Chic Cocktails at Charlie PalmerAfter a busy day of shopping at South Coast Plaza’s upscale boutiques and department stores, relax with a cocktail at Charlie Palmer, located within Bloomingdales’s. The chic and stylish restaurant offers a wide selection of wines along with a cultivated list of elegant cocktails for half price every day from 4-7 pm and 9 pm-12 am. For sustenance, nosh on Kobe style beef sliders with truffle mayo and housemade pickles or bacon-wrapped, blue cheese-stuffed dates. As for cocktails, the Vino Fresco with Grey Goose vodka, basil, grapes and lime and the Blood Orange Mojito with Bacardi rum, lime, blood orange, mint and soda are menu stand-outs. 3333 S. Bristol St., Costa Mesa, 714.352. 2525. charliepalmer.com