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Eating Out

  • Blogs

    December 26, 2012

    5 Things You Should Never Do With Your Restaurant's Website

    The first thing I do when I get up in the morning is wake up my laptop and check Twitter. When I leave the house, the first thing I check for when I do my three-pat pocket test is my phone, not my keys or my wallet. The first thing I do when I get into work? E-mail. Then coffee. Let's just say that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 25, 2012

    On The Line: Christian De La Vara of Brunos - Part One

    While most individuals are getting shopping done and attending parties, the hospitality industry barely rests. In fact, Christian De La Vera worked the entire weekend; and Brunos Trattoria is open for dinner on Christmas and New Years. So we thank Christian for taking a break and sharing a few of hi ... More >>

  • Food

    December 20, 2012

    The Attic: Old Folks At Home

    The Long Beach gem serves great Southern fare in a creaky Craftsman house

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2012

    Edwin's Top Five Restaurants of 2012!

    I always go into these end-of-year lists thinking they'd be be a cinch to do. Then, I actually start doing it and realize how hard it is. No, it's not the writing part--that's easy; it's the winnowing process that's painful. It took me a day of deliberation to pare my original list of ten of the bes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2012

    Long Beach Lunch: La Lune Palace

    Days before jetting off for Cambodia Town Film Festival meetings and to give inspiring human-rights speeches at Ivy League schools, last month's cover man praCh Ly was kind enough to spend an afternoon helping me find a new Cambodian lunch spot.When he arrived to pick me up, praCh gave some culinary ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2012

    Nancy Luna, OC RegisterFast Food Blogger, Shocked--SHOCKED--That Zagat Includes Fast Food

    Nancy Luna, the Fast Food Maven for the Orange County Register, has breaking news for us. The Zagat guide, the culinary equivalent of the myriad of Who's Who books who get people to submit content and then convince them to pay to read what they've submitted, apparently just updated their Los Angeles ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2012

    Shuji's Top Five Restaurants for 2012

    We wrap up the waning weeks of every year with a list of our favorite restaurants. Normally, I pick a hole-in-the-wall restaurant with a small menu and a narrow specialty where you can pick any random dish and come up a winner. Looking at my list for 2012, your odds are not as heavily stacked. The c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2012

    On The Line: Travis Flood of Landmark, Part One

    If you take an establishment and change both chef and management, does that make up for its previous reputation? In the case of Travis Flood, we believe so. He joined the kitchen team over the summer and revamped the menu to suit the local clientele and to banish memories of a certain jerk bartender ... More >>

  • Food

    December 13, 2012

    Embarcadero: The San Francisco Treat

    The bistro brings a little bit of the Bay Area to the boonies we call RSM

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2012

    On The Line: Dean Kim of OC Baking Company, Part Two

    "I don't consider myself old in any way, but I'm old school now. Even Dee (Nguyen), Mike (Rossi) . . .we're old."One of the best things about interviewing a well-connected baker is the exchange of information. Dean reminds us that the community of chefs is full of friends and customers. Can you beli ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2012

    Pascal Olhats Closes Pascal at Hutton Centre

    Pascal Olhats' seminal restaurant Traditions is all but a distant memory, and now the satellite location of Pascal at Hutton Centre has closed as well. I noticed it was dark and gutted this past weekend and shot an email to the man himself. Chef Olhats not only answered me within mere minutes v ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2012

    On The Line: Dean Kim of OC Baking Company, Part One

    "I kinda like being the guy who does bread, but nobody knows who I really am."Oh, Dean. You shouldn't have let us into your office. It seems as though every third chef we interview name drops you. While you might not have your own restaurant, you do provide the goods to 70 establishments in the Ora ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2012

    k'ya Anaheim Closes; Now Rebranded as American Tavern Eatery & Drink

    k'ya, the hotel restaurant that I reviewed some years ago at the Hotel Menage in Anaheim, has changed concepts once again. And this time, unlike the last time it called itself k'ya Street Fare, it has completely ditched the name. With the new title American Tavern Eatery & Drink,  ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2012

    Mark McDonald of Old Vine Cafe Wowing Them in Turkey!

    Mark McDonald of Old Vine Cafe in Costa Mesa is a man of many talents, but one I never figured in him was taking an interest in Turkish food--not because he turns up his food at ethnic food (he doesn't, as fans of his restaurant can attest to), but because Turkish food is seemingly light years away ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2012

    Cream Pan, a.k.a. "That Place in Tustin With Those Awesome Strawberry Croissants" Makes Major Changes

    We've rhapsodized about Cream Pan--once just an unassuming little Japanese bakery in Old Town Tustin--in excess here on this blogs. It has made so many of our "Best Of" lists, lists of Ten Great Bakeries, our annual 100 Favorite Dishes lists, and other lists that I can make a new list of the lists i ... More >>

  • Food

    November 29, 2012

    Phuong Restaurant's Viet Funk

    [Hole In the Wall] This Garden Grove classic serves messy, wonderful bowls of soup and noodles

  • Food

    November 29, 2012

    The Ally Goes All In

    The Garden Grove restaurant has an overachieving, enthusiastically erratic menu that includes a killer spaghetti dish

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2012

    Long Beach Lunch: Maru Maki Sushi

    The restaurants near the corner of Broadway and Alamitos Avenue are an intriguing slice of Long Beach life. LGBT-catering Hamburger Mary's butts up against Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles while the dive-y Irish pub Clancy's stares at Maru Maki Sushi across the street. Unfortunately, the tiny Japane ... More >>

  • Food

    November 21, 2012

    Franco's Pasta Cucina: Food Court Done Right

    [Hole In the Wall] This Irvine stall serves Italian classics quickly and wonderfully

  • Food

    November 21, 2012

    Dana Point's the Point: Spot On

    Check out this bar where kids are welcome

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2012

    On The Line: Alfred Prasad of Tamarind of London, Part One

    Learning about a subject's interests outside of the kitchen always interests us. When Alfred Prasad isn't traversing between his Michelin-starred London flagship and his outpost in Newport, Alfred keeps active with tennis, sketching and exploring local neighborhoods with his wife. When we bring the ... More >>

  • Food

    November 8, 2012

    End of the Line At La Habra Heights Cafe

    [Hole In the Wall] American food with Mexican flourishes in the birthplace of the Haas avocado

  • Food

    November 8, 2012

    Surah Korean BBQ & Sushi Will Put You on a Beef Bender

    The Buena Park restaurant's all-you-can-eat meat feast is not for the weak-willed or of the partly full stomach

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2012

    Long Beach Lunch: Asha Moroccan Mediterranean Kitchen

    The businesses on the bottom floor of the Broadlind Hotel in Long Beach's East Village have turned over many times. The last three years have seen the corner unit host two different coffeeshops; the tiny boutique facing Linden Ave. has been a salon, a jewelry store and is currently a juice bar; and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2012

    On The Line: Todd Henderson of The Queen Mary, Part One

    We originally planned on interviewing the chef behind Sir Winston's Restaurant. Then we realized Todd Henderson was also the same chef as Chelsea Chowder House, their Tea Room, and the rest of the foodservice offered on board. Therefore, it's no exaggeration to say he governs the gourmet side of Lon ... More >>

  • Food

    November 1, 2012

    Chaba Thai: Second

    [Hole In the Wall] This Stanton Thai joint will use any edge to lure you from Thai Nakorn

  • Food

    November 1, 2012

    South of Nick's: Cal-Mex Class

    The San Clemente hotspot proves that rice-bean-chips-margaritas Mexican doesn't have to be derivative

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2012

    Eat This Now: The "Farm-acy" Superfood Salad From Champagnes Bistro And Deli

    Eating healthy has always been a challenge for us. Unlike Lorelai Gilmore, lettuce and tomato in our burger doesn't count towards our daily requirement. Why go green when we can deal with bacon, cheese, egg and endless other ingredients satisfying our savory side? It takes a special, sometimes surpr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2012

    Former Playground Sous-Chef To Open New Restaurant in Laguna Beach

    Frank De Loach, Jason Quinn's sous chef at Playground, is striking out on his own.Come next week (the planned opening date is November 3), the man who spearheaded the six-course omakase and other projects at the ex-Lime Trucker's Santa Ana restaurant is opening a pizzeria and birreria called NEApoli ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2012

    On The Line: David Kesler of Bistro Bleu, Part One

    When the establishment you've worked at for so long changes their focus, do you stay? In David Kesler's case, the answer was clear. He took the opportunity to cultivate a CaliFrenchian space of his own. Between a calming color scheme and his charming wife monitoring the dining room, Bistro Bleu pres ... More >>

  • Food

    October 25, 2012

    Ennar Calasian Grill Puts Japan in Little Saigon

    The new izakaya takes over Xanh Bistro's old space

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2012

    On The Line: Roy Hendrickson Of Zimzala, Part One

    Calm. That's the vibe we get from chef Roy Hendrickson. Perched in the Shorebreak Hotel, Zimzala's bustling exhibition kitchen is between both lounge and dining room. But for our interview, we converse at a quiet table in the back before lunch service. With experience that includes stints at Sam's S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2012

    New Huntington Beach Restaurant Serves Kimchi-Flavored Waffles

    A new Asian tapas restaurant opened in Huntington Beach. No not that Asian Tapas, which is just a name for what has evolved to be a typical Northern-style Chinese restaurant.Scraps seems to be a real Asian tapas-style eatery. The menu consists entirely of small dishes made to be shared--dishes ... More >>

  • Food

    October 18, 2012

    The Eiffel Café Is the Greatest Mall Stall of Them All

    [Hole In the Wall] This Little Saigon restaurant in Asian Garden Mall makes French-Vietnamese food

  • Food

    October 11, 2012

    Shuck Oyster Bar: Shuck Yeah!

    Leonard Chan continues his conquest of Costa Mesa's OC Mart Mix with an oyster bar

  • Food

    October 11, 2012

    Danny Godinez, Food Genius

    [Best Of 2012] The culinary genius at Anepalco’s shares his favorite things about Orange County

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2012

    PART ONE: OC Weekly Best Of Readers Poll 2012: The Good, the Bad, and the WTF?

    Today is the release of our annual Best Of issue, our fantabulous guide to all things wonderful about this infernal land. For the purposes of ustedes, you only care about the food section, and you can peruse it here. But what's always interesting to us is the Readers Poll: will our faithful fans be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2012

    No. 5: Spontanaé Menu at Marché Moderne

    South Coast Plaza typically isn't a haven for bargain hunters, but for several years the prix-fixe lunch at Florent and Amelia Marneau's Marche Moderne has had one of the best lunch specials in the county.Dinner for two at Marche can easily top $100, but like Rachael Ray taught us on $40 a Day, expe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2012

    Au Naturaw Opens in Downtown Santa Ana

    Gustavo wrote about a planned raw-foods restaurants located directly across from Weekly favorite Memphis at the Santora in January. This weekend the place opened.It is, indeed a raw-food restaurant, the kind that does not heat its food above 118 degrees Fahrenheit. You should know this because this ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2012

    No. 6: Anything By Taco Maria

    I have been known to wait outside Taco Maria for 20 minutes, desperate to be the first in line before the masses come. I've been known to drunkenly tweet that if you don't know Taco Maria, you don't know Mexican food, and fight with people over said sentiments. I've plugged Taco Maria God-knows-how- ... More >>

  • Food

    October 4, 2012

    Dublin Down at Dublin 4

    Darren and Jean Coyle unveil a Mission Viejo gastropub that's a stunner

  • Food

    October 4, 2012

    Al Tannour: OC Iraqi

    [Hole In the Wall] Try the lamb and Iraqi bread at this Anaheim gem

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2012

    A Pictorial Essay On Tustin's "Most Cursed Restaurant Location"

    For those just tuning in, there is a shack at the corner of Newport and Walnut (right in front of the venerable sushi bar, Sushi Wasabi) that has gone through more restaurants than Elizabeth Taylor goes through husbands. Every town has one. This one is Tustin's.The latest eatery to attempt to surviv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2012

    No. 8: Pot Pie Purse at the Crosby

    Aside from La Palma Chicken Pie Shop and a handful of chain restaurants (Claim Jumper, KFC, Marie Callender's), there just aren't enough places doing pot pie anymore. And if they are, it's certainly almost never beef pot pie.Comfort food in the wrong hands can be too much of a good thing--over-porti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2012

    No. 7: Venison Filet Mignon at Mare Culinary Lounge

    Mare is supposed to be known for its seafood. But you should know by now that Alessandro Pirozzi of Cucina Alessa fame has the golden touch, even with game meats, as it turns out. The venison filet mignon he serves at his newest restaurant, two cubes the size of a baseball sitting on opposite side ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2012

    Long Beach Lunch: The Small Cafe in Naples

    One of my favorite cafes in Amsterdam is a cozy corner spot on the Prinsengracht called t' Smalle Café that serves up hunks of fresh local goat cheese and grilled Dutch sandwiches called toastis. It is a great example of the 'Dam's "brown cafes"--casual, wood-paneled gathering spots where locals go ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2012

    No. 9: Farmers Market Feast at Anais

    Everyone talks about eating more simply, more healthfully. Everyone talks about going to the farmers market and eating more fruits and vegetables. Then they go to restaurants and get fried meat, fried potatoes, fried fried fried, and fruit only in syrup mode.Gross.It's different on Sunday evenings, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2012

    OC Register Readers Name Subway The Best Sandwich Shop In Orange County

    There's no reason to be surprised at OC Register's annual "Best Of Orange County" winner's list. This is Orange County, after all. And these are Register readers, after all. Still, every year, we weep inside.  

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2012

    On The Line: Geeta Bansal Of Clay Oven, Part One

    Geeta Bansal doesn't sit still. Her travel plans to visit chefs Europe are around the corner, and they've just finalized plans for another dinner collaboration-- and that's just for October. Most recently, they served wild boar at Taste of Newport. Plans to prep their signature Thanksgiving turkeys ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2012

    No. 10: Tortilla de Patatas At Ole Spain Delishop

    We love our breakfast morning, noon and night. Hot meals consisting of eggs and potatoes are always welcome, so when we were introduced to one dish in particular, it was love at first bite.Noticed by Niyaz back at number 30, we were pleased by Ole Spain's cuisine. Their tapas and bocatas seem unassu ... More >>

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