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chops are cooked over the wood-burning grill at Vaca in Costa Mesa. (Photo by Brad A. Johnson, Orange County Register/SCNG) 5. Arc (2018 ranking: 3) Across America right now, wood-fire kitchens are all the rage. Chef Noah Blom’s Arc in Costa Mesa was

ground zero for that trend. Arc’s kitchen is fueled 100 percent by wood. No gas. No electric appliances. Under the dim glow of crystal chandeliers, everything on the menu here is touched by fire and smoke: inch-thick-and-foot-long slabs of bacon, chicken

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ARC Butcher & Baker The husband-and-wife team Marín and Noah von Blöm formerly of Restaurant Marin and ARC has opened ARC Butcher & Baker, their new concept located in Newport Beach’s Cannery Village. The focus of the place is ready-to-serve take

I'm pretty sure that at some point in his life, Noah Blom has fried an egg on an electric stove or microwaved a frozen burrito. But walking into ARC Restaurant, his new restaurant at the OC Mix (formerly known as OC Mart Mix), you would have to

-high. There's another tall column behind the hostess and more next to the entrance. Blom is not kidding around with the stuff: ARC restaurant uses the logs—and only those logs—to cook everything from the potatoes to the calamari. There are no gas

in an attempt to capture every last scrap of meat when it caught air, flew in an arc and nearly landed on the next table. I’m still lamenting the missed bite. “Good,” chef and partner Saw Naing said when I relayed my experience over a recent call. “I

narrative around the famous chef’s entry into the Manhattan dining world. The piece details several meals but equally traces the arc of the restaurant’s reception by New Yorkers. What began as starry-eyed public fawning — among the circles that cared about

They just keep on coming at Costa Mesa's South Coast Collection. There's yet another restaurant slated to open at a mall that is already host to a handful of eclectic upstarts. Arc Food & Libations has already put up a placeholder menu on their

website and on the SoCo directory it describes itself this way: ARC is an American eatery where everything is made in house or sourced from local artisan producers. Food with a focus on flame, flavor and finesse where every item is crafted over open fire

the current generation of L.A. specialty coffee virtuosos when he left his career as an architect. He followed a very Angeleno arc: He waded into the coffee profession via pop-ups, most notably at Proof Bakery in Atwater Village. In 2013, he opened his

comfort ratings mean: A/Excellent, B/Good, C/Moderate, D/Poor, F/Don’t even think about it. Ratings reflect the reviewer’s impression based on personal observations of state and CDC guidelines for restaurant safety during the pandemic. Arc, Costa Mesa

current guidelines Dining at the bar: Yes, despite current guidelines Tables sanitized: More or less Chairs sanitized:No Seating properly distanced: No Touchless menus: No Note: Arc does not appear to embrace any COVID-19 safety protocols. Bello, Newport

only). Fashion Island, 1133 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach, 949-706-8282, thegreatmaple.com/newport Hangover Bloody Mary at Great Maple in Newport Beach (Photo by Brad A. Johnson, Orange County Register/SCNG) 4. Cigarettes & Coffee at Arc. George

Dickel Rye Whiskey, Amaro Abano, Gran Classico Bitter, coffee powder and smoke, stirred ($14). 3321 Hyland Ave., Costa Mesa, 949-500-5561, arcrestaurant.com Cigarettes & Coffee cocktail at Arc in Costa Mesa (Photo by Peter Chanthamynavong, Contributing

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