10 Essential Tustin Restaurants

If you're not from the Czech Republic or Texas, chances are you've never heard of kolaches. And if you've never been to those parts of the Lone Star state called the Czech Belt, then you probably have no idea the pastry is bigger than bagels in...

Shik-N-BakeOkay, grill, if you want to get all technical about it, at a new DIY Korean barbecue Before trying the new Shik Do Rak in Irvine, there are a few things you need to know. First, don’t come in your Sunday best. Grease will spatter;...

What’s the Buzz?Tustin’s Lost Bean coffeehouse is how Starbucks should have been Before Starbucks turned up in gas stations, airports, Targets and next to other Starbuckses, I imagine it started out like the Lost Bean in Tustin. Located in a...

Garlic shrimp at Giovanni’s. Photo by Edwin Goei Like everyone else, you’re going to O’ahu for the sand and the surf. But as the most populous Hawaiian island, O’ahu also packs food options that are as endless as the traffic to those beaches. Seek...

Do you turn up your nose at those sushi bar Know-Nothings who would make a thick, creamy sludge out of their soy sauce and wasabi? Do you know what brand of sake your itamae prefers? Or do you own Jiro Dreams of Sushi on Blu-Ray? If you answered...