There were a lot of notable closings this month: Britta's Cafe in Irvine shuttered just this past weekend, with Chef Pulliam retiring after a little over a quarter century in the kitchen. Across town, a popular Mediterranean joint called Pita Grill was denied a renewal on their lease by their landlords. Then there were the switcharoos: Pho Thanh Lich moved and so did Bistro Anju. But as always there were more than a few openings. Here are the “open and shut” cases that we chronicled the past month on this thing we call Stick A Fork In It.
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RESTAURANT/VENUES OPENED IN JUNE:
Dickey's BBQ Pit – Brea
IT'SUGAR – Newport Beach
H2O Sushi & Izakaya – Costa Mesa
Ritter's Steam Kettle Cooking – Santa Ana
Pho Thanh Lich – Garden Grove
Fresh Kabobs – Irvine
Diego's Downtown – Santa Ana
Bistro Anju – Aliso Viejo
RESTAURANT/VENUES CLOSED IN JUNE:
Thanh – Irvine
Pat'a Chou – Santa Ana
Pita Grill – Irvine
Britta's Cafe – Irvine
Pho Thanh Lich – Garden Grove
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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.