North Italia

: Yes. Delivery: Doordash and Grubhub. The Source, 6980 Beach Blvd., Buena Park, 714-690-1430, ilpalcobp.com Blue cheese and honey pizza at Il Palco in Buena Park (Photo by Brad A. Johnson, Orange County Register/SCNG) North Italia The Pig is loaded with

soppressata, spicy pepperoni and Italian sausage, with a nicely salted, crispy crust. Wine by the bottle available, too. Takeout: Yes. Delivery: Doordash. 2957 Michelson Drive, Irvine, 949-629-7060, northitaliarestaurant.com The Pig pizza at North Italia in

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If you remember where California Pizza Kitchen was in Irvine's Park Place, that's where North Italia Restaurant is now. It's part of a chain based in Arizona with restaurants in Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, and Texas. This location is North Italia's

second in California after the El Segundo branch, which also opened recently. North Italia is part of Fox Restaurant Concepts, whose portfolio also includes True Food Kitchen and Flower Child, a health-conscious chain that's about to land in Santa Monica

As California Pizza Kitchen is being built to replace El Cholo Cantina in one part of Irvine, North Italia Restaurant is being built to replace a California Pizza Kitchen in another. North Italia is part of a chain based in Arizona with restaurants

Image from Flower Child Instagram @eatflowerchild Fox Restaurant Concepts, the company behind North Italia and others, has opened a location of its health food concept Flower Child in Newport Beach. The menu includes bowls, salads and wraps that can

Angeles and Woodland Hills; maggianos.com Spaghetti and meatball at Maggiano’s. (Photo by Brad A. Johnson, Orange County Register/SCNG) North Italia. The spaghetti sauce at North is distinctly sweet, but conspicuously absent is even the slightest hint of

pinhole that runs through the center of each strand. Cost: $18. Verdict: 4 meatballs. Locations in Irvine, El Segundo and Santa Monica; orthitaliarestaurant.com Spaghetti and meatballs at North Italia. (Photo by Brad A. Johnson, Orange County Register/SCNG

, prepares food for guests in Buena Park. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG) 22. North Italia (2018 ranking: 22) Book early. This is consistently one of the toughest same-day reservations in the county. And that’s not surprising. North is

meatballs at North Italia in Irvine (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG) 21. Shunka Sushi (2018 ranking: 26) Sit at the bar. Order omakase (in other words, let the chef choose). You’ll be treated to an education in Japanese fish: ishidai

. But you already know that you can get a much better pizza two blocks away at North Italia — or just across the street at Il Fornaio. Davio’s serves a very respectable platter of chilled seafood: oysters, shrimp, lobster, tuna tartar and such. It’s got