Best thing I ate: This is the best chicken pot pie in the county, period

Having eaten most of my meals in restaurants for decades, the current state of emergency due to the novel coronavirus has been an adjustment. I’m not worried about me, though. It’s the restaurants I’m worried about. Every one of them. The extent...

Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley’s rock-themed eatery Rock & Brews has opened a branch in Tustin in the space that was formerly Lonestar Steakhouse. 1222 Irvine Blvd, Tustin, CA 92780 Pikup Forx, an Asian fast-casual restaurant that sells rice bowls...

85°C Bakery Cafe has opened in Cypress. It's the fifth location in Orange County after Irvine, Garden Grove, Fullerton, and Buena Park. 9575 Valley View St., Cypress, CA 90630 A new brewery that promises music and beer called Stereo Brewing has...

Noah Blom, who now has two restaurants at Costa Mesa's SOCO, cooks everything with wood—and I do mean everything. The four-layered cakes? Baked in an oven with a crackling fire at the back. The fries? Cooked in a cast-iron pot heated by burning...

Contrary to what the Outback Steakhouse chain might have you believe, Australians don't eat Bloomin' Onions or shrimps on the barbie; but they do consume large quantities of meat pie. Everywhere I went in my limited travels to Melbourne, Sydney...