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    January 12, 2007

    Crazier than Crazy Bread

    As soon as I read this story last Saturday about Pizza Patrón, a Dallas-based pizza chain that primarily caters to Latino communities, accepting pesos as payment, I wondered how long it would be before I read a story about the company getting death threats.  Answer:  six days. The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2007

    Pesos-Loving Pizza Chain Invades Santa Ana

    Remember Pizza Patrón? Only if you're a Know Nothing. Last year, the Dallas-based pizza chain infuriated conservatives after announcing it would accept pesos in lieu of dollars at their locations. Lost in the debate was whether their pies were any bueno. We'll find out soon enough. Across the stre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 5, 2008

    Anaheim GardenWalk's Garden Party Music Series

    Looking for an excuse to finally check out the new Anaheim GardenWalk? Their free and outdoor Garden Party Music Series starts tomorrow, Saturday, September 6th and will continue every Saturday until the 27th. Click HERE for the schedule and more details on the acts. Even if you've seen their s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2009

    McDonald's Makes The Grade; Others Must Try Harder

    A few weeks back we brought you news of a survey of America's healthiest fast-food chains (Panera Bread topped the list). Now comes the reverse: America's unhealthiest fast-food restaurants. A report by health and nutrition experts David Zinczenko and Matt Goulding, authors of "supermarket survi ... More >>

  • News

    July 6, 2006

    News Events

    A few weeks back we brought you news of a survey of America's healthiest fast-food chains (Panera Bread topped the list). Now comes the reverse: America's unhealthiest fast-food restaurants. A report by health and nutrition experts David Zinczenko and Matt Goulding, authors of "supermarket survi ... More >>

  • Food

    March 15, 2007

    This Hole-in-the-Wall Life

    Pizza for Pesos: Chicago Pizza

  • Food

    November 2, 2006

    Where the Boys Are

    The yummy sandwiches and free coffee of Monkey Business Cafe

  • Features

    September 8, 2005

    In the Kitchen, With a Knife

    The yummy sandwiches and free coffee of Monkey Business Cafe

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2009

    TGI Friday's Goes Five-Dollar (and Five Cent!) Crazy

    Subway has been flogging its five-dollar foot-longs for ages--I'm sorry, they should be paying us five dollars to eat that slop--but now TGI Friday's is joining the gang, meaning we we eat out for around the same price (or thereabouts, if we're frugal). I'm not a big fan of the chain, I admit. Call ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2009

    It's Official: This Recession May Make You Fat

    Today is Mardi Gras (aka Fat Tuesday), so it's fitting that I'm writing about how unhealthy we're becoming as a nation - indeed, as a planet. According to the Guardian, the number of new cases of diabetes being diagnosed in the UK is growing at a faster rate than in the US. Now that is depressing. A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2009

    The Capital Grille Coming to South Coast Plaza

    ​Last week, it was announced that an east coast chain called Seasons 52 was coming to South Coast Plaza. This week, the invasion of out-of-state fine-dining chains continues with a new restaurant called The Capital Grille. The press release I received goes into a few details about wine locker ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2009

    Is There ANYTHING Salvageable from the Reg's Best of Orange County Food Winners?

    I usually don't care for lolcats, but this one...​For 16 years, the Orange County Register's annual Best of Orange County has mystified county eaters with this simple question: are the paper's readers really that stupid and tasteless to continue calling the Olive Garden the best place in Orange Co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2009

    Is P.F. Chang's good? And News About Irvine's China Garden.

    Edwin GoeiTwo stories involving Chinese food caught my attention last week. First, there's local news about what is arguably one of OC's best Chinese restaurants, China Garden in Irvine. Fellow OC Food Blogger Julian Hsu has the scoop. In his post, he writes: "We just ate there for dimsum lunch t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2010

    The Capital Grille Opens Today in South Coast Plaza

    Edwin GoeiIf you haven't noticed, the building that was once The Clubhouse in South Coast Plaza has between split in two like a two-layer cake. The bottom layer is now Seasons 52, part of the East Coast chain that eschews butter and fry oil to keep their entrees at or under 475 calories.

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2010

    On The Line: Derek Venutolo of The Capital Grille, Part Two

    Photo by Todd Barnes​ Today we continue our Q&A with Derek Venutolo, the executive chef The Capital Grille in South Coast Plaza. Stay tuned for a recipe from the chef tomorrow. If you missed the first part, click here. What show would you pitch to the Food Network? Not going to share my ide ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2010

    On The Line: Derek Venutolo of The Capital Grille, Part Three

    Photo by Todd Barnes​ For our final installment of On The Line with Derek Venutolo of Capital Grille, our featured chef shares a recipe. If you missed the first or second part of our Q&A, click here and here. Otherwise click onward.

  • Food

    November 4, 2010

    Capital Grille Has Big Meat for Big Money

    South Coast Plaza's newest eatery will set you back a paycheck, but the steak will have you happy in the poorhouse

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2010

    Dee Nguyen of Break of Dawn and Gabriel Zambrano of Soho Tacos Get into a Knife Fight!

    From Soho Taco's website, obviously...​Kind of. The owners behind my top choices for the best restaurants of 2010, Break of Dawn (número 1) and Soho Taco (# dos), met at Dee Nguyen's Laguna Hills temple to breakfast and lunch. "But, it looks like Chef Gabe made an attempt to get express his culin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2011

    Pulitzer Prize Winning Food Critic Jonathan Gold Reviews...The Olive Garden

    ​Sometimes an April Fools prank can backfire on the prankster. It happened to Jonathan Gold, our esteemed colleague and Pulitzer Prize winning food critic at the LA Weekly. His planned joke on his longtime food photographer Anne Fishbein to meet him at Olive Garden didn't go exactly as planned. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2011

    Chili's Allegedly Serves Alcoholic Mudslide Instead of Chocolate Shake to 4-Year-Old

    It was first Applebee's, then Olive Garden, and now this. Chili's is the third restaurant in the last few weeks to be accused of serving an alcoholic drink to a child. This time it's in Chicago, and the drink was a Mudslide allegedly mistaken for chocolate shake.

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2011

    John Freese's Holiday Shopping Guide

    ​You only have one holiday shopping weekend left. Freak ya out? In order to help your lazy, procrastinating ass, we enlisted the help of drummer extraordinaire Josh Freese. And why not? The man who rocks behind the kit for bands such as Devo and Weezer is also one of the greatest marketing ... More >>

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