of John Dory with an herb crust and Chardonnay cream sauce 305 N. Harbor Blvd, Fullerton Cellardining.com 714.525.5682 Open for dinner Tues - Sun $9 - $48 Charming English country inn setting: Five Crowns Try: Beefsteak Neptune (butterflied filet with Dungeness crab legs, Yukon gold potato, asparagus and sauce béarnaise) 3801 East Coast Highway, Corona del Mar lawrysonline.com/fivecrowns_gen_info.asp 949.760.0331 Open nightly for dinner $7 - $47 An American in Paris setting: French 75 Try: Shrimp en Cassoulette 1464 South Coast Highway, Laguna Beach culinaryadventures.com/restaurants/f75/laguna_beach/index.html 949.494.8444 Open nightly for dinner $7 - $50 Upscale with a Disney twist: Napa Rose at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel Try: Wild salmon wrapped with applewood-smoked bacon atop corn risotto 1600 S. Disneyland Drive, Anaheim disneyland.disney.go.com/disneyland/en_US/hotels/dining/detail?name=NapaRoseDiningPage 714-781-DINE Open nightly for dinner $10 - $50 Spectacular view with cuisine to match: Orange Hill Restaurant Try: Filet mignon “Oscar style” (Filet mignon topped with butter braised king crab meat, asparagus and a black truffle hollandaise) 6410 E. Chapman Ave, Orange Theorangehillrestaurant.com 714.997.2910 Open nightly for dinner $6.95 - $42.95 Italian villa ambiance and authentic cuisine: Ti Amo Try: Cesare “You gotta break the bowl” (Cesar salad with crisp Asiago wafer bowl, roast peppers, anchovy and rosemary polenta croutons). 31727 South Coast Highway, Laguna Beach Tiamolagunabeach.com 949.499.5350 Open nightly for dinner $7.95 - $27.95 |
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