Can Anaheim's Cross Roast Adapt Cantonese Barbecue to the Chipotle Model?

NOW OPEN: In Anaheim, a newly opened restaurant called Cross Roast has taken Cantonese BBQ and applied it to a Chipotle-style, build-your-bowl concept. You start by choosing a protein, including Char Siu pork, bone-in roasted duck, chicken and...

Have you ever found yourself in a Mexican restaurant saying yes to more complimentary tortilla chips, even after you've polished off three big baskets in a row and a punch bowl's worth of salsa? We did. How could we not? Our waiter at Solita in...

I've never been an American breakfast person. I've mentioned this before, in a column about cachapas, the Venezuelan pancakes that easily trump flapjacks. I didn't grow up eating waffles or scrambled eggs. But a sweet rice roll with a doughnut in...

A Burrito By Any Other NameOC is bursting with sound-alikes of the famous AlbertoNs taquerias, and though the menus are similar, the discriminating diner can spot some subtle differences Back in the early N90s, AlbertoNs restaurants were...

This week's column comes with a warning and an apology. Half of the stuff I'm about to mention is 2,800 miles away. I'm sorry. But you now have a short list of places to try on your next trip east. I was in New York last week for our annual Coast...