Blake's Place BBQ Expands To Los Alamitos

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • June 15, 2012
Blake's Place, the winner of our Best of OC category for BBQ in 2008, has expanded to Los Alamitos for their second store at 11105 Los Alamitos Blvd. For those unacquainted to Blake's, here's a little bit on what I wrote about the ribs at the...
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