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Takashi Abe

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2008

    Izakaya is the New Sushi

    Have you noticed something lately? Izakayas -- the Japanese equivalent to the gastro-pub, tapas house, and neighborhood bar all wrapped up into one -- are popping up all over O.C. So many izakayas have opened lately, in fact, that the trend is obvious: Izakaya is the new sushi. Last year, Takashi ... More >>

  • Food

    April 9, 2009

    Sushi and Bulgogi Live Together in Perfect Harmony, Side-By-Side at Tustin's Haru Izakaya

    Have you noticed something lately? Izakayas -- the Japanese equivalent to the gastro-pub, tapas house, and neighborhood bar all wrapped up into one -- are popping up all over O.C. So many izakayas have opened lately, in fact, that the trend is obvious: Izakaya is the new sushi. Last year, Takashi ... More >>

  • Food

    February 19, 2009

    [Hole in the Wall] Bowled Over on Balboa at Macksan's Cafe

    Have you noticed something lately? Izakayas -- the Japanese equivalent to the gastro-pub, tapas house, and neighborhood bar all wrapped up into one -- are popping up all over O.C. So many izakayas have opened lately, in fact, that the trend is obvious: Izakaya is the new sushi. Last year, Takashi ... More >>

  • Food

    October 2, 2008

    Chef Cody Requejo Shreds With Both Sushi Knives and Stratocasters

    Have you noticed something lately? Izakayas -- the Japanese equivalent to the gastro-pub, tapas house, and neighborhood bar all wrapped up into one -- are popping up all over O.C. So many izakayas have opened lately, in fact, that the trend is obvious: Izakaya is the new sushi. Last year, Takashi ... More >>

  • Food

    September 11, 2008

    OC's Rock-Star Chef Takashi Abe Does San Clemente at Sea Smoke

    Have you noticed something lately? Izakayas -- the Japanese equivalent to the gastro-pub, tapas house, and neighborhood bar all wrapped up into one -- are popping up all over O.C. So many izakayas have opened lately, in fact, that the trend is obvious: Izakaya is the new sushi. Last year, Takashi ... More >>

  • Features

    September 20, 2007

    The Chuck Wagon

    Steakhouses, mess halls, eateries, barbecues, fine-dining establishments, & gratuitous & thematically inconsistent Tolkien references

  • Food

    September 6, 2007

    My Hero, Zero

    Takashi Abe’s new izakaya does Japanese pub fare right

  • Food

    February 2, 2006

    The Return of the Native

    Scampi maestro Massimo Navarretta returns with Onotria

  • Food

    August 13, 2009

    25 Degrees Delivers on the Burgers, Overpromises on the Bordello

    Scampi maestro Massimo Navarretta returns with Onotria

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2010

    Costa Mesa's May Garden Gone; Replaced By Vegetarian Restaurant

    Edwin Goei​Stefani Peterson of the OC Register reported that a few weeks ago Takashi Abe's Sea Smoke in San Clemente closed permanently. Then our buddy at OC Register's Food Frenzy blog, Niyaz Pirani, revealed the shuttering of Q Restaurant, the crawfish and funnel cake hole-in-the-wall that ... More >>

  • Food

    June 17, 2010

    Higher Ground at Canyon

    Rich Mead's new 'creative Californian' restaurant doesn't fix what's not broken

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