Silver Trumpet Restaurant & Bar heightens the dining experience with it farm to table Californian cuisine in Orange County. Nestled in the heart of the Avenue of the Arts in Costa Mesa, the seasonal, creative menu is an ode to culinary brilliance, featuring breakfast, lunch, dinner, and weekend brunch, the restaurant lures you to experience its outstanding cuisine and sophisticated setting. Silver Trumpet is the perfect pre or post-show prix fixe treats, great lunch spot, or late-night cocktail hub. The restaurant's outdoor dining terrace has breathtaking views of the property's great lake and gardens. The bar offers a creative cocktail program, wines from the globe and fine selection of craft beers. You will surely trumpet about the lovely dining experience you had here.
Ruby's Shake Shack has been around since the 1940's. It is a little hidden from the road, but the crowd of vehicles parked in front makes it easily visible. As the name implies, the shack is about milkshakes, and it's originally famous for the date shake, which is so thick it makes a straw practically useless. The best part of the Shake Shack, though, is their outdoor benches. Although rustic, these benches on the bluff top of a secluded area provide the best spot for sunset watching.
With a name that means "the swallows," this romantic restaurant serves the finest of French and Belgian cuisine. Diners eat inside and enjoy the French countryside decor, or take in the fresh air on the patio. The house specialty is Poulet Marie Antoinette, a chicken breast with French cream sauce. Other delicious dishes include herb chicken, half roast duckling, veal medallions or peppercorn duck. One of the fine Belgian wines will complement your meal.
Cedar Creek Inn - Brea is known for their delicious American cuisine and cocktails set in an lovely artisan style restaurant. Their menu features steaks, chops, Ahi sandwiches, salads and rich desserts, though the must try's are the rack of lamb and Monte Cristo Sandwich. The restaurant has a cozy and romantic touch to it with its indoor fireplace, high ceilings and outdoor fire pit patio. Get entertained by live music every other day and relish the brunch, lunch and dinner menus along with the fine drinks from the full service bar. Cedar Creek Inn is a great place for outdoor dining and for special occasions.
Duke Kahanamoku was (and still is) a Hawaiian icon and statesman. He ruled the waves as a surfer and subsequently introduced the sport to the rest of the world. In homage to the man, the original Duke's restaurant was created in Honolulu's Waikiki Outrigger Hotel and since then several other restaurants around California and Hawaii have opened. This one in Huntington Beach serves superb food sourced from sustainable and environmentally conscious vendors. The menu features both surf and turf options, some of which include the Tristan da Cunha Lobster Tails, Roasted Jidori Chicken and Red Pepper Seared Tofu for vegetarians. The cocktail menu is also just as enticing, where you will immediately feel as if you are in Waikiki after a taste of the Molokai Mule.
Located in downtown Huntington Beach, this bar/restaurant serves a slice of local flavor in the form of home brews and better-than-average bar food. Of course, the decor is surf-related and the brew tanks, visible to diners, add to the charm of the place. There are two open-air patios that serve pasta, fish tacos, pizza and burgers alongside some of their ales and lagers. Overall, not the best beers in O.C., but it serves as a nice spot when your visiting the nearby sand.
With a name that means "the swallows," this romantic restaurant serves the finest of French and Belgian cuisine. Diners eat inside and enjoy the French countryside decor, or take in the fresh air on the patio. The house specialty is Poulet Marie Antoinette, a chicken breast with French cream sauce. Other delicious dishes include herb chicken, half roast duckling, veal medallions or peppercorn duck. One of the fine Belgian wines will complement your meal.
Ruby's Shake Shack has been around since the 1940's. It is a little hidden from the road, but the crowd of vehicles parked in front makes it easily visible. As the name implies, the shack is about milkshakes, and it's originally famous for the date shake, which is so thick it makes a straw practically useless. The best part of the Shake Shack, though, is their outdoor benches. Although rustic, these benches on the bluff top of a secluded area provide the best spot for sunset watching.
Duke Kahanamoku was (and still is) a Hawaiian icon and statesman. He ruled the waves as a surfer and subsequently introduced the sport to the rest of the world. In homage to the man, the original Duke's restaurant was created in Honolulu's Waikiki Outrigger Hotel and since then several other restaurants around California and Hawaii have opened. This one in Huntington Beach serves superb food sourced from sustainable and environmentally conscious vendors. The menu features both surf and turf options, some of which include the Tristan da Cunha Lobster Tails, Roasted Jidori Chicken and Red Pepper Seared Tofu for vegetarians. The cocktail menu is also just as enticing, where you will immediately feel as if you are in Waikiki after a taste of the Molokai Mule.
East Borough is nestled among hip and trendy retail stores inside the popular Camp shopping area. East Borough's menu fuses dishes that vacillate between the French and Vietnamese kitchens, for instance, the Pho Baguette and Pork Loaf Pate Banh Mi are superb examples of this. Salads, noodles, rice and spring rolls round out the rest of the menu while the Vietnamese coffee and Salted Plum Soda serve as perfect drinks to accompany the spicy, savory and sweet flavors.
Cedar Creek Inn - Brea is known for their delicious American cuisine and cocktails set in an lovely artisan style restaurant. Their menu features steaks, chops, Ahi sandwiches, salads and rich desserts, though the must try's are the rack of lamb and Monte Cristo Sandwich. The restaurant has a cozy and romantic touch to it with its indoor fireplace, high ceilings and outdoor fire pit patio. Get entertained by live music every other day and relish the brunch, lunch and dinner menus along with the fine drinks from the full service bar. Cedar Creek Inn is a great place for outdoor dining and for special occasions.
This Ruby's Diner found at the end of Balboa Pier is the chain's very first establishment. In 1982, owners Doug Cavanaugh and Ralph Kosmides transformed an old bait shop into a 40's diner complete with red booths and malt machine. Since then the duo has opened restaurants in more than five other states, where the kitchen serves burgers, dogs and other American diner classics. This original on the pier is no different, although the views are probably the best ones out of the group.