{"id":15965,"date":"2006-06-01T03:28:17","date_gmt":"2006-06-01T03:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelfharrah.com\/dev\/?p=15965"},"modified":"2019-01-27T05:23:25","modified_gmt":"2019-01-27T05:23:25","slug":"divine-intervention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelfharrah.com\/dev\/2006\/06\/01\/divine-intervention\/","title":{"rendered":"Divine Intervention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The sweet taste of downtown Santa Ana\u2019s comeback begins with Ambrosia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to Dining Out magazine, \u201cBefore its recent facelift, downtown Santa Ana would not have conjured any associations with ambrosia, the mythical food of the deities purported to render immortality to those who consumed it. These days, the nectar of the gods and the rebirth of downtown Santa Ana go hand in hand.\u201d This article charts the history of the restaurant Ambrosia, beginning with its 1970\u2019s incarnation of the Balboa Peninsula.\u00a0 Now, Mike Harrah has reopened the restaurant in downtown Santa Ana as part of his OC Pavilion Performing Arts Theater.\u00a0 Since its humble beginnings in a beach cottage, Ambrosia has come a long way.\u00a0 Today, guests are treated to a magnificent dining venue run by Executive Chef Jean Marie Josselin, owner of restaurant 808 in Caesar\u2019s Palace, Las Vegas.\u00a0 Flawless team service, live jazz and art reminiscent of the art deco era all serve to enhance the extraordinary dining experience.\u00a0 Ambrosia respects the fine-dining philosophy if a past era and provides cuisine worthy of any five-star palate.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"jce_file\" title=\"Read More in the Summer 2006 Dining Out Magazine\" href=\"http:\/\/michaelfharrah.com\/images\/stories\/Magazine\/DININGOUT06.pdf\">Read More in the Summer 2006 Dining Out Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sweet taste of downtown Santa Ana\u2019s comeback begins with Ambrosia According to Dining Out magazine, \u201cBefore its recent facelift, downtown Santa Ana would not have conjured any associations with ambrosia, the mythical food of the deities purported to render immortality to those who consumed it. These days, the nectar of the gods and the rebirth of downtown Santa Ana go hand in hand.\u201d This article charts the history of the restaurant Ambrosia, beginning with its 1970\u2019s incarnation of the Balboa Peninsula.\u00a0 Now, Mike Harrah has reopened the restaurant in downtown Santa Ana as part of his OC Pavilion Performing Arts Theater.\u00a0 Since its humble beginnings in a beach cottage, Ambrosia has come a long way.\u00a0 Today, guests are treated to a magnificent dining venue run by Executive Chef Jean Marie Josselin, owner of restaurant 808 in Caesar\u2019s Palace, Las Vegas.\u00a0 Flawless team service, live jazz and art reminiscent of the art deco era all serve to enhance the extraordinary dining experience.\u00a0 Ambrosia respects the fine-dining philosophy if a past era and provides cuisine worthy of any five-star palate. Read More in the Summer 2006 Dining Out Magazine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[180],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-magazine-article"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelfharrah.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelfharrah.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelfharrah.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelfharrah.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelfharrah.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15965"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/michaelfharrah.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15967,"href":"https:\/\/michaelfharrah.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15965\/revisions\/15967"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelfharrah.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelfharrah.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelfharrah.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelfharrah.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}