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CHEF CARLOS SALGADO AND TACO MARIA EARNCOVETED MICHELIN STAR

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Costa Mesa-based restaurant and chef included in first ever MICHELIN Guide California

 

Costa Mesa, Calif., (June 07, 2019) – Chef Carlos Salgado and hisfamily-inspired Costa Mesa restaurant, Taco María, were awarded a MICHELIN Star in the first ever MICHELIN Guide California on June 3, 2019.  Chef Salgado’s Taco María was amongst 90 restaurants in the state to receive a coveted MICHELIN Star and was one of two selected restaurants out of the 34 Orange County cities under consideration.

In order for a restaurant to earn a MICHELIN Star, that indicates that the establishment provides a consistent, high-quality dining experience.  Each restaurant recognized in the MICHELIN Guide California was announced on June 3 during a live revelation in Huntington Beachwhich featured an oceanfrontcelebration with a variety of food offerings from chefs including Mourad Lahlou, Melissa Perello, Wolfgang Puck and Michael Cimarusti.

“The sincerest congratulations are in order for ChefSalgado and the Taco María team for receiving this well-deserved honor,” notesDeana Morgan, Vice President of Real Estate Management at Burnham USA.  “The Burnham team is humbled and thankful to have such an incredible culinary talent as a part of the SOCO + The OC Mix family.”

Taco María serves Alta California cuisine, which combines Mexican and American cultures to create both a meaningful and flavorful dining experience, all of which is generated from one important ingredient – corn.The Mexican saying, “Without corn, there is no country,” is the heart and backbone of the restaurant and is recognized by Chef Salgado each day as he works to reinterpret and evoke Mexican cuisine to create thoughtful dishes such as Aguachile, Tocino, and, of course, elaborate tacos on a fresh-made tortilla.

With help from the MICHELIN Guide California, Taco María will forever be known as a go-to dining destination for California residents and visitors.  TheMICHELIN Guide is a trusted companion to its readers and will always be a valuable resource for diners because it has stayed true to its evaluation criteria andgiven readers a consistent guide experience with every new release.

 

About SOCO + The OC Mix

SOCO (South Coast Collection) is Southern California’s destination for inspiration — comprising a premier interior design, culinary, event and boutique shopping center.  Located in Costa Mesa just off the 405 Freeway, SOCO is easily accessible from all of Orange County and the greater Southern California region.  At the heart of SOCO is The OC Mix, a carefully curated collection of artisan, owner-operated culinary, fashion, and lifestyle purveyors inspired by the San Francisco Ferry Building and L.A.’s best shopping streets. In addition, SOCO offers an award-winning weekly Farmers’ Market on Saturdays, and a year-round schedule of events to appeal to a variety of interests.  SOCO also is home to numerous landmark retail locations, including Brown Jordan’s first to-the-public store and the largest Design Within Reach showroom in the world.  Other especially noteworthy tenants of SOCO and The OC Mix include Cisco Home, ARC, PIRCH, Taco María, Portola Coffee, Roche Bobois, Room & Board and H.D. Buttercup.  Beyond offering a truly unique and innovative lifestyle-enriching experience, SOCO and The OC Mix provide an impressive selection of special event venues, including open-air courtyards, cutting-edge showrooms and the Chuck Jones Center for Creativity.  For more information and a full directory, please visit www.socoandtheocmix.

 

 

About Burnham USA and Burnham-Ward Properties

Over the past quarter of a decade, Burnham USA, together with its affiliate Burnham-Ward Properties, has developed or acquired millions of square-footage of commercial property including retail, professional office, medical and industrial properties throughout the United States. Helmed by industry veterans, the firm has created some of Southern California’s most distinctive and unique commercial projects. The firm approaches each project in an environmentally conscious manner, with an artful eye, and with an emphasis on thoughtfully curating its projects. It is the partners’ belief that, through property, the company can create meaningful, community-centered places for people to interact, work, and experience better lives.

 

 

 

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March Specials and Deals at SOCO + The OC Mix

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Sales and Specials at
SOCO + THE OC MIX!

March over to SOCO + The OC Mix to fulfill all of your design, beauty and foodie desires.SOCO + The OC Mix has St. Patrick’s Day specials, unique events and amazing sales for shoppers to enjoy all month long!

For a full list of upcoming events + announcements, visit our website or follow us@socoandtheocmix!

Modani Mega Sale

From March 18 – March 31, Modani will be holding a Nationwide Spring Clearance Event with discounts up to 50% off. Explore the wide variety of furniture and home decor items ready and available to ship.  Offering expert design consultations, special financing, and white glove delivery service, the road to home renovation is paved for success at any Modani showroom or online.

 

Hay Spring Sale

With a new season comes a new sale at HAY!  From now – March 21, Hay is offering 15% off everything in-store and online PLUS they’re providing free shipping on furniture items.  Stop by the showroom or check out their online store here to grab your favorites while they’re still available!

 

Design That Moves at BoConcept

Comfort and functionality come together to create BoConcept’s new Parma reclining sofa!  Your evenings will be full of personalized relaxation as you arrange the neck support and footrest to your preferred position.  Learn more about the reclining sofa’s design and other BoConcept products here.

 

Ligne Roset’s In-Store Sale!

It’s the best time of the year!  From now – March 19, Ligne Roset’s Semi-Annual sale will offer shoppers 15% off the entire collection and up to 50% off select in-stock products.  Stop by Ligne Roset’s showroom and take home one of their many contemporary design pieces today!

 

Introducing…

Timothy Oulton’s New 2019 Collection: Visceral Experiences!  Join Timothy Oulton on Saturday, March 16 from 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. to assist in welcoming the New Collection while sipping on British Tea.  Guests will see first-hand how authentic materials and human-centered design can impact interior design and the feelings it evokes.  Check out all of the showroom’s thought-provoking products here.

Style Report Alert!

All throughout the month of March, Paul Mitchell will be offering specials and deals to help you obtain the Spring look of your dreams!  From hair coloring to skin products and everything in-between, they’ll have all of your beauty needs covered.  Check out their Style Report here to see all March offerings.

 

Go Green for Portola!

This St. Patty’s Day, enjoy all kinds of green-themed specials at Portola!  Enjoy a Matcha Latte + Matcha Croissant for $8 or come in wearing green and automatically receive a 17% discount on your food + drink purchase!  Talk about being lucky!

 

Best Chef in the West!

Carlos Salgado at Taco Maria was recently named one of the Beard Foundations’s semifinalists for the 2019 Best Chef on the West Coast Awards!  This is such a well deserved accomplishment – on behalf of everyone at SOCO + The OC Mix, congratulations Carlos!

 

 

Tackle Box Take Over

Head over to Tackle Box for new weekly events and St. Patty’s Day-inspired dishes!  See below for details.

  • Tackle Beats Event Series: Join Tackle Box every Friday night from 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. to enjoy enjoy music from a live DJ + sip on tasty local brews. Check out March’s line-up of DJ’s here!
  • St. Patrick’s Day Burger: No pinching necessary! Tackle Box’s St. Patrick’s Day Green Burger will have you covered.  Stop in Friday, March 15 – Sunday, March 17 to see the green goodness for yourself!
  • Sunday Supper Event Series: Beginning Sunday, March 17, Tackle Box will be your place for Sunday supper!  Drop in on the third Sunday of every month from 4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. and click here to RSVP for the first Sunday Supper inspired by classic TV dinners.

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

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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.

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Taco Maria on OC Weekly’s List Most Delicious Food You Can Find on a Tortilla in Orange County

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Carlos Salgado’s cuisine not only challenges preconceptions of Mexican food, but it also pushing the “alta cocina” movement forward. Salgado serves fresh ingredients while preserving emotional Mexican flavors. And if that’s not chingon enough, he’s partnered up with Masienda, the leading importers and purveyors of heirloom Latin ingredients and non-GMO maize, on a mission to elevate the tortilla by educating consumers and working with small farming communities to bring forth the real flavor, aroma and taste of corn. The next time you question why his tacos are $14 to $18 per pair, know he’s offering you a better product that supports our local farmers’ markets, purveyors of humanely raised meats and sustainable fishing practices.

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

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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

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THRILLIST: THE BEST RESTAURANTS IN 15 ORANGE COUNTY CITIES

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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.

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New Worlder: The Reinvention of American Mexican Food

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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.

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OC Register: These are the 20 best full-service Mexican restaurants in Orange County

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Here’s something I think we can all agree on: Orange County has better Mexican food than anywhere else in California. And I firmly believe we have in Taco Maria the single best Mexican restaurant in the United States, and the chef who tilts the scales heavily in our favor. But we also have some of the best old-fashioned, family-operated California-style Mexican restaurants in the state.

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OC Register: Taco Maria’s Chef Carlos Salgado Singled Best Chef: West

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Two Orange County restaurants and one chef were recognized as semifinalists in the prestigious James Beard Awards honoring industry professionals, the Beard Foundation announced Wednesday.

 Studio at the Montage Resort in Laguna Beach will compete in the outstanding wine program category and Marche Moderne will be a contender in the outstanding service race. (Marche is currently closed as it is relocating from Costa Mesa to Newport Beach. It is scheduled to reopen this spring.)