“Dang! Crabs” Opens In Garden Grove

From the looks of the location, the low-slung building on Bristol Street near Macarthur Boulevard in Santa Ana ought to be a prime spot for an eatery. A decent amount of parking surrounds it, and street visibility is good; South Coast Plaza and...

It was two years ago when the first Kickin' Crab opened in a Santa Ana storefront that previously saw two other concepts fail. I wondered then whether this Boiling Crab aspirant would buck the trend. Cut to two years later and it seems that not...

This week marks almost exactly one year to the day that I posted on the opening of Fish Grill Factory on this blog, a hopeful new entrant a block away from South Coast Plaza in Santa Ana that tried to copy the success of California Fish Grill by...

Roma D'Italia's branch in Orange (across from the original Anepalco's Cafe) shuttered a few months ago. Now a new Cajun joint that serves the same kind of food as Boiling Crab and Kickin' Crab has moved in.  Kajun Kitchen offers shrimp, clams,...

Most people around these parts are well aware of the success of Boiling Crab. It is one of the breakout out stars from Little Saigon that begat competitors aplenty since they opened in 2003.  ] Since then they've gone on to expand well beyond our...