McDonald's Ditching Its “Extra Value Menu” For One That Has $5 Items

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • September 5, 2013
McDonald's is reportedly going to retire its “Extra Value Menu” a year after its introduction because, well, people just weren't biting. The pricier “Extra Value Menu”, which featured items costing closer to $2, was instituted to get customers to...
The full article can be read on the OC Weekly website.

Related Articles

The best tasting menus in Los Angeles

Jenn Harris • Los Angeles Times • February 23, 2022
One of the best tasting menus in Los Angeles is served on a folding table, in a dark alley next to a dumpster. It’s where Justin Pichetrungsi hosts his omakase dinners, behind Anajak Thai, his family’s Sherman Oaks restaurant. It is the meal I...

Where to dine in Southern California if you love tasting menus

Jonathan Gold • Los Angeles Times • February 3, 2017
You can call it a tasting menu. You can call it omakase. You can call it dégustation, a banquet menu or modern kaiseki. What it tends to be is a meal made up of dozens of small tastes, served in exquisite rhythm, where the courses, their order and...

[UPDATED] XA Sweet & Savory Cafe Opens in Orange

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • January 12, 2013
Update 1/12/2013: Ask and ye shall receive. Upon reading my plea for a legible menu, reader Dave W. sent me an e-mail with a clear scan of XA's menu. I was driving by XA this morning and stopped in. I had already had breakfast, otherwise I would...

Mother's Day brunch specials in L.A. and Orange County

Jenn Harris • Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2020
The following is a list of places offering Mother’s Day takeout specials. Because hasn’t Mom cooked and cleaned enough the last two months (and really, for your entire life)? Most places are offering their regular menu items in addition to the...

Critic’s Notebook: Where to find great cocktails to-go

Brad A. Johnson • Orange County Register • June 11, 2020
Man, I could use a drink. I’ve found myself saying that a lot lately. And if there’s one marginally good thing to come out of the pandemic, it’s that restaurants get to sell cocktails to-go. Bartending is a lot harder than it looks. Plus, my bar...