Hopdoddy Burger Bar Opens in Newport Beach's Fashion Island

Let's get down to it shall we? My first round has four battles between eight contenders in the division we're calling the Dominion of Diners. We have Pee Wee's versus Red Robin; Memphis versus The Catch; Mick's Karma Bar versus The Rider's Club;...

We're still living in a burger Renaissance folks. As you may recall, the past few years saw a surge of new burger joints, some came from highfalutin gourmets chefs (think Joseph Mahon's Burger Parlor, Charlie Palmer's DG Burger, and Marcus...

Photo by Edwin Goei In Lake Forest, one the leafiest suburbs in Orange County, there’s a strip mall that looks as if it belongs in LA’s inner city. A seedy liquor store sits in one corner, with an auto-body shop in the other. Wedged between them...

We all have those bucket list restaurants — places we’ve been meaning to visit for months, even years, before we finally go. Until recently, Hawkins House of Burgers, the esteemed Watts burger restaurant, was at the top of my list. Hawkins is...

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Don't let the goofy, bright-orange T-shirt emblazoned with “I'm Juicy” deceive you. The man who wears it while serving your burgers at Burger Parlor in Fullerton isn't some hipster pendejo, but rather Joseph Mahon, a CIA-trained cook who has...