Guilt (and Carbs) Be Damned at Irvine's Amazing 85°C Bakery Café

The OC Register's Jon Lansner broke the news today that 85°C Bakery Café–the bakery that to this day attracts lines that some people have called “retarded”–has just purchased a 70,492-square-foot industrial building in Brea for $5.64 million. He...

85°C Bakery Cafe regulars: Stop me if what I'm about to describe sounds familiar. You start with tray in one hand, tongs in the other, and then weave your way through Plexiglas-shielded display shelves where breads, Danishes, and rolls in every...

For better or for worse, I do a lot of my eating in Irvine. I've probably eaten at almost all, if not 90%, of the restaurants in the city. And what I can tell you is this: contrary to what you may think, this master-planned Burg by Bren isn't...

Pandor, the Newport Beach bakery I reviewed around this time last year and said this: “[Pandor's] Tropézienne and kouign-amann are just some of many eclectic regional French specialties that will inspire the kind of where-have-you-been-all-my-life...

Balls. Big giant ones. That's what the people behind Bon Epi Patisserie N Cafe must possess for opening their store in the same plaza, nay, the same parking lot as the 85°C Bakery juggernaut, which to this day draws more crowds than a...