Dining News

Crazy taco nights, restaurant donations and much more.

Photo by Cindy Yamanaka/The Orange County Register

Arches on the Water (949-673-1204) now serves Sunday Brunch 10:30 a.m. -2:30 p.m. The a la carte menu includes breakfast favorites of omelets, eggs any style, and other eye-openers, along with light luncheon items such as tuna melt, salads, and pig n’whistle -- a delicious pulled pork burrito with The Arches special barbecue sauce.

On April 8, 6:30-9 p.m., Village Green Foods in Irvine will host an edu-Cajun-nal evening with chef John Folse of the Research Chefs Association (RCA.) Wine and appetizers will be offered prior to the cooking demonstration that will use “unique ingredients from Louisiana’s swamp floor pantry.” Cost, $50 per person. For questions, call (949) 261-0111. To RSVP, visit www.culinology.org.

Wild & Crazy Taco Night reappears April 17, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Always a sell-out, the evening includes 23 Orange County celebrity chefs, including a few newcomers this year, who will elevate the taco to new heights. Margaritas, cervezas, and water will quench the thirst. For donors who purchase the new $150 package, there will be a VIP party an hour before the event. Regular admission is $60, paid in advance. Tickets will not be sold at the door. For more information, call (949) 515-5400 ext. 34, or visit www.shareourselves.org. Monies raised from the event will go towards the SOS Orange Aid Project.

On April 12, the ENO-Versity “wine class,” held in the chic wine room at the Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel (949-240-2000), will highlight the Boyd Family Vineyards. April 26, Flora Springs Winery will be discussed.

On Thursday nights at Kimera Restaurant/Lounge (949-261-1222) a DJ begins at 7:30 p.m. On Friday and Saturday nights, the restaurant takes on a club atmosphere with a DJ from 10 p.m. to closing.

With April designated as Donate Life Month, Pete Truxaw and Tim McCune, co-founders of Salt Creek Grille in Dana Point (949-661-7799), will donate 10% of the restaurant’s entire proceeds from brunch, lunch and dinner on Sunday, April 27, for scholarships to the national Transplant Games which take place in July.

The Paul Douglas Band performs every Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 8:30 p.m.-midnight, at the Palm Terrace Lounge at The Island Hotel (949-759-0808.)

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