Our anonymous tipster has made us aware that yet another restaurant has closed at University Center in Irvine, across from UCI. Chakra, the upscale Indian restaurant, has shuttered.
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This makes five high-profile exits in that shopping mall over the past year alone, including Lee's Sandwiches, the beloved Britta's Cafe, Steelhead Brewing Company, and Asia Noodle Cafe.
Soon a new restaurant will join the freshman class of Gogi, Blaze Pizza, Snowflakes, and the yet-to-be opened outlet of Tender Greens and Yoshuken.
Who's next?
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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.