Future Restaurateurs: You Can Stop Naming Your Restaurants “Urban” Now

It’s been more than 10 years since the Korean taco trend stormed through Southern California. People used to line up around the block whenever the Kogi truck came to town.  Then Urban Seoul opened in Irvine, and the Korean taco got even better....

There are still some of us in OC who can't locate Foothill Ranch on a map, or we think there's nothing there besides row after row of squat office parks, faceless warehouses and cookie-cutter tract homes. It's the model of modern suburbia, the...

If you've been to Tender Greens at the Irvine Spectrum and Lemonade at Fashion Island, you've already got a good idea of what to expect when Urban Plates opens today at 11 a.m. at the Crossroads in Irvine. The yuppie cafeteria concept continues...

Irvine Spectrum is now home to three new eateries. About last week or so, Del Frisco's Grille and Brio Tuscan Grille opened next to each other in what used to be the parking lot across from Yard House. And this week the second outlet of Urban...

Urban Plates, the self-described “farm-to-table” cafeteria from the Del Mar neighborhood of San Diego, serves a very respectable turkey meatloaf. It's even better when you get it with a side of sautéed broccolini while it's still hot from the pan...