Scaring Up Meals <i> a la</i> Halloween

Thee White House Restaurant is serving up a haunting menu on Saturday night, complete with an appearance by an Elvira look-alike.

The dinner, from 8 to 10 p.m., is $40 a person, excluding tax and tip. The four courses are black lobster ravioli, gnocchi with Pecorino cheese sauce, a choice of prime ribs of pork or cat fish fra diavolo and pumpkin creme brulee .

Customers who dine in costume will have a chance to win a dinner for four or a lunch for four at the restaurant.

887 S. Anaheim Blvd., Anaheim. (714) 772-1381.

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Diners who take two cans of food with them to Scott’s Seafood Grill & Bar will be given $10 off lunch or dinner with a purchase of $40 or more.

The canned food collection, which runs through the end of November, will benefit Friends in Service to Humanity, a United Way agency.

The agency helps families in Newport Beach, Costa Mesa and Irvine who are in danger of becoming homeless.

3300 Bristol St., Costa Mesa. (714) 979-2400.

For information about the agency, call (714) 642-6060.

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Pascal Olhats, owner of the Newport Beach restaurant Pascal, is planning to open a retail and catering business at the end of November. Pascal Epicerie, next to Pascal, will sell food and wine to go and will offer coffee, pastries and other light fare on site.

“People don’t want to go to a restaurant every night,” Olhats said.

“They want something good they can take home with them, that’s easy to prepare.”

He is also planning to start a catering business from the new location, he said.

1000 N. Bristol St. (714) 752-0107.

Anne Michaud is a staff writer for The Times Orange County Edition. Information for the Newsbites column can be faxed to (714) 966-5663 or addressed to: Newsbites/OC Live!, The Times Orange County, 1375 Sunflower Ave., Costa Mesa, Calif. 92626. Or call (714) 966-7898.