Newport Beach's Pelican Grill Is Deliciously Lavish

Alfresco OdysseyTaking it outside this summer Ahhh, summer in OC. If there’s a better place to be during these hot months, I wouldn’t know about it. The sun, the surf (if you’re willing to fight the traffic, that is) and plenty of great eating...

Color Me BeigeThe opulent dining experience at Pelican HillNs Andrea is everything youNd expect, but, with some delectable exceptions, the food is unexpectedly dull When describing the newly opened Resort at Pelican Hill, youNd be remiss if you...

Last week, Newport Beach's Restaurant Week concluded. But this week, my list of restaurant essentials continues, this time for the city that includes Corona Del Mar, Balboa Island, and the parts of Newport Beach that still feel like Irvine. Some...

The Pelican Grill at the Pelican Hill Resort is the last place I would think of when it comes to Monday Night Football. After all, this is a valet-parking, ocean-views, uniformed-waiter, white-table-cloth kind of establishment, where the customers...

To say that Nesai California Italian Cuisine & Bar is hidden is understating it. It's a stone's throw from Newport Beach's main drag, where the Rusty Pelican and all the other PCH landmarks are. But at the same time, it's not there. It's as if...