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Coming Up at SOCO and The OC Mix!

Enjoy your summer at SOCO + The OC Mix! We have new tenants now open + coming soon, new products and collections available from your favorite shops and showrooms, an exclusive book signing event,  workshops for kids + more!

See more below and follow us on social media @socoandtheocmix to stay in-the-know about upcoming events and announcements.

Now Open: Tackle Box at SOCO!
Tackle Box is now officially open daily from
11:00am-7:00pm at SOCO + The OC Mix.
Featuring a delicious variety of soups,
salads, snacks, rolls, poké and the wildly
popular Tackle Box Daily Special, there’s
something on the menu for everyone!
Stay tuned for more about extended dinner
hours, brunch, and other news!
http://tackleboxoc.com/

Summer Fun Begins at Local Fare
Kick off a fun + stylish summer with a visit to Local Fare! Their affordable décor and tableware makes summer entertaining a breeze, and they’ve got the season’s hottest items in stock – perfect for any outdoor gathering. Currently, the shop is featuring Beach Glass and Le Cadeaux Melamine dinnerware to help decorate, entertain and celebrate every day! Click here or visithttps://oclocalfare.com/ for more inspiration!

 

 

Room & Board’s Career Open House Event
Have you ever dreamed of working in design? Are you inspired to help create beautiful living spaces? Room & Board SOCO is hosting a Careers Open House event onSaturday, June 10 from 9:00am – 11:00am. Come meet our leadership staff + a few team members and discover how they do retail differently! For more information, please visit https://bit.ly/2IWSntI

 

 

California Contemporary Book Signing + Cocktail Reception at DWR
On Thursday, June 14 from 5:00pm – 7:00pm,
you’re invited to celebrate the publication of
California Contemporary: The Houses of Grant C. Kirkpatrick and KAA Design taking place inside the
Design Within Reach showroom at SOCO! This
FREE event includes a cocktail reception, book signing
and discussion with Grant C. Kirkpatrick and Susan McFadden, Editor-in-Chief of California Homes Magazine. For more information or to RSVP, please
contact jane@metworksinc.net

Sourcing Saturdays at Pirch
You’re invited to join PIRCH every Saturday
from 10:00am – 4:00pm for “Sourcing Saturday”
where the expert culinary team will guide you
through a hands-on cooking experience
highlighting PIRCH’s world class appliance
brands! If you’re thinking about upgrading your
appliances, these workshops are a must! The
experience is complimentary, and RSVPs are
requested at www.pirch.com/costamesa

Designer Camp Returns to SOCO
Calling all creative minds!  Designer Camp, the only comprehensive and collaborative design-based summer camp for children ages 11-17, is returning this summer to the Chuck Jones Center for Creativity! From July 16 – July 20, students will explore various careers within the design industry by learning and practicing the principles + elements of design. For more information or to register, please visit www.designercamp.com/orange-county/.
SOCO + The OC Mix subscribers can use special codeOCMIX for $50 off registration!

Never Miss An Event!
Be sure to visit our website for a full list of events and happenings at SOCO + The OC Mix.
Also, we love to hear from you – so please check in@socoandtheocmix if you join us at an event + be sure to follow us for fun giveaways, announcements, and more!

OC Weekly: Top Chef Opens New Restaurant in Costa Mesa and MORE!

Top Chef Brian Huskey has opened a second location of his Corona Del Mar eatery Tackle Box. The new restaurant is located in Costa Mesa’s SOCO. 3321 Hyland Ave., Costa Mesa, CA 92626

The Island Cinema at Fashion Island is now The Lot, an upscale movie theater brand from San Diego. The upgraded theaters now feature leather recliners and a standalone restaurant. 999 Newport Center Dr., Newport Beach, CA 92660

Read the Full Article Here.

LA Times: Carlos Salgado’s Taco María is The Times’ 2018 Restaurant of the Year

Yet no restaurant in years may have had quite the impact that Taco María and its chef Carlos Salgado have had on the Southern California scene. The restaurant, which serves tasting menus of Salgado’s Mexican-influenced cooking, is at the center of a culinary movement that seems to grow in importance each year. By regarding tortillas with a seriousness familiar to any fanatical French baker, by using perfect seasonal produce and by treating regional Mexican dishes with both imagination and respect, Salgado has propelled California-Mexican cooking into the jet stream of abstracted modernist cuisine.

Read the Full Article Here.

Spring Happenings at SOCO & The OC Mix

Happy Friday!  Join SOCO and The OC Mix for one (or a few!) of the many exciting events & happenings coming up this month.  Home to a variety of Orange County’s best retailers, home design stores and eateries, SOCO and The OC Mix has something for everyone!  Be sure to visit our website for a full list of events, and follow @socoandtheocmix for information about giveaways, the latest updates, announcements, and more!

 

Shop in Style at Kestan’s SS18 Private Sale

Kestan is kicking off the season in style by celebrating the launch of its Spring/Summer 2018 collection in the most fashionable way – by hosting a private sale event on Saturday, April 28 from 2:00pm – 5:00pm. Guests are invited to shop the retailer’s newest collection and freshest styles while enjoying sips, snacks, live music and a special 15% off discount on the entire store. Click here for more info: (https://kestanprivatesaless18.splashthat.com/)

 

 

Van Brunt Optical Haus/ L.A. Eyeworks Trunk Show + Portrait Exhibit: Two With a View

Calling all eyeglass aficionados! Don’t miss this fabulous trunk show on Sunday, April 29 from11:00am – 5:00pm. This free event will feature trunks chockfull of colorful & unique L.A. Eyeworks frames and a portrait exhibit showcasing fabulous black and white portraits from the popular, “Your Face is Like a Work of Art. It Deserves a Great Frame” campaign. Click here for more information (https://socoandtheocmix.com)

 

 

Sourcing Saturdays at Pirch

You’re invited to join PIRCH every Saturday from10:00am – 4:00pm for Sourcing Saturday where the expert culinary team will guide you through a hands-on cooking experience highlighting PIRCH’s world class appliance brands! If you’re thinking about upgrading your appliances, these workshops are a must! The experience is complimentary, yet also very popular, so RSVPs are recommended! (www.pirch.com/costamesa)

 

A Day of Beauty at Paul Mitchell the School at SOCO

Join Paul Mitchell the School for a Day of Beauty onSunday, May 6 from 10:00am – 2:00pm. Enjoy mimosas and snacks while pampering yourself with a haircut, treatment and style, customized dermalogica treatments and a variety of hair and skin services. All proceeds from this FUNraising event will go to charities including Children’s Miracle Network, Eyes on Cancer, Food 4 Africa, Andrew Gomez Dream Foundation and more! For more information visit www.socoandtheocmix.com

 

Red Dot Auction VII at Chuck Jones Center for Creativity

On Friday, May 11 from 6:00pm – 10:00pm, WoodSnap will join Chuck Jones Center for Creativity to donate their work, printed on the company’s signature birch wood, at the eighth annual Red Dot Auction. Additionally, more than 100 artists from around the globe have contributed one or more canvases and 3D art objects to this special fundraising event! For more information and to purchase tickets online, please visit ChuckJonesCenter.org/RedDot

 

Second Saturdays at SOCO’s Farmers’ Market is Expanding

On Saturday, May 12 from 9:00am – 2:00pm, you’re invited to kick off Second Saturdays at SOCO’s Farmer’s Market! Located in the heart of SOCO, the newly expanded market includes even more farmers, artisans and vendors than ever before. We’re celebrating the official kick-off in a big way with live music and the chance to participate in an exciting market tour and hands-on chef demo by Sorella Collective! Click here to purchase chef demo tickets, https://form.jotform.com/81151172750146

 

 

ROSÉ Soirée – A Toast to Spring at SOCO and The OC Mix

Raise your glass for a toast at SOCO and The OC Mix’s ROSÉ Soirée! On Thursday, May 17 from5:00pm – 7:00pm, enjoy live music in SOCO’s beautiful courtyard while sampling a curated selection of more than 20 rosé wines hand selected from Provence, Europe and The New World by Orange County’s own LCA Wine, alongside meticulously paired rosé-inspired bites by ROSÉ Catering & Events. Click here to purchase tickets (bit.ly/SOCORoseSoiree)

 

C.S. Wo Debuts Newly Renovated Showroom

C.S. Wo & Sons is celebrating its newly renovated showroom at SOCO!  Come in to shop the new, upscale and modern look, classic contemporary styles, and more – each hand selected to round out the showroom’s unique and eclectic mix.  Choose from top brands including Century, Bernhardt, Lexington, Elite Leather and more, and enjoy complimentary in-home design services! For more information, please visit (california.cswoandsons.com)

 

OC Register: Taco Mario on the list of 12 best, unforgettable foods in 2017

It was just a tiny bite at the end of the meal, a demitasse half filled with sweet corn porridge flavored with coffee and Mexican chocolate, the spices and scents so familiar from childhood, reinforced with heavy cream to flood the palate. In an instant the warm atole, served with a pig-shaped gingerbread cookie –an homage to a panaderia treat–transported me back to San Antonio. When-o-when will Taco Maria start serving more substantial desserts? tacomaria.com –Anne Valdespino

Read the Full Article Here.

Taco Maria

Carlos Salgado Costa Mesa, Calif.
There’s a reason why Taco Maria, a snug, tasting-menu focused joint roughly an hour from most places in Los Angeles took the number five spot on Los Angeles Times food critic Jonathan Gold’s 101 Best Restaurants list, just out this week—Salgado is just that good. An Orange County native, he first blipped on the radar of SoCal diners after launching a taco truck back in 2011, his (to most eyes) illogical follow-up to decade or more of toiling in various Michelin-starred (Coi, Commis) kitchens up in the Bay Area. The truck begat the sleek little fine-dining spot where you find him today, and while you can still get tacos here, it’s really all about the four-course prix-fixe menu of what Salgado likes to refer to as Chicano Cuisine.      

Read the full article here.

 

THRILLIST: THE BEST RESTAURANTS IN 15 ORANGE COUNTY CITIES

ARC Food & Libations

Most everything here is cooked on a wood-fire grill and comes away with a distinctive smoky flavor, from the meatballs and quail to the charred bacon (served with quite possibly the OC’s best wedge salad). A well-executed menu of artisanal cocktails (like the Italian Snow Cone made with Aperol, or Hyland Old-Fashioned crafted with black walnut bitters) balances out all the earthy, woodsy flavors.

Taco Maria

Don’t be fooled by the name: Taco Maria’s more than a simple taqueria (although it does make a particularly memorable shiitake mushroom taco). While the prix-fixe dinner menu changes regularly, it always features elegant, modern interpretations of Mexican food, like scallops served with a soft Oaxacan cheese and black squid ink crumbs.

Read the Full Article Here!

New Worlder: The Reinvention of American Mexican Food

The price point is not cheap at any of these restaurants, and nearly all the chefs say they’ve struggled with customers who think Mexican food should be purchased for pocket change. The chefs have also pushed back against the idea of authenticity, fielding complaints from diners who say the food isn’t actually Mexican. They’re serving dishes that my own grandmother (a Mexican-American born and raised in Los Angeles) would not have recognized as Mexican food—things like blue corn sopes with morel mushroom mole at Californios in San Francisco, charred octopus pozole from Lalito in New York City, gorditas with fingerling potato, hoja santa, anchovies and caviar from Taco Maria in Costa Mesa; chochoyotes (masa dumplings, below) in a green garlic and chile pasilla-laced broth from Broken Spanish in Los Angeles, and fideo noodles with cauliflower and smoky Oaxacan chintextle paste from Mi Tocaya Antojería in Chicago.

Read the Full Article Here.

OC Weekly: OC Movers and Shakers: Eggslice Pop Up Coming To OC Mix!

It’s no secret that breakfast is this writer’s favorite meal of the day, but one of the best kept secrets this year may have been right next door to Costa Mesa’s Sidecar Doughnuts. A brekkie-only concept, Eggslice found a temporary home weekends inside PIE-NOT. With handheld delights of sausage, bacon and even chicken schnitzel, it was hard to resist this ideal morning. We were sad to see them end their run last month, and begged founder Bill McMullan to keep us in the loop for future hunger pangs.

Read the Full Article Here!

(Photo by Anne Watson)