We stumbled upon this great restaurant/food court inside Macy's Home Furniture Store while shopping at South Coast Plaza. We often have impression that restaurant/cafe or food court inside a department store isn't usually nice or just pricey. But to our surprise, this restuarant served great food and price wasn't expensive at all.
It features 3 different menus from 3 famous/celebrity chefs. They are as follows:
1) CCQ (Cat Cora's 'Que) - salads, sandwiches, wraps, and platters in BBQ style
2) Marc Burger (Marcus Samuelsson's) - a variety of burgers including a mini "kobe", turkey, and chicken breast
3) La Brea Bakery (Nancy Silverton) - classic sandwiches and grilled paninis, along with soup and salad
We chose La Brea Bakery and Marc Burge. The tuna melt panini was tasty and served with soup. However, the panini looked just like a 'toasty', rather than the proper European panini we had back in England. Lack a bit authenticity. The burger was real nice but it's weird to have crisps inside. Anyway, burger was juicy, lots of saucy, loved it.
$16 for two people, affordable pricing. Recommended!
