In keeping with its desire to serve up romantic fun and lasting memories, along with luscious simplicity inspired by Mexico’s West Coast cuisine, Las Brisas is unveiling its new Seaside Cantina; recently remodeled with improvements and enhancements designed to offer guests a vacation and resort-like feel.
Among the many new features, Las Brisas has increased the cantina and lounge space to enhance the overall experience by offering more seats and views of the ocean. A refrigerated wine room with custom racks that can hold 800 bottles of wine is at the end of a brand new 65-foot bar, featuring a custom-made bar top made from Koa wood. The front of the bar includes a mother-of-pearl inlay. A tequila display was also installed to the back wall of the bar.
Stained eucalyptus branches were added to the recessed lighted panels and exposed stained wood beams now adorn the ceiling.
The front entrance has been completely redone featuring an LED back-lit marble and glass enclosure that features an authentic five-foot-wide sea fan, along with brand new tile flooring. The cantina’s seating capacity is 65, and can accommodate more guests for parties. Along wioth the cantina and lobby renovations, the bathrooms have also been completely enhanced and remodeled.
And finally, with the cantina renovations, comes fresh, new cocktails! Amazing new drinks have been added to the menu, specifically highlighted by the “Top of the World” margarita. The gold standard of margaritas, this margarita contains patrón platinum, grand marnier cuvée du centenaire, scratch-made sweet & sour, blood orange sour, and red alaea salt rim, and is served in glassware hand crafted by a local Laguna beach artist.
Other cocktails include the “Laguna Pearl,” a special and rare find of roca patrón silver, Hennessy, patrón citrónge, scratch-made sweet & sour, simple syrup, black salt rim, and the hand-crafted “Mojito Tropical,” made with Bacardi pineapple-fusion rum, pineapple juice, lime juice, sugar water, fresh mint, shaved coconut, and a splash of Sprite.
Overlooking the Pacific Ocean and the breathtaking Laguna Beach coastline, Las Brisas is a Southern California landmark. Originally, the Victor Hugo Inn, the property was christened Las Brisas, in 1979, to become a first-class sea-to-table culinary destination. Las Brisas elegantly and harmoniously infuses the best of Californian cuisine with authentic Mexican recipes by adding simple ingredients to the regions wealth of fresh seafood. Las Brisas is open for breakfast, lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch and offers an unparalleled selection of specialty margaritas and hand-crafted cocktails. For more information, please visit www.lasbrisaslagunabeach.com.
With over 100 restaurants and ten brands including Acapulco, Chevys Fresh Mex, El Torito, Pink Taco, Who Song and Larry’s, and Las Brisas, Real Mex Restaurants is the largest operator of full-service Mexican restaurants in the nation. For more information, please visit www.realmexrestaurants.com.
