Little Italy

Ten Great First Date Restaurants

Date night. Everyone looks forward to a date except the person who has to plan it, and it's even worse when it's a first date or blind date. It has to be normal--not everyone loves loncheras, for reasons I don't fully grok--and it has to be expensive enough that you don't look miserly.So let's talk ... More >>

An Unsliced Bit of Italy in Fullerton: Fuoco Pizzeria Napoletana

"This place is the real deal," I said. My friend Angelo, who spent his formative years playing calcio in a dusty lot in Catanzaro, near the toe of the Italian boot, rolled his eyes."Everybody always says that," he grumbled, "and then I go and they're putting sausage and pepperoni on crappy focaccia ... More >>

Upping The Ante On Free: Maggiano's Offers BOGO *And* Free Pasta Day

The seasons may not want to cooperate yet, but when "free" rains down on us, it definitely pours. Yesterday we shared our frugal finds involving both Corner Bakery and Pei Wei. Today's installment moves us to the Little Italy of chains called Maggiano's. The only location within the county is in Cos ... More >>

Jody Agius Vallejo, USC Sociology Professor

[Best Of 2012] The author of 'Barrios to Burbs: The Making of the Mexican-American Middle Class' on her favorite things about Orange County

Why Do Mexican Men Love Their Mothers So Much?

[¡Ask a Mexican!] And why can't Americans learn Spanish?

Ten Great Italian Restaurants In Orange County

​When we initially began compiling our list, it appeared relatively easy. But when we got to talking to others about their love of all things pizza, pasta and marinara, there were so many more places to consider. We're certain your place for that perfect slice is missing from our ranks, so make it ... More >>

10 Great Pizzerias In Orange County

​We'll start at the end of the mystery, like the film Memento: Why didn't I include your favorite in this list of 10 great pizzerias that we Weeklings love? Because that's what the comments section is for, dear reader. Without further delay, here are 10 great pizzerias in Orange County!

Pie-Ology Pizzeria: The Study Of Kustom Pizza

​If Costa Mesa is the county's epicenter for the noveau pizza movement best exemplified by Pizzeria Ortica, then North County is the land of the dinosaur joints, where places like Cortina's in Anaheim and Placentia's Tony's Little Italy haven't changed their pie recipe in decades, if ever. Fast-fo ... More >>

UPDATED: Machete Used In Sunday 'Ninja' Attack at South Coast Plaza

Bring your wallet, not your machete​A 19-year-old plumber with blond hair and blue eyes is sitting in Orange County Jail this morning after police say he used a 25-inch machete to attack a man Sunday night in the parking lot of Orange County's most internationally acclaimed shopping center: South ... More >>

Strip Tease

Set in a sleazy NYC club, Abel Ferrara's 'Go Go Tales' is actually kinda sweet

Deep They Delved Us: Battle Chicago Pie

Dave LiebermanThe stuffed pizza at Tony's Little Italy in Placentia​"Deep they delved us, fair they wrought us, high they builded us..." (J.R.R. Tolkien--I'm just that geeky.)I am a child of New Jersey. I grew up eating the flat pizzas of New York, with toppings chosen from the canonical list: sau ... More >>

Pasta Connection Reopens In Costa Mesa Across From Old Location

Pasta Connection​A few days ago, tipster Craig gave us a sneak peak of Il Dolce, the Italian pizzeria that took the place of Pasta Connection, which had been at that spot since 1984. In late 2007, the latter shuttered due to increased rental rates imposed by their new landlord. But this week, th ... More >>

Farewell to Swallows

Mission San Juan Capistrano

[Hole in the Wall] A Little Little Italy at Joey's Luparello's Pizza

[This Hole-In-the-Wall Life] Cannoli Like Burritos at Tina and Vince's

Grub Guide

Tasty morsels from the county's best damn dining guide

Grub Guide

Tasty morsels from the county's best damn dining guide

Grub Guide

Orange Countys best damn dining guide

Grub Guide

Tasty morsels from the county's best damn dining guide

Grub Guide

Tasty morsels from the county's best damn dining guide

Grub Guide

Grub Guide

Tasty morsels from OC's best damn dining guide

Grub Guide

Tasty morsels from the county's best damn dining guide

Grub Guide

Tasty morsels from OC's best damn dining guide

Grub Guide

Tasty morsels from the county's best damn dining guide

Summer Grub Guide

Your guide to the best damn eats in OC

Grub Guide

The county's best damn dining guide

Grub Guide

This week in bringing back a bigger dining guide

Grub Guide

This week in homework

Deep Dish Deliverance

Solving the horror of the pizza lunch with Tony’s Little Italy

This Week in Grubberies That Carry Us

This Week in a View With Your Food

Much Mangia

Big food in Little Italy

How Delicious

Veggies, cocktails and cow tongue with DJ Wanda

I Dined It My Way

Eat, drink and be Frankie!

Jazz and Italian

A Mulberry Street that makes its own improvisations

Eat Cheap

or expensive. or somewhere in between

Eat Cheap

or expensive. or somewhere in between