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milk, black-eyed peas and bitter greens. 400 N. Broadway, Santa Ana, 657-245-3466, ireniarestaurant.com Don’t leave Irenia in Santa Ana without ordering a slice of ube brown sugar pie with oat cookie crust. (Photo by Brad A. Johnson, Orange County

Cindy Yamanaka, Orange County Register/SCNG) 9. Broadway (2018 ranking: 16) This is the best restaurant in Laguna Beach. This is the original joint venture from the same team that operates Vaca: chef Amar Santana and frontman Ahmed Labbate. If you’ve

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the South County-restaurant Magellan hadn't been. The Blind Pig was the new home of Joshua Han, the young talent who was previously Amar Santana's sous chef at Broadway. When I was seated, I snapped a picture of the menu and sent it to Chris. He

undercooked, the raw flour taste still not boiled out of the pasta and its texture a few minutes shy of al dente. When I ordered the chicken-liver mousse, I hoped it'd be akin to the liver terrines Santana did so well at Broadway. Han went a different route

. New episodes of “The Bucket List: Dumplings” will drop every week on YouTube. Make sure to subscribe to our channel and never miss a video. Restaurants featured on this episode Yang Chow, 819 N. Broadway, Los Angeles in Chinatown and at 3777 E Colorado

Coast Plaza when it opened in 2008. Now, freshly weaned off Palmer's empire, Santana has opened his own place in Laguna Beach. His Broadway is a hat tip to Santana's old stomping grounds, but aside from the paintings of the Statue of Liberty and the

plush-backed chairs, even as most of Santana's customers are dressed down in flip-flops. Broadway is what a Charlie Palmer restaurant would look like if you stripped off the outer layers of pomp, leaving only its muscle, brain and heart. At Charlie

her own). For certain she has a lot of friends in chef circles who don't mind having her control their kitchens for a night at a time. This time, it's Amar Santana, who's hosting Bansal for a dinner called “Indian Summer in Laguna” tonight at Broadway

Smorgasburg vendor and pop-up now has a brick-and-mortar space to call its own. Andrew and Michelle Muñoz serve up great Texas-style brisket and ribs, along with Mexican American riffs, like pork verde sausage. 2118 N. Broadway, Lincoln Heights

shrimp and the diced black pepper honey Angus beef (all must orders). Though you may find yourself eating them for dessert too. Pepe’s Red Tacos, multiple locations at www.pepesredtacos.comLoam DTLA, 927 S. Broadway, Los Angeles, (213) 235-9660

heat scale of one to 10, they’re a three. But the real Bafang star is the “chili pepper fried chicken.” It’s a butterflied, fried chicken thigh doused in a piquant vinegar chile sauce that will make your nose run, in a good way. Kippered, 361 S Broadway

Wearstler-designed Proper Hotel (1100 S. Broadway, South Park): a Portugal-meets-SoCal restaurant, Caldo Verde, and a rooftop lounge called Cara Cara. The signature dish at the former is the kale-and-sausage soup from which it takes its name, ratcheted up a

restaurant. The menu is full of crowd-pleasing Korean comfort foods, including kalbi, fried chicken, and a rotating selection of banchan. There’s also an array of pantry items on offer, from roasted bamboo salt to perilla oil. 317 S. Broadway, downtown