Feast On Urban Kitchen Grill & Wine Bar's Suburban Splendor

Shepherd’s pie. Photo by Mercedes Del Real Flights & Irons Urban Kitchen is a concept centered on cast iron. Employed in the cooking and service of its meals are pans, kettles and even casserole dishes made of the thermally efficient material. It...

Listen up future restauranteurs and those who would name restaurants: Using the word “Urban” to name your eating establishment is now officially overdone. That is to say: If your first name ain't Keith and you're not a country music star looking...

If there's any doubt that OC isn't even close to being saturated with poke shops, there's three more new ones. Poke-Ria, by the owner of Heat Nightclub in Anaheim, has now opened in Irvine's Heritage Square-its fourth outlet. It's not to be...

A new Persian restaurant called Urban Kitchen Fresca Mediterranean Grill has opened in the former Fukada 2 Go space in Irvine. Specialties include koobideh and lamb shank dishes, but there are also a few Italian dishes including meatball subs and...

Ladera Ranch has a new taco joint. It’s called Xclusive Taqueria Moderna, and it opened in September in the same plaza as Lola’s Cafe.  There appear to be three chefs involved: Manny Velasco, who previously cooked at Carmelita’s in Laguna Beach...