Long before Valerie Bertinelli was stealing teenage boy's hearts on One Day at a Time, being a hot mama while living a rock and roll style, chilling our souls on Touched by an Angel, and making us laugh on Hot in Cleveland, she was honing her craft i...
Del Taco's loss; our gain. It's time for our monthly round-up of open-and-shut cases. But let's get down to brass tacks: this month was all about local food blogger Christian Ziebarth's relaunch of Naugles and the viral sensation it has since bec...
Let's hope this dish comes back when the restaurant does. Coconut Rabbit, the Los Alamitos Thai restaurant that won Best Thai on our Best Of Issue last year along with countless of other accolades we bestowed upon it, has closed after two years. A...
Drink it up! "Rum might just be the next hot thing in the spirits market," Mr. Hi-Time told me this week, and what he says is TRUTH. I was happy to see that his shop, the eponymous Hi-Time Wine Cellar, has started stocking Buffalo Trace bourbon ...
Eat up! Upon my first trip to El Mahroosa Cafe & Hookah Lounge, I had a choice. Do I sit in the stark white room under harsh fluorescent lights, or do I make my way to the covered patio? It was clear. No one sits in the front room. Everyone, ev...
Good burgers are not impossible to find in Orange County. Want beef that's super tender? Go to Mick's Karma Bar. Want something out-of-the ordinary? Get the raspberry truffle burger at Toro Burger. In fact, I've probably put these burgers on a list s...
For New Yorkers, steamed pork buns are old news. You can find them all over the city, starting at Eddie Huang's Baohaus or David Chang's Momofuku Noodle Bar. As of last month, Orange County finally caught up--thanks to Baos Hog. Of all their bun offe...
Jun 17, 2015 at 1:02pm PDT So you like bacon 'eh? And big boats? Well, it looks like this might be your weekend. The Big Bite Bacon Fest returns for its second year at Queen Mary this weekend, August 1-2. Featured will be bacon, bacon and bacon...
The world is full of egg sluts and egg porn these days. Chefs put eggs on things like fries and burgers. Patrons, who find it cute and appetizing, take photos of such dishes and share them online--resulting in an endless cycle of egg exploitation. Th...
What happens when you blend nigiri, a California roll, and tempura into one? You get one of the most multifaceted sushi rolls ever: the full moon roll at Full Moon Sushi. Made with raw tuna, salmon, white fish, crabmeat, avocado, shrimp, and smelt wr...
The calm before the stampede "There were a couple of instances where orders were just not right, and we will try to get those fixed. For a first day in business, things overall went quite well." - Christian Ziebarth As a follow up to our news o...
Chicken dinner! As if he wasn't busy enough, Eubaldo Ramirez was tasked with responding to my seemingly endless list of questions. Well, he tackled it like a pro. Thanks for making time for us! Catch up on our interview with Eubaldo in yesterd...
Slapfish's fifth Southern California location opens today at University Center next to UC Irvine, replacing Berkeley Dog. To celebrate, the first 100 visitors will receive one free lobster roll each--so be there early! The seafood restaurant joins M...
I learned one thing from eating Plaza Inn's fried chicken,: eat all the three pieces too fast and your head will start hurting more than being on the Matterhorn (because when you're adult, that's what happens). The rest of your day will be reduced to...
Suck on these. I admit I was wrong. In more than a couple of posts here and on my personal blog, when I noticed the boba milk scene stagnating in the aughts, I prematurely pronounced that the boba milk tea craze was finally dead or dying. Even as ...
La Palma Chicken Pie Shop's iconic neon sign Last week, services were held for Otto Hasselbarth, who has owned Anaheim's iconic La Palma Chicken Pie Shop since 1972. The German immigrant had run the shop with his wife all these years, drawing in ...
So long, Kiki Bakery; Hello Chan Chan Food House Kiki Bakery, which opened in Irvine's Heritage Plaza three years ago as part of a chain that hails from SGV, has closed. As others of its ilk are known to do, Kiki offered bread products from what s...
Winner! Winner! Running a restaurant is tough. Try running multiple. Add to that payroll, scheduling, purchasing and cost controls. Roll that all up, and you get Eubaldo Ramirez of Knott's Berry Farm. We gave him some tough questions, but knew h...
Yeah, Oreo Thins -- the more "grown up", smaller Oreos -- are basically the opposite of that.First of all, I'm so sick of "Skinny" menus, "Thinspiration," and basically any weird half-hearted attempt at marketing a smaller/lesser version of something...
Take a seat in Costa Mesa's Ramen Yamadaya and you'll understand why there's always people eating ramen in here even when the weather's muggy. The people sitting beside you will likely be hunched over their bowls, slurping noodles into their mouths a...
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