{"id":12311,"date":"2018-04-16T14:46:08","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T21:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/?p=12311"},"modified":"2018-04-16T15:02:11","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T22:02:11","slug":"theres-a-giant-kentucky-derby-party-happening-in-downtown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/2018\/04\/16\/theres-a-giant-kentucky-derby-party-happening-in-downtown\/","title":{"rendered":"There\u2019s A Giant Kentucky Derby Party Happening In Downtown"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Plus a new chef in Santa Monica, and eggs in Orange County.\u00a0Party with the ponies!!!<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Neal and Amy Knoll Fraser\u2019s gorgeous Redbird restaurant is hosting a blowout Kentucky Derby party in Downtown next month. The May 5 session will include appropriate hatwear, a live bluegrass band, and a viewing space right out in the restaurant\u2019s large garden. Of course, chef Neal will also be doing up a special menu for the night, with tickets going for $40 a head.<\/p>\n

Bar director Tobin Shea has also revamped the restaurant\u2019s entire cocktail collection to match the theme, offering a new collection of drinks under the Triple Crown moniker that are meant to tell the history of horse racing over time. That menu is available now, and runs through mid-July.<\/p>\n

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Broken Yolk grows<\/strong><\/p>\n

San Diego\u2019s popular Broken Yolk is expanding, landing a new location up in Costa Mesa soon. The popular breakfast and brunch spot will open this summer with a mostly-outdoor dining setup at the Mesa Verde Center at 2701 Harbor Boulevard.<\/p>\n

Another one steps up<\/strong><\/p>\n

There\u2019s a new chef de cuisine running the show over at Rustic Canyon in Santa Monica these days. It\u2019s Andy Doubrava, a former executive chef out of New York City who has now been with the team a couple of years, and is stepping up to take charge while Jeremy Fox begins work on his restaurant Birdie G\u2019s.<\/p>\n