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Private business mixer

We do our business face to face, preferably somewhere the room itself starts the conversation. These are the mixers we would put on a member’s calendar — public, recurring and honestly described — and the standing rooms where Newport Beach keeps its business sociable between events. The full house note on every house here is kept in The Haunts — each card below opens its note.

Listings are the house's own selection; no partnership is implied.

Chapter One

The Business Table

A standing table for owners, investors, and operators — capital, introductions, and partnerships, arranged by the house. The table opens with founding membership; until then, this page is its prospectus — and the mixers and rooms below are where the house’s business is already done in public.

Real deal flow

The table brings live opportunities — acquisitions, partnerships, capital. No cold pitches, no solicitation; the house curates who sits down.

Introductions that count

The house connects people across industries and balance sheets. In this room, the right introduction is the whole point.

Quarterly briefings

Market notes from the table — sectors moving, deals closed, and the warnings worth hearing before the quarter turns.

Verified standing

Seats go to established owners, investors, and executives whose standing the house has verified. Nothing more is asked, nothing less.

Register your interest

MembersMark Business among your interests on your profile — the house seats the table from the cards it holds.
Not yet a memberJoin the house list — founding membership opens soon, and the table opens with it.
Chapter Two

The Mixers & The Rooms

Where the house’s business is done in public, today — the recurring mixers first, then the standing rooms.

Mixer Events

OC Cigar Night Business Mixer

Corona del Mar · Newport Beach

Monthly on Wednesdays, about 5:30–9:30 p.m., at Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club. The organizer’s own listing describes it as: “Enjoy a Relaxed Business Networking Gathering of Like Minded Business Owners, Executives & Professionals with Cigars, Spirits & Food!” The group also meets at other Orange County venues; the Bahia Corinthian listing is the one printed here.

Wake Up! Newport

Newport Beach

A Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce monthly morning meeting, 7:00–8:30 a.m., free and open to the public with RSVP, at the Newport Beach Central Library / Civic Center, with civic and business speakers.

Newport Beach Chamber Mixers & Luncheons

Newport Beach

NAVIGATE young-professionals mixers, the Networking Luncheon series and Sunset Networking Mixers, monthly at rotating Newport venues.

Quad-Chamber Sunset Networking Cruise

Newport Beach

Four chambers of commerce plus the Newport Beach Association of Realtors, aboard the yacht Endless Dreams from City Experiences, 2431 West Coast Highway. The October 29, 2026 instance appeared on the Costa Mesa Chamber calendar; it is also listed under Yachting.

Standing Rooms

The Pacific Club

Newport Beach

A private city club established in 1981 — dining, fitness, and business and social gatherings.

The Park Club California

Costa Mesa

A private business and social club, formerly Center Club Orange County, reopened under this name in 2024.

Capitalist Club

Costa Mesa

“A private business lounge, networking hub and workspace in the heart of Orange County,” in its own words.

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