Costa Mesa's May Garden Gone; Replaced By Vegetarian Restaurant

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • June 15, 2010
Stefani Peterson of the OC Register reported that a few weeks ago Takashi Abe's Sea Smoke in San Clemente closed permanently. Then our buddy at OC Register's Food Frenzy blog, Niyaz Pirani, revealed the shuttering of Q Restaurant, the crawfish and...
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