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Food
May 3, 2012
Song Long Bakery Is the Elder of Euclid
[Hole In the Wall] This Garden Grove Vietnamese restaurant makes great pastries
Blogs
April 26, 2012
¡Ask a Comida Critic!: How Can I Request a Re-Review?
From Irene in the Land of the Intermittent Showers:My family recently took over an upscale Chinese bistro in downtown Portland, Oregon. We just had our first review by our local free weekly paper, Willamette Week, and it's a bad one. We feel it was not a true and fair review of what we are, and w ... More >>
Blogs
April 20, 2012
Hazel Quimpo To Leave Yelp OC
Hazel Quimpo announced Wednesday that she is stepping down as Yelp OC Community Manager.I don't interact very much with the Yelp community--I use it as a research tool, mostly for things like phone numbers and websites--but Hazel is a gem, one of those rare people who bridges both Yelp and the blogg ... More >>
Blogs
February 2, 2012
Is Yelp Making Us Unadventurous Diners?
Flickr user jakrapongIt's practically a reflex. The moment a friend suggests that we check out a new restaurant, at least one person in the group has already pulled out her smartphone and logged onto Yelp, searching what's nearby and has the most stars. Anything in the red or orange warrants a fu ... More >>
Blogs
January 24, 2012
Jason Quinn Called "Hot-Headed" By KCAL 9 News Report
Readers of this blog should now be familiar with Jason Quinn's expletive-fueled and "Burn in hell" retort to an unhappy customer on Yelp. But what may have sounded like an ill-advised move last week is now looking like it could be a boon for the restaurant...that is, if you believe that there's n ... More >>
Blogs
January 23, 2012
Jason Quinn Lets Everyone At Playground "Burn In Hell"
Last week, Jason Quinn's response to a Yelper who wrote a negative review of his Santa Ana restaurant, Playground, caused quite a scene. Chefs respond negatively to negative reviews (shocking!) all the type, but they don't normally tell people to burn in hell.When the proverbial fit hit the shan, ... More >>
Blogs
January 17, 2012
Jason Quinn to Yelp Reviewer: 'Burn in Hell'
In the earlier days of Yelp, restaurant owners had to sit on their hands as amateur critics weighed in on their businesses, spewing out reviews that were sometimes good, sometimes bad, sometimes completely unfair. Now they get to respond, whether by thanking folks for coming in, apologizing to th ... More >>
Blogs
January 9, 2012
Bruxie Is Yelp's No. 2 Restaurant of 2011 . . . for the Whole Country
We take a certain amount of homegrown pride to let you know Orange County's very own Bruxie took the No. 2 spot in Yelp's Most Popular U.S. Restaurants for 2011. Congratulations, Bruxie!Well, Yelpers, Stick a Fork In It broke the news about Bruxie's real-deal Wisconsin frozen custard, and our rea ... More >>
Blogs
December 19, 2011
iTunes, Wired Love Our 'Best of . . .' App, They Really Do!
Have you downloaded it yet?You know how we're doing all these Ten Great lists of different local faves (pizza, tacos, etc.) under the "Best of Best of Best of!" category? It's for more than cheap hits--we're slowly trotting out our Best Of . . . app for smart phones and the like, which group toge ... More >>
Blogs
December 19, 2011
Holiday Gift Guide: Six Random Gifts for the Foodie Who Has Everything
The ultimate new foodie...You know them -- they blog and/or Yelp, prevent you from eating while they take photos with their camera phone, and can talk your ear off about the place they just ate at. (Of course, I'm guilty of all that, too.) What can you get besides a gift card to their favorite ea ... More >>
Blogs
November 11, 2011
A Sneak Peek At Paul Martin's
Photo courtesy of Lee Healy Marketing CommunicationsFresh salmon, Meyer lemon vinaigrette, chilled quinoa & bulgar wheat saladWe had the opportunity to explore Paul Martin's (American Grill) Orange County debut at the Irvine Spectrum yesterday. All hands were on deck for final preparations: s ... More >>
Blogs
October 25, 2011
Village Voice Media Responds to Clergy
Today 36 clergy affixed their names to a paid ad and open letter to Village Voice and the classified ad site Backpage.com. The full page ad was published in the New York Times. The religious coalition demanded that we close down our legal, adult classifieds. Neither government officials nor G ... More >>
Blogs
September 19, 2011
Five Things You're Doing Wrong With Mexican Food
Flick user Ryan LeightyWe love Mexican food 'round here, and not just because I'm doing a book on the history of Mexican food in the United States. It's the native cuisine of Southern California, something many Americans have seamlessly assimilated into their day-to-day lives--and an easy subject ... More >>
Blogs
September 12, 2011
Old Vine Cafe Starts Petition Asking Yelp to Hold Members Accountable For Libelous Reviews
Mark McDonald, moving on upWe've always loved Old Vine Cafe and the McDonald brothers, Mark and Brandon, who run it. We've also loved how the two will engage with any criticism leveled at them over at Yelp. Some might call it being thin-skinned; I say it's instantaneous response to any slights th ... More >>
Blogs
September 8, 2011
Google Buys Zagat
Two years ago, Google tried to plunk down $500 million for a little site called Yelp. But that didn't pan out; the deal fell apart. Then it launched a competing site called Places and hoped that it would get the same amount of free, user-generated content that Yelp, for better or for worse, seems ... More >>
Blogs
September 6, 2011
Five Things You're Doing Wrong with Japanese Food
I'm just as guilty of butchering foreign word pronunciation as any American, but there are times when the media perpetuates mistakes that will make you look like a schmuck. This week--five things for you to avoid sounding like one in a Japanese restaurant.
Blogs
August 18, 2011
Celebrate Italian Sausage Tonight At Nello Cucina
Nello Cucina's Facebook pageIt's Thursday night, and you're famished after purchasing that wedding/housewarming/birthday present at the plaza previously known as Crystal Court. A bakery or fish taco isn't cutting it; we're thinking Italian and vino. Lucky you, the answer is by the carousel.Before ... More >>
Blogs
July 15, 2011
Slater's 50/50 - Burgers By Design, Huntington Beach Preview
Anne Marie PanoringanA cross section of awesomeness.The wait is finally over. Our favorite Slater (not A.C. or Kelly) has launched their bacontastic menu for public consumption in Huntington Beach. If last night's preview was any indicator, then Adams Avenue will never be the same.Those crazy Yel ... More >>
Blogs
May 23, 2011
New York Times: Is Yelp Being Gamed?
Last year Yelp was slapped with a class action lawsuit that alleged unfair business practices and accused the company of running an "extortion scheme." This year, the New York Times reports that there may be even more sinister forces at work, one that the company itself is trying to stem.This wee ... More >>
Food
May 19, 2011
Taqueria Don Victor Makes You Taste the Baa
[Hole In the Wall] At this Huntington Beach treasure, Hidalgo-style cookery shines
Blogs
May 18, 2011
Winner, Winner, Don't Eat Dinner: The Worst Restaurant in the Anaheim Resort
Last November, we celebrated the closure of the Baker's Square restaurant in Garden Grove's International West district, the very worst example of a chain that struggles to achieve mediocrity. It was, in retrospect, pretty bad--limp produce, low-quality meat, and service that met every criterion ... More >>
Blogs
May 17, 2011
Five Popular Working-Class Foodstuffs That'll Never Become Hipster Trends or Foodie Fads
Betcha there'll never be a tamale pie truck...Cupcakes are on their way out, pies are supposedly in--but it seems Orange County's going to go through a Summer of Doughnut. M & M Donuts over in Anaheim have hundreds of Yelp reviews (!), all over a simple blueberry donut, a fried thing studded ... More >>
Blogs
May 13, 2011
Bites from the Taste of Anaheim
Christopher Victorio / OC WeeklyTo see the slideshow of scenes from the event, click here.For a few brief hours last night, the ailing GardenWalk mall became the place to see and be seen, and the best place to eat in Anaheim. The lines got long (though not as long as those execrable luxe-lonchera ... More >>
Blogs
April 12, 2011
The Inquisitive Diner's Field Guide to Yelpers
Yelp is a huge force in the restaurant review world. They've taken a motley assortment of amateur writers and given them legitimacy and a huge platform from which to express their opinions. The site is a huge trove of information, written by normal people who don't see their name splashed across ... More >>
Blogs
March 23, 2011
Five Search Features Yelp Should Add Instead of "Hipster"
So news is going all around that Yelp added "Hipster" to its possible categories for a location's ambiance (which spelling is correct again?), and the first reaction that came to my mind is "redundant." Isn't Yelp the epitome of hipsterdom, of a sea of shallow reactions and It buzz, with the crea ... More >>
Blogs
January 10, 2011
Five Words, Terms, or Gimmicks That Need to Be Eliminated From Food Writing
Flickr user AndyRobWhenever I speak to young students about journalism, their ears always perk up when I talk about food writing. It is the greatest job in the world--eating for free (via reimbursements, of course) and getting paid to do it. But I also tell the students that writing well about fo ... More >>
Blogs
December 24, 2010
Yelp Savages Red Medicine
"Real people, real reviews," my hind foot.Gustavo wrote on Wednesday about S. Irene Virbila being unmasked by the partners at Red Medicine; I agree with him, with the following clarification: the restaurant was perfectly within its rights to decline her review and her reservation. Posting her pic ... More >>
Blogs
December 21, 2010
Orange County Interwebs Horror Show Surfs Cities
This week's Orange County Interwebs Horror Show goes from city to city to see what is being said about them on the Interwebs. Mayors, chambers of commerce officials and visitors and convention bureaucrats may want to skip this one. (Especially in Fullerton, Santa Ana, Mission Viejo, Huntington Be ... More >>
Blogs
December 16, 2010
¡Ask a Comida Critic!: Poutine in OC?
The question this week came to Edwin from Bill of Fullerton:Our Canadian graphic designer is planning to prepare his own version of poutine. Any restaurant in OC that prepares this gut bomb?Real poutine, Bill? Nowhere in Orange County. Not enough Quebecois here--we have hosers a'plenty, but ... More >>
Blogs
November 15, 2010
Eibar Coffee in Santa Ana Finally Open
Wikimedia CommonsPhoto of Eibar's namesake town...Okay, I'm late to this story, but still beat the Orange County Register and those crazy Yelp kids, so the scoop: downtown SanTana now has another coffee shop to give the venerable Gypsy Den a challenge in the name of Eibar Coffee.
Blogs
August 30, 2010
The Great Food Truck Race: Can Anyone De-throne Nom Nom?
Courtesy of Food NetworkNever underestimate the power of people who've been churned through the Anderson School of Business machine. This week's episode of Food Network's "The Great Food Truck Race" showed that an ounce of amazing marketing savvy can overcome a pound of unfamiliarity with the pro ... More >>
Blogs
August 25, 2010
Against "Street Tacos"
At least they didn't call them "cantina" tacos, I guess...So the country is wild about street food right now, luxe-loncheras and the like, and I can live with that. Debate rages about what constitutes "authentic" Mexican food as opposed to the "fake" stuff, and I like debates like that.What I can ... More >>
Blogs
July 29, 2010
You're Not Manly Enough For This Sandwich
Dave LiebermanYou're not manly enough for the sandwich in the picture above. That, dear readers, is the pride of Guadalajara, the torta ahogada. Made of bread (classically a birote roll) spread with a little bit of bean paste, stuffed crammed to creaking with carnitas, then absolutely drenched (" ... More >>
Food
July 29, 2010
Hotel California
Garden Grove's TusCA is a notch above the typical hotel restaurant
Blogs
July 28, 2010
Shizuma Ramen Opens in Irvine
Edwin Goei As we blogged back in May, a new ramen shop called Shizuma Ramen was being developed in Irvine in the same plaza as Pho Ba Co and Layer Cake Bakery. Well, earlier this month it opened.
Blogs
July 27, 2010
3hree Things: Essential iPhone Apps For Touring Musicians (Or People Who Often Find Themselves Disoriented In An Unfamiliar City Every Morning)
Watch out for 3hree Things every Tuesday, where Riley Breckenridge, drummer of Orange County's favorite local alt-rock band Thrice, gives his take on life in Southern California, being an OC native and, of course, music.I'm lucky (and eternally grateful) to be able to travel as much as I do fo ... More >>
Blogs
June 17, 2010
¡Ask a Comida Critic! Great Italian in Northern OC?
From a couple of weeks ago:This is going to sound like a ridiculously stupid (and simple) question but I'm yearning to find a good, authentic, and possibly cheap Italian restaurant in north Orange County (near or in Fullerton). Can the Mexican help me where the Yelp Gods have failed?Firstly, Y ... More >>
Blogs
June 11, 2010
Umami Teriyaki Opens in Orange
Dave LiebermanAs I was driving home from work one day recently, I saw a tiny sign on an empty storefront next to the 7-Eleven at Garden Grove and Lewis St., near the tri-city border of Orange, Garden Grove and Santa Ana. "Umami," it said, which piqued my interest due to the burger chain of the sa ... More >>
Blogs
April 14, 2010
Menus And The People Who Write Them Badly
Flickr user othermaciej under Creative CommonsWhy is it so hard to find properly written menus? Some are too concise and offer no details; others can't shut up. Below are twelve helpful hints for people doing menu writing.
Blogs
March 29, 2010
Is Brea Downtown Doomed?
Brea, Brea, what is going on with your downtown? The grand civic experiment that housed some of the only non-chain restaurants in the entire city is now sprouting more and more blank doorways as restaurants close.
Columns
November 26, 2009
Letters From OC Weekly Readers
Brea, Brea, what is going on with your downtown? The grand civic experiment that housed some of the only non-chain restaurants in the entire city is now sprouting more and more blank doorways as restaurants close.
Blogs
November 6, 2009
This Week in Food
Flickr user LoveBonesThis week in food:Dave spills the date that convenience store, 7/11, will start carrying private label wine... classy.Vickie shows how creative you can get with a little rice and a LOT of time in The Art of the Bento Box.We discover that Bodhi Tree Cafe's currently stellar ra ... More >>
Food
October 8, 2009
[Hole in the Wall] Beautiful Burgers at Lake Forest's Burger Town USA
Flickr user LoveBonesThis week in food:Dave spills the date that convenience store, 7/11, will start carrying private label wine... classy.Vickie shows how creative you can get with a little rice and a LOT of time in The Art of the Bento Box.We discover that Bodhi Tree Cafe's currently stellar ra ... More >>
Blogs
August 26, 2009
Arizona's True Food Kitchen Coming To OC?
I heard a rumor that the fledgling chain, which debuted in Phoenix last year, was planning on opening a second restaurant in Orange County. I checked with Debbie Porter, VP of Marketing for Fox Restaurant Concepts (FRC), who confirms that they are indeed looking at OC locations right now, althoug ... More >>
Food
June 11, 2009
[Hole In the Wall] Wolfies Deli Is Almost Famous
I heard a rumor that the fledgling chain, which debuted in Phoenix last year, was planning on opening a second restaurant in Orange County. I checked with Debbie Porter, VP of Marketing for Fox Restaurant Concepts (FRC), who confirms that they are indeed looking at OC locations right now, althoug ... More >>
Blogs
March 16, 2009
Finalists for OC Music Awards 'Best Acoustic Live' and 'Best Live Band' Announced
Sure, I may be a bit rough on the OC Music Awards at times (or, uh, lots of the time), but the lineups for their "best acoustic live showcase finals" and "best live band showcase finals" are definitely solid, including some of our favorite Locals Only bands, like the New Limb (pictured). For each of ... More >>
Blogs
January 14, 2009
OC Music Awards Showcases: Surprising for a Couple of Reasons
I was at the OC Music Awards Showcase last night at Detroit Bar, and a couple of things stand out. One, I was (pleasantly!) surprised at how busy it was: Parking lot was full, and it was crowded inside. Sure, it was a free show, but it was also a Tuesday night. Nice to see enthusiasm for an all-loca ... More >>
Blogs
January 6, 2009
The Laughable 2009 Zagat Orange County Guide
On one hand, it's great that Zagat Survey thinks so highly enough of Orange County that it should publish a naranja-only version of its insanely popular guides. On the other hand, how serious can you take a dining book that recommends Rainforest Cafe as a place to go?!Such is the double-edged sword ... More >>
Food
November 6, 2008
[This Hole-in-the-Wall Life] Chicken Like Soup at Pollo de Oro
On one hand, it's great that Zagat Survey thinks so highly enough of Orange County that it should publish a naranja-only version of its insanely popular guides. On the other hand, how serious can you take a dining book that recommends Rainforest Cafe as a place to go?!Such is the double-edged sword ... More >>
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January 10, 2008
His Way
Tribute to Sinatra
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