Chapter One: The Modern Local, the anticipated restaurant by former Haven Gastropub co-owner Jeff Hall, finally opens to the public in Santa Ana today, just in time for St. Paddy's Day.
As you might recall, Gustavo got the original scoop that it was this restaurant that was going into the building on the corner of Third Street and Broadway (explaining, once and for all, why there were rumors of a second Haven in the city), and last week, it was Anne Marie who got a tip-off that the place might actually open sometime this week.
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But today, I just happened to check the eatery's Facebook and saw this post:
“Today's the day! Come in for a St. Patty's Day drink or two!”
Chapter One: The Modern Local is located at 227 N. Broadway, Santa Ana, (714) 352-2225; www.chapteronetml.com. As I mentioned, you can also visit Chapter One on its Facebook page.
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.