Hendrix in Laguna Niguel Shows How Good Rotisserie Can Be

Having eaten most of my meals in restaurants for decades, the current state of emergency due to the novel coronavirus has been an adjustment. I’m not worried about me, though. It’s the restaurants I’m worried about. Every one of them. The extent...

This is the fifth edition of this guide — a roadmap to Orange County’s wildly diverse dining scene. Narrowing this list to 75 recommendations gets harder each year. Yes, this list is highly personal and subjective but also painstakingly...

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Birthdays and anniversaries in 2020 have definitely felt different. But not necessarily in a bad way, thanks to a handful of restaurants that stepped up to make special occasions at home even more memorable than usual. Here are five ways to...

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Two things are required any time someone reviews a Mediterranean/Middle Eastern restaurant that offers rotisserie chicken. First, there must be a comparison to Zankou Chicken’s bird as the benchmark. This is followed by maybe a paragraph or two...