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No Sushi, No Problem at Izakaya Meijiya Another (delectable) attempt to make a small-plates Japanese eating-and-drinking concept work in OC
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October 14, 2010
A guy walked into Izakaya Meijiya one quiet Sunday night. “Takeout?” he asked. Since the waitress didn’t show up for work, it was up to the chef,... More >>
Kush Bowl Is a Stoned Groove
[Hole In the Wall] Yes, they have dish called the Wake 'n' Bake. But it's actually good!
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October 14, 2010
I’ve eaten at many car-wash restaurants—great Chicago dogs, terrible tacos, passable bagels and more lunches of Reese’s Pieces washed down with... More >>
Civilized Swilling Boozy but never barbaric, Fullerton's Pint House blazes its own path on the pub scene
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October 07, 2010
In the evolutionary time line of pubs, the Pint House sits at a crossroads. Looking behind, it would see the dank neighborhood watering holes... More >>
Go for Ricas Gorditas
[Hole In the Wall] One of the longest-standing loncheras, it serves up a masterful version of the Zacatecas religion
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October 07, 2010
Ever been to Orange County’s Lonchera Lane? Main Street in Santa Ana from 17th Street to Warner Avenue. Its side streets host about 20 loncheras... More >>
Seasons 52 Scores Its butter-deficient, low-calorie cuisine sounds like Paula Deen's private hell
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September 30, 2010
Seasons 52 is the latest ambitious, gimmicky, out-of-state chain to open in OC after True Food Kitchen. Where True Food aligned itself with a... More >>
Zait and Zaatar Goes Beyond the Falafel
[Hole In the Wall] A new Middle Eastern culinary reality has entered Orange County
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September 30, 2010
Forget falafels and hummus, beef shawarma and baklava: A new Middle Eastern culinary reality has entered Orange County. Proof? The entrepreneurs... More >>
Felix Is Doggie-Bag Heaven Orange's Felix Continental Cafe piles on the Cuban specialties
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September 23, 2010
Felix Continental Cafe got a face-lift: They removed the light bulbs that bordered the old street marquee for something a little more tasteful.... More >>
Albatros Is the Best Mexican Restaurant In South County
[Hole In the Wall] This Lake Forest Cal-Mex eatery is worth waiting in line for
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September 23, 2010
The lines! I’ve never experienced lines for an OC Mexican hole-in-the-wall as long as those at Albatros in Lake Forest come lunchtime—stretching... More >>
Myung In Wins Pillow Fight Korean food-court stall produces superior rendition of the steamed bun
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September 16, 2010
You may have eaten bao, the pillowy white Chinese buns usually found three to a basket at dim sum. You may have even ventured to Buena Park’s... More >>
Rick's Atomic Cafe: Office-Park Oasis
[Hole In the Wall] Cooked-to-order bliss under the roar of the John Wayne jets
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September 16, 2010
When you go to visit Rick’s Atomic Cafe, make sure to print out directions: Not only is this dive in a big office park, but the office park is... More >>
Listen for the Ecco New Italian eatery elevates the Camp from gearhead's hangout to foodie nexus
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September 09, 2010
I waited nearly a year for Ecco to open at the Camp in Costa Mesa. It’s not that I was necessarily looking forward to another Italian restaurant,... More >>
Puffy the Magic Taco
[Hole In the Wall] Arturo's Puffy Tacos may be in Whittier, but La Habra loves it all the same
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September 09, 2010
A couple of weeks ago, I visited Austin to help judge the city’s annual hot-sauce festival. I spent only two days there, yet I ate enough of the... More >>
True Food Kitchen Stays True to Its (Pretentious) Name The chefs at this Newport Beach eatery let the ingredients speak, and they do so in volumes
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September 02, 2010
I admit it: I had a chip on my shoulder going into True Food Kitchen. What a presumptuous name! Reading the marketing material announcing the... More >>
Tacos Jerez Represents
[Hole In the Wall] Zacatecan specialties make their way onto the menu of this new Huntington Beach eatery
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September 02, 2010
I’ve only had two true culinary dreams in my years covering eateries: the return of Colombian restaurants to OC and a non-birria Zacatecan dive.... More >>
To Find Ngu Binh You'll have to go all the Hue
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August 26, 2010
Like the guy at the bottom of a human pyramid, you’ll find Ngu Binh squished into the lower floor of a multilevel building full of Vietnamese... More >>
Double Up at Apollo Burgers
[Hole in the Wall] Another local answer to Five Guys
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August 26, 2010
The big culinary story in Orange County the past couple of weeks has been the debut of Five Guys Burgers and Fries, an East Coast favorite... More >>
'Cue It Up at Beachwood BBQ Debates over barbecue style aside, this Seal Beach spot has all the right stuff for stuffing yourself
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August 19, 2010
There is no endeavor more futile than debating barbecue. The folks at Beachwood BBQ know this as well as anyone. Recognizing how touchy the... More >>
Home Cooking at Taqueria Zamora
[Hole In the Wall] Is this the most Mexican restaurant in OC?
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August 19, 2010
There’s a certain type of Mexican restaurant that attracts an almost exclusively Mexican audience—not the much-debated “authentic” Mexican dive... More >>
The Feast Days of Summer And Winter and Fall and Spring! Where to eat, drink and be merry during the most important holidays
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August 12, 2010
Every day is a holiday for someone somewhere in this world—did you know, for instance, that Aug. 12, the day this issue hits newsstands and the... More >>
Ahab-Approved Huntington Beach's Fish Camp would be beloved by Melville's star
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August 12, 2010
At my count, there are now four seafood restaurants where PCH cuts through Sunset Beach. Here, in a neighborhood largely ignored by the tourist... More >>
Russian Gourmet's Dumplings of the Czars
[Hole In the Wall] Go to the Lake Forest grocer/eatery for the the pelmenis, stay for the cookies
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August 12, 2010
“Can I get the pelmeni?” I asked a gentleman at Russian Gourmet, the second Russo-centric eatery in the county.“You can,” he replied, “but it’s... More >>
Huitlacoche at the Ritz-Freakin'-Carlton? Raya chef Richard Sandoval dares to go there
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August 05, 2010
The views are exhilarating: That much you should already know about Raya, the new restaurant at the Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel. To get a more... More >>
Oh Those Donuts Are Glazed to Perfection
[Hole In the Wall] The Costa Mesa institution stands as a calorie-busting exception
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August 05, 2010
Lost in the foodie hubbub over cupcake this and pan dulce that is the doughnut: the unassuming, fat-producing pastry of 3 a.m. fryings and black... More >>
Hotel California Garden Grove's TusCA is a notch above the typical hotel restaurant
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July 29, 2010
Sometimes, buzz about a new restaurant spreads organically by word of mouth. Other times, it’s manufactured by savvy PR people. If you’ve heard... More >>
Hog Heaven At BBQ World
[Hole In the Wall] Comforting Little Saigon butchery offers meat, meat, meat, meat, meat
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July 29, 2010
As Little Saigon refurbishes itself—as new, hip, non-Vietnamese restaurants run by the second generation open and landlords spruce up tired... More >>
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At Inka Mama's, Mami Knows Best
There used to be a different Peruvian restaurant at the very spot Inka Mama's has recently claimed as its fourth Orange County location. By all accounts, it did a very… More >>
Pho Quyen: Absolutely Sweet Little Saigon
We're now reaching a point in Little Saigon's history where the old-school places are slowly but surely changing. Some are closing shop; others are moving to richer environs in South… More >>
For a Hot Time In Old Huntington, Go to the Black Trumpet Bistro
The eateries you'll see on the 5-mile stretch of Beach Boulevard as it extends from the 405 down to Pacific Coast Highway can have the randomness of what sticks on… More >>
Chixy Natural: Twirl-a-Bird
"Hey, man, you still going to use that?" the surfer-ish type guy asked as I scarfed down my meal at Chixy Natural. Oh, my lack of manners! This Costa Mesa… More >>
Urban Seoul's Bulgogi Nation
It's impossible to talk about Urban Seoul without mentioning Roy Choi, the creator of Kogi, the pioneer of luxe loncheras, America's unofficial ambassador to everything hipster ethnic, last seen traipsing… More >>
Delicias Peruanas' Great Chicken Salad?
You know what is the most overlooked city in Orange County? Lake Forest. It's a seeming no-man's-land between North and South County, a place where the politics are dirty, the… More >>
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