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OC Register: Taco Maria in Best Places to Eat and Drink for Cinco de Mayo!

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From left, Mango-Habernero, Prickly Pear Margarita, La Pina, Platinum Mojito and Cha Cha Margarita are some of the fresh California-Latin cocktails served at Cha Cha's Tacos and Tequila, Brea. //ADDITIONAL INFO: A food review on the new gourmet Mexican restaurant Cha Cha in Brea. tres leche cake, flan with kahlua cream, salmon vera cruz, enchiladas combo trio, chicken flautas, chips and salsa and the mango margarita. review.1016.cy CINDY YAMANAKA, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER - CQ's

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Let’s be clear: Cinco de Mayo is not a major holiday south of the border.

Years ago, margarita-thirsty Americans took Mexico’s military victory over the French – the Battle of Puebla in 1862 – and turned it into an excuse for celebrating with tequila and tacos in the United States.

The event is now such a cash cow, non-Mexican restaurants want a piece of the action. I’ve seen vegan eateries and gastropubs hawking specials this year.

OC Register: Lightopia moves to SoCo

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Lighting company Lightopia, founded in Laguna Beach in 2006, is moving in June to South Coast Collection in Costa Mesa.

The store sells modern lighting fixtures, including the Italian brand Flos and California designer Cerno.

Over the next two months Lightopia will sell merchandise at its Laguna Beach store 25 percent to 75 percent off. There will also be a garage sale April 30 to sell warehouse items.

Furniture shop Room & Board also will relocate its Costa Mesa showroom this fall from South Coast Plaza Village to SoCo.

 

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OC Register: 10 Best OC Restaurants To Celebrate a Significant Life Event

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Taco Maria

Taco Maria is the finest fine-dining Mexican restaurant in Costa Mesa right now. A local boy who eventually became the pastry chef at a Michelin-starred restaurant called Commis in Oakland, chef and owner Carlos Salgado returned to OC a few years ago to sling tacos and burritos out of a lonchera he named after his mom, Maria. But the truck, as great as it was, turned out to be just warm-up to this brick-and-mortar. At his now nationally-acclaimed restaurant, also called Taco Maria, Salgado has traded tacos for the sophisticated Mexican of alta cocina. A meal here will come at a leisurely two-hour pace, each course served with its own set of utensils. With a small crew and working in a kitchen in full view of his customers at the OC Mix, you can see Salgado is where he was always meant to be. He prepares only eight dishes, each of them thoughtful and flawless, served four per person for about $75 a head. The thing to do, of course, is to bring a friend, have them order the other four dishes, and then share each one.

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Room & Board Coming to SOCO!

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Little bit of coverage from one of our favorite websites, the OC Register:

Furniture shop Room & Board will relocate its Costa Mesa showroom from South Coast Plaza Village to South Coast Collection this fall.

The 11,800-square-foot showroom is about a third of the size of Room & Board’s current shop. It will be part of the company’s small store concept.

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