Centrál Coastal Peruvian Lands in Laguna Beach

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • August 21, 2015
At Centrál Coastal Peruvian, the new Laguna Beach restaurant up the street from the bustle of Main Beach, you won't see any of the usual trappings of a Peruvian joint. There are no pan flutes on the soundtrack, no token paintings of Machu Picchu...
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