Alessa In Laguna Beach Not Alessa Version of the Original

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • March 25, 2011
I had not a single shred of doubt that the third and newest Cucina Alessa was going to be as good as the others. Even before it opened, I likened Alessandro Pirozzi to the James Cameron of OC Italian food—the rare auteur who can top his first...
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