Bistro Provincia Opens in Dana Point With Fusion Food and a Server Who’s Full of Dad Jokes

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • May 8, 2019
Fusion bites. Photo by Edwin Goei You find the new Bistro Provincia not in the ritzy part of Dana Point that has the luxe hotels, but rather off one of those side streets named after a lantern, next to a tiny neighborhood park that could function...
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