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There have been a lot of changes in Little Saigon recently, and I don't like them at all. Call me sentimental, but when I heard that Pho Thanh Lich (winner of multiple awards we've bestowed as the county's best pho) had moved out of its iconic...

Descending the steps into the subterranean lair that is the Copper Door in SanTana, we felt as though Monstro the Whale were swallowing us. And when we passed through the doorway and entered the belly of the beast, we found ourselves in a dark...

When I told my date we were going to a raw foods restaurant, her face wrinkled with worry. “You mean they don't cook the meat?” she asked. “It's a vegan place, so there is no meat,” I said. “Just raw organic veggies.” Then she brightened: A...

When given the option at these everything old-is-new-again pizzerias, always sit at the bar. It's equivalent to sitting in the front row at a concert. It's where I would've sat when Mozza opened in Newport Beach if I'd had the chance, but with...

While we were in Modena, my wife maintained, we should try to visit Arnaldo Clinica Gastronomica, a restaurant in the nearby town of Rubiera we had enjoyed on our first trip to Italy 25 years ago. The suggestion was reasonable enough on its face —...