This month saw a lot of openings in Irvine, including the hotly anticipated Creamistry, that ice cream shop that uses liquid nitrogen. But the big surprise was the changeover at Aria International Supermarket in Tustin, which seemed too big for its britches in a space that could conceivably store a fleet of Humvees or several small planes. It was sold to a Bahraini mall developer.
Here's what we wrote about last month in openings and closings.
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RESTAURANT/VENUES OPENED IN SEPTEMBER:
Ansar Gallery, Tustin
Honda Ya Box, Costa Mesa
Urban Plates, Irvine
Creamistry, Irvine
Gaufree, Irvine
Tortilla Flor De Mexicali, Garden Grove
Masala Craft, Santa Ana
RESTAURANT/VENUES CLOSED IN SEPTEMBER:
Aria International Supermarket, Tustin
Canyon Restaurant, Anaheim Hills
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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.