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) Rotisserie chicken at Solita You’re not going to find better rotisserie chicken than what’s cooked over the wood fire at Solita. Also available: a full range of tacos and pitchers of margaritas. Takeout: Yes, with curbside pickup. Delivery: No. 7631 Edinger

Ave., Huntington Beach, 714-894-2792, solitatacos.com Wood-fire rotisserie chicken from Solita in Huntington Beach (Photo by Brad A. Johnson, Orange County Register/SCNG) Grilled meatloaf at Craft House Times like these call for comfort food, like

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satisfying, but you might want to ask for the sauce on the side. 211 N. El Camino Real, San Clemente, 949-361-2079, vinesanclemente.com Jared Cook in the kitchen at Vine San Clemente (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG) 14. Solita (2018

-fire grill and doesn’t get any better than this. 7631 Edinger Ave., Huntington Beach, 714-894-2792, solitatacos.com Whole chickens are roasted on the wood-fire rotisserie at Solita, a Mexican restaurant in Huntington Beach (Photo by Brad A. Johnson

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Have you ever found yourself in a Mexican restaurant saying yes to more complimentary tortilla chips, even after you've polished off three big baskets in a row and a punch bowl's worth of salsa? We did. How could we not? Our waiter at Solita in

their grease, dunking them in the three kinds of salsa supplied to us, we decided we needed to keep the duros coming. And at Solita, the duros are limitless. This is SOL's more stripped-down, casual, proletariat little sister. Located in the increasingly

(Photo by Brad A. Johnson, Orange County Register/SCNG) Solita The scene: The dining room at Solita has always blurred the line between indoors and out, and for the moment it has been expanded beyond the threshold and onto the cantilevered terrace all the

way down to the Bella Terra fountain. What to order: Tequila, elote, rotisserie chicken, wood-grilled carne asada. 7631 Edinger Ave., Huntington Beach, 714-894-2792, solitatacos.com Wood-fired rotisserie chicken at Solita in Huntington Beach (Photo by

Allende and Guanajuato. I’ve found some very good rotisserie chicken in Orange County over the years, but I don’t think I’ve ever tasted a better one than the whole chickens that are being roasted over a wood fire at Solita in Huntington Beach.  Solita’s

this your whole life. Solita is the only place I know in O.C. that doesn’t blink when I ask for sangrita.  Solita Where: 7631 Edinger Ave., Huntington Beach When: Lunch and dinner daily Cost: $22 (whole), $17 (half) Phone: 714-894-2792 Online

Brad A. Johnson, Orange County Register/SCNG) 13. Wood-fired rotisserie chicken at Solita I’ve found some very good rotisserie chicken in Orange County over the years, but I don’t think I’ve ever tasted a better one than the whole chickens that are

being roasted over a wood fire at Solita in Huntington Beach. 7631 Edinger Ave., Huntington Beach, 714-894-2792, solitatacos.com Wood-fire rotisserie chicken at Solita in Huntington Beach (Photo by Brad A. Johnson, Orange County Register/SCNG) 12

of dining experiences that I mentally compare with the countless memories of meals past, both locally and around the world. I continue to find flashes of perfection all over the place: the tom yum at Thai Avenue in Garden Grove, the sangrita at Solita

sandwiches in all ranging in price from $9-$12. The rest of the menu is rounded out with mains that include a lamb T-bone, a Tomahawk pork chop, and steak—all between $11-$17. The executive chef is Julio de Leon who cut his teeth at Solita in Huntington Beach

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