In celebration of a friend’s birthday, I headed over to 3-Thirty-3 to enjoy some drinks and light appetizers with friends.  The restaurant is most definitely known for its “Build Your Own Bloody Mary’s” that are served weekend mornings starting at 9am. They provide the vodka and ice and let you select the rest from a LONG list of ingredients including tomato juice, fresh lime, celery stalks, asparagus, wasabi, black or green olives - do I need to go on?!?  If that’s not to your liking, they have plenty of other options that never fail to impress.  Several specialty cocktails were reasonably priced and after sharing a few of the delicious starters, Thai Calamari and Ahi Poke, we were all content in enjoying the beautiful harbor view.  Since we started pretty early (9am!) we definitely didn’t make it to experience their Late Night Dining menu but from what I have heard it’s a wonderful alternative to the greasy, fast food restaurants that seem to be the only places open ’til 1:30am.�
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3-Thirty-3 Waterfront Restaurant
333 Bayside Drive, Newport Beach
(949) 673-8464
www.3thirty3nb.com