Subject: Dan Marcheano

• Chuao Chocolatier Gone From Irvine Spectrum (And Other Closures I'm Late To Report)

  So I'm walking through Irvine Spectrum the other day, between Macy's and Nordstroms, when I realized something was missing:  Chuao Chocolatier was gone.  The fancy-pants chocolatier, from whom I bought a box of nine decadent morsels for $15 in 2005, was history, now replaced with a specialty shop that sold candles and such.  Funny part was that I'd been to Irvine Spectrum at least a half dozen times in December. I guess in the Christmas rush, I didn't even notice that it wasn't there.  A

  January 14, 2009

• Golden Arches

  Sauces made of velvet and class in Newport Beach

  September 27, 2007

• The Skilled Hands In the Dock's Kitchen Make for a Welcome Port, Even In This Economic Storm

  April 16, 2009