The big opening last month is a steakhouse by the man you see above. Yes, Teemu Selanne's long-awaited restaurant, called Selanne's Steak Tavern, opened in the old French 75 space in Laguna Beach. There were others, of course, but in terms of coverage here on these here pages, they were the ice under the Selanne Zamboni.
Here are the other open and shut cases for November.
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RESTAURANT/VENUES OPENED IN NOVEMBER:
Lily Chai, Irvine
Empanada Maker, Mission Viejo
Seoulmate, Long Beach
Rasoi Curry Point, Tustin
Gelato Paradiso, Newport Beach
Michelle's Haut Chocolat, Costa Mesa
Selanne Steak Tavern, Laguna Beach
Bruxie, Costa Mesa
Dunkin' Donuts, Barstow
Salata, Santa Ana
RESTAURANT/VENUES CLOSED IN NOVEMBER:
The Tea Room, Newport Beach
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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.