Tasting party celebrates local cuisine ahead of Newport Beach Restaurant Week

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Samples of steak pizzaiola from Provenance restaurant await diners at the Newport Beach Restaurant Week kickoff event Thursday night at the Lincoln Experience Center at Fashion Island. Restaurant Week runs Monday through Jan. 26. (Scott Smeltzer / Staff Photographer)

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Yen Nguyen, left, and Arthur Travieso try food offered Thursday by some of the restaurants that will participate in Newport Beach Restaurant Week, which runs Monday through Jan. 26 at 73 local dining establishments. (Scott Smeltzer / Staff Photographer )

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Braised pork belly sliders from Coliseum Pool & Grill are set out at the Newport Beach Restaurant Week preview event Thursday night at the Lincoln Experience Center at Fashion Island. (Scott Smeltzer / Staff Photographer )

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Mark Knutson, left, and Nancy Healis partake of samples during the Newport Beach Restaurant Week kickoff party Thursday night at the Lincoln Experience Center at Fashion Island. (Scott Smeltzer / Staff Photographer)

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Jennifer Cortright, center, and Sarah Suiter sample steak pizzaiola from Provenance restaurant during the Newport Beach Restaurant Week kickoff party at the Lincoln Experience Center at Fashion Island. (Scott Smeltzer / Staff Photographer)

By Daily Pilot Staff

Jan. 10, 2020 2:13 PM PT

Participants in the 14th annual Newport Beach Restaurant Week served up samplers at a preview party Thursday night.

Dishes from Coliseum Pool & Grill, Fable & Spirit, Farmhouse at Roger’s Gardens, Provenance, Sgt. Pepperoni’s, CDM Restaurant, Tavern House Kitchen + Bar and Buddha’s Favorite circulated at the Lincoln Experience Center at Fashion Island.

Those and 65 other local dining establishments will offer prix-fixe lunch, brunch and dinner specials Monday through Jan. 26.

For a list of all the participating restaurants, plus menus and prices, go to visitnewportbeach.com/restaurant-week.

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