A restaurant called Mr. G's Bistro has opened on Balboa Island at the space vacated by Barolo By The Sea. Entrees include chicken roulade and potato gnocchi.
305 Marine Ave., Newport Beach, CA 92662
MasalaCraft, the Indian restaurant that took over the space vacated by Pascal at Hutton Centre three years ago, has now added a third location near Harbor and Chapman in Garden Grove in the building that used to be Grand China.
575 W Chapman Ave., Garden Grove, CA 92802
Harvest Fresh Farmers Market has taken over the space of a shuttered Fresh & Easy in Anaheim Hills. It has a juice bar and a service deli, and if their website is accurate, features Melissa's Organic Produce.
440 S Anaheim Hills Rd., Anaheim, CA 92807
Costa Mesa's Rance's Chicago Pizza has opened its second location in Long Beach on Belmont Shore. The restaurant specializes in the deep dish style of pie, but also serves a thin-style along with 18 beers on tap.
5258 E 2nd St., Long Beach, CA 90803
A new sushi and Japanese restaurant specializing in sushi and teriyaki has opened in what used to be another sushi joint in Brea. Sushi Box also boasts an online ordering system and a no tipping policy.
1281 W Central Ave., Brea, CA 92821
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.