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Greer’s Pick of the Week
The Sassoon Salon Experience
Sassoon Salon offers a truly exceptional cut and color that will effortlessly complement your personal style for the holidays.
Sponsored by Sassoon Salon, South Coast Plaza
Greer’s Good Life
A+ for A Restaurant
From the darling "valet girls" to the retro luxe interior, the legendary restaurant property has never looked so good. It's serving up a 3 p.m. bar menu daily; Saturday and Sunday brunch (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.) and dinner nightly from 5:30 p.m. 3334 West Coast Highway in Newport Beach. 949.650.6505
Sponsored by A Restaurant
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SO HAUTE RIGHT NOW
Haute Cakes Caffe doesn't need an introduction to Newport locals. It's the hangout in town for breakfast and lunch. Even Vogue magazine met up with Orange County fashionistas for a lunch last spring at Haute Cakes.
Owner Paul Taddeo greets customers with a sweet smile, gladly accommodates their personal requests, and offers fresh biscuits for their dogs.
Haute Cakes offers a classic breakfast: pancakes, eggs prepared anyway you like, and haute oats with steamed milk, brown sugar and butter (dishes that put them on the map 17 years ago). Paul even serves up mini versions for kids named after his darling daughters, Olivia and Sofie.
And breakfast goes gourmet, too. Try the orange-ricotta haute cakes adorned with mixed fresh berries, powdered sugar and fresh mint; or consider Pierre's scramble with asparagus, caramelized onions, roma tomatoes and French feta; and really good eggs, just grilled sourdough topped with swiss chard, tomato, poached eggs, pesto and parmesan.
At lunch you can order Everyone's Favorite Salad, with Romaine, diced apple, honey-roasted pecans, Maytag blue cheese, tossed with Champagne vinaigrette; or the simple and delicious freshly grilled turkey breast sandwich. You'll never go wrong with the lunch specials: for example, customers come from miles away for the grilled cheese deluxe with pear, arugula, Havariti cheese and tomato; and the Cobb salad.
You can dine indoors or out, and while you are there, check out the to-go treats: fresh pastries, cookies and lemon curd and berry tarts, fresh berry cobblers, bread pudding and more.
Open for breakfast 7 a.m. to 11 .m. Monday through Friday; 7 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Saturday; and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Open for lunch 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday; noon to 3 p.m. Saturday; and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday. 1807 Westcliff Drive in Newport Beach (in the Westcliff Court Shopping Center in the courtyard behind Toy Boat & Charles H. Barr Jewels). 949.642.4114.
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