Last week at a public hearing, the city of Lake Forest put its stamp of approval on Brü Grill & Market, a project slated for the spot once occupied by Carino's at the Orchard Shopping Center on El Toro Road.
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The new eatery has recruited Tripp Mauldin from the Pelican Grill to be its executive chef, but it won't strictly be a restaurant that serves his so-called “urban cuisine.” There will also be a tasting room with more than 100 craft brews (including those from the Bruery, Bootlegger's, Nobel Ale Works, Cismontane and Anaheim Brewery), 50 wines, gourmet cheeses and artisan breads.
A press release has said that “guests enter the restaurant through a small market,” then the tasting room, with a large “Community Table” in the center.
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Before becoming an award-winning restaurant critic for OC Weekly in 2007, Edwin Goei went by the alias “elmomonster” on his blog Monster Munching, in which he once wrote a whole review in haiku.