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Thurs, May 7th – Downloadable PDF: Laguna Beach Restaurants Offering To Go: Version 12
This is VERSION #12, dated Thursday evening, May 7, 2020, of current Laguna Beach restaurants serving to-go and delivery. Thank you for all your support of our amazing restaurants, dear reader!
Mother’s Day in a Box at Sapphire, Cellar. Craft. Cook
Sappphire, Cellar. Craft. Cook, our newest entry to Laguna Beach, is offering yet another peek into its coming menu with a Mother's Day meal package priced at $169 for four to six people. Happily, it ALSO has your Mother's Day gifts covered with a rather inventive...
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Plein Air Paint Out Celebrates 100 Years with Artist Invite This Saturday
So may people have enjoyed the Pageant of the Masters theme this year as it focuses much of its spotlight on the plein air painters who came to Laguna Beach to paint its iconic scenery. And now, we have yet another spotlight on the modern day painters themselves this...
A Bevvy of Sight and Sound in our Own Little Town
On Saturday, I decided to do a walkabout in Laguna Beach. I had already spent the morning on Ruben Flores’ Garden Walk (an excursion sponsored by Laguna Nursery). It was a particularly spectacular event as we had a handsome, shirtless dude invite us over to see his...
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Slapfish Laguna Beach Offering 100 Free Lobster Rolls
For months, we've been happily anticipating the arrival of Slapfish Laguna Beach. Last winter, the crazy-popular HuntingtonBeach restaurant chose to expand its operation into the Laguna Beach "food court" area on Broadway (just next to Carmelita's), and they're...
Family “Supper” in Nostalgic Bloom at 370 Common “Sunday Social”
For more than a year now my neighbors have been waxing euphoric over Three Seventy Common’s “Sunday Social.” Until recently, I didn’t make a point of dining there on Sunday nights because I like Chef Ryan Adam’s food every other day of the week. Chef and his team...
Easter Brunch in Laguna Beach: A Complete Directory
Easter is just a week away! For those of you looking for a great place for Easter brunch in Laguna Beach, the following is a list of the restaurants serving Easter Brunch or buffets, and those serving their regular breakfast/brunch menus.Each of the restaurants listed...
NeaPolitan Pizza: New Owners, New Attitude
Originally published in StuNewsLaguna.com So, let’s just start this column by answering THE question that everyone wants to know about NeaPolitan Pizza: Yes, as of February, NeaPolitan Pizza is under completely new ownership. Brien Sullivan, a pizza restaurant...
Starfish Restaurant Puts South Laguna on Foodie Map
The first time you visit Starfish Asian Cuisine in the Albertson’s parking lot across from the Montage, you’re in for a shock. On the outside, you figure, “It’s a shopping strip mall kind of restaurant.” As soon as you walk inside, though, the rich décor is only...
New Hearties in Laguna Beach – All Organic, Plus Gluten-Free & Vegan
It’s the Food Network’s fault. The new Hearties restaurant in Laguna Beach (next to Thalia Surf Shop) wouldn’t have been a possibility to Owner Sonny Mehta if he hadn’t started watching the Food Network. A happy Toronto hotel owner and manager, Sonny admits he became...
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Skimboard Great Morgan Just Ramps Up Local Lessons
Between international contest jaunts to places like Brazil and Angola, pro skimboarder Morgan Just is upping his local visibility in one-on-one and group skimboard and surf lessons. This is not tiny news. For starters, Morgan “Mo” Just has been a bonafide skimboard...
Broadway Wine Dinner Features Rare Kosta Browne
In very short order, Chef Amar Santana's Broadway Restaurant has become a leading icon for monthly "Broadway Wine Dinners" here in Laguna Beach. Each month on a Wednesday, the entire restaurant closes for its own private party - the Broadway Wine Dinner. The...
KelpFest Returns, Bigger & Better
If you know anything about our new fishing policies in Laguna Beach, you know that Laguna loves its kelp forests. In fact, we even celebrate our Kelp with an annual KelpFest, an Earth Day festival celebration that has mushroomed like … well, like a well-fed kelp...
This Earth Day in Laguna Beach, Clean Up!
In honor of Earth Day in Laguna Beach, the Blue Water Green Earth group has posted an Earth Day Challenge for this coming Saturday, April 26th. “Clean up the entire city of Laguna Beach in just 30 minutes” Granted, I can't clean my entire house in 30 minutes, and I...
Himalayan Festival Arrives Easter Weekend
Here's an interesting idea for Easter weekend after your annual Easter brunch … For the first time in Southern California, the Himalayan Festival, supported by the Neighborhood Congregational Church and Tenpa Dorjee, the owner of downtown Laguna's Tibet Handiworks, is...
Decor Queen Meredith Baer “On Stage” This Weekend in Laguna Beach
Now, I know that here in Laguna Beach, many home sellers will hire “stagers” to come into their home to create a more amenable look for incoming buyers. But last week, when I saw an enormous truck for Meredith Baer Home in the Albertson’s parking lot, my curiosity was...
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