[ January 7, 2012; 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ]
Check out Downtown Santa Ana tonight for this month’s First Saturday Downtown Santa Ana Art Walk. Arts, crafts and live entertainment centrally located at: Second Street Promenade (2nd & Broadway) & the East End (3rd & Spurgeon).
There is always something new to see, including:
La Vaga Rosa @ Santa Ana Art Walk Saturday, January 7th
The ArtWalk [...]
The McCormick & Schmick’s restaurant at Santa Ana’s CityPlace has been closed down, according to the O.C. Register, after the company was purchased by the Landry’s company – which owns a bunch of restaurants including what is left of Claimjumpers.
When the CityPlace opened up I was very critical of their tenant mix. It seemed too [...]
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Tags: cityplace, McCormick & Schmick's, Santa Ana 
14 Comments »The Santa Ana Police Department’s (SAPD) Public Information Officer, Anthony Bertagna, and Santa Ana Chief of Police Paul Walters both confirmed today, via email, that the SAPD is not going to be conducting any DUI checkpoints this weekend.
Now that doesn’t mean that our residents and out of town visitors should get drunk and drive on [...]
Posted in alcohol, Bars, Crime, Paul Walters, Public Safety, Restaurants, Santa Ana Tags: aaa, dui checkpoints, free bus rides, new year's eve, octa, paul walters, police, Santa Ana, sapd, tipsy tow service 23 Comments »A Cover Charge at Proof? No bueno!
UPDATE: Santa Ana City Manager Paul Walters sent me an email today confirming that the City is looking into the issues raised in this post!
Chapter One: the Modern Local, a restaurant in Downtown Santa Ana, is promising a fun night tonight, which includes dancing – as per their Facebook [...]
Are you ready for New Year’s Eve? There are a lot of New Year’s Eve events happening right here in Santa Ana!
Antonello Ristorante - Where Orange County’s power elite and private groups dine on Northern Italian cuisine and drink from an extensive wine list. SPECIAL NEW YEARS EVE DINNER MENU. $69.95 per person (excludes tax & gratuity). [...]
Posted in alcohol, Bars, Dance, music, Restaurants, Santa Ana Tags: 2012, bars, dinner specials, new year's eve, parties, Restaurants, Santa Ana No Comments »FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 27, 2011
Contact: Jenny Wedge, (949) 252-5182 (office), jwedge@ocair.com
JAVI’S RESTAURANT OPENS IN JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT
SANTA ANA, Calif. – Long-time favorite dining destination for local and Orange County visitors, Javier’s, in partnership with HMSHost, has opened their new concept restaurant Javi’s at John Wayne Airport. Javi’s is located in the new Terminal C Marketplace area, adjacent [...]
Posted in Airplanes, Business, Food, Orange County, Restaurants, Santa Ana Tags: alan l. murphy, hmshost, javi's restaurant, john wayne airport, Orange County, Santa Ana No Comments »Flanked by Anaheim Ducks Power Players and mascot Wild Wing, left to right are: Loan Leblow, Assistant Airport Director, John Wayne Airport; Susan Goyette, Senior Director, Public Relations & Communications, HMSHost; Susan Samueli, Owner, Anaheim Ducks; Corey Perry and Scott Niedermayer, Anaheim Ducks.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 13, 2011
Contact: Jenny Wedge, (949) 252-5182 (office), jwedge@ocair.com
JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT ORANGE COUNTY WELCOMES ANAHEIM DUCKS [...]
Posted in Airplanes, Bars, Food, Orange County, Restaurants, Santa Ana, Transportation Tags: breakaway bar and grill, john wayne airport, Santa Ana No Comments »An employee at Mariscos Zamora
Mariscos Zamora has been around for twelve years, but when their owner asked the Santa Ana Planning Agency for permission to serve alcohol until 2 am, they rejected his request. They cited the usual reasons, which you can read in the Planning Commission agenda for tonight’s meeting. But what really struck [...]
Posted in alcohol, Bars, Civic Affairs, Planning, Restaurants, Santa Ana Tags: frank acosta, mariscos zamora, patrick yrarrazaval, planning commission, Santa Ana, sean mill 8 Comments »Genki Sushi is hiring restaurant staff! Ranked amoung the top Kaiten Sushi restaurants in the world, Genki Sushi is opening their first California location at Westfiled MainPlace in January 2012.
They are currently seeking restaurant staff as follows: Sushi Chefs, Servers & Kitchen Staff. Interviews are being held next Thursday, Friday and Saturday (Dec. 15th, 16th [...]
Posted in Business, jobs, Restaurants, Santa Ana Tags: genki sushi, hiring, jobs, mainplace, Santa Ana No Comments »Those who are planning on going to the Downtown Santa Ana Art Walk tonight better be careful as the Santa Ana Police Department is going to be conducting a DUI/Drivers License checkpoint tonight, east of the downtown area, at 7:30PM – it is scheduled to conclude at 1:30AM.
A lot of out of towners like to go to [...]
Posted in Arts and Culture, Bars, Crime, Public Safety, Restaurants, Santa Ana Tags: art walk, downtown, dui checkpoint, east end, Santa Ana, sapd No Comments »[ December 3, 2011; 6:30 pm to 10:30 pm. ]
Be sure to visit Downtown Santa Ana tonight, Dec. 3, for the monthly First Saturday Art Walk.
Arts, crafts and live entertainment are centrally located at: Second Street Promenade (2nd & Broadway) & East End (3rd & Spurgeon) There is always something new to see ! This is your chance to buy art as Christmas presents [...]
Posted in Arts and Culture, Bars, Entertainment, Restaurants, Santa Ana Tags: art walk, downtown, Santa Ana No Comments »Stop by Calacas tomorrow and say hi to Rudy and Jackie!
President Barack Obama is urging Americans to shop at local businesses this Saturday, which is the annual Small Business Saturday. So which Santa Ana small businesses do you plan to shop at?
Here are a few ideas:
Calacas - Not only can you start your shopping there, [...]
Posted in Business, Restaurants, Santa Ana Tags: downtown, Santa Ana, shopping, small business saturday 3 Comments »[ November 24, 2011; 12:00 pm to 3:30 pm. ]
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SANTA ANA – On Thanksgiving November 24, 2011, TyRon Jackson (Mr. Gay OC) is once again taking over Hometown Buffet in Santa CA, and will host & serve Thanksgiving dinner, with all the trimmings to over 100 troubled teens & their families, Men & Women with HIV/AIDS, and other people in need, For FREE [...]
Posted in African Americans, Charities, Entertainment, glbt, homeless, Restaurants, Santa Ana Tags: hometown buffet, mr. gay oc, needy, Santa Ana, thanksgiving meal 3 Comments »Organizacion Haz la Diferencia is hosting a Masquerade Carnival fundraiser on Nov. 11, from 8 pm to 12 midnight, at Spoons Restaurant, located at 2601 Hotel Terrace Drive, in Santa Ana. Tickets are $35. 100% of the proceeds go to helping underprivileged children in Ensenada!
Tickets can be bought pre-sale or at the door.
The event includes a [...]
Posted in Charities, Dance, Food, Latinos, mexico, music, Restaurants, Santa Ana, Youth Tags: ensenada, masquerade carnival, Organizacion Haz la Diferencia, orphans, Santa Ana, spoon's No Comments »Open wide…
Jason Quinn’s Playground is about ready to open up shop. According to his Facebook page, Quinn is going to have sort of a soft opening this Saturday, Nov. 5, during the Santa Ana Art Walk. He won’t be open yet but will be letting folks have a sneak peek at his new restaurant. Their [...]
Posted in Business, Food, Restaurants, Santa Ana Tags: jason quinn, lime truck, opening, playground, Santa Ana 3 Comments »
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