Best thing I ate: Pozole in a latin music club in La Habra

Critic Brad A. Johnson stumbles into a fancy live music club by accident and discovers an excellent off-menu pozole and a fine michelada.
Brad A. Johnson • Orange County Register • January 5, 2022
Brunch at Perla Azul in La Habra is a prix fixe multi-course affair with bottomless mimosas and live music, but I don’t realize this until after the hostess seats me at a prime booth beneath a large crystal chandelier with an unobstructed view of...
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