RESTAURANT REVIEW : Mezzaluna: Unpleasant Adventure in Dining

It’s Sunday evening at Mezzaluna, and the regulars have already assembled around the restaurant’s L-shaped bar. A confident, attractively dressed Corona del Mar crowd sips moscato and grappa while nibbling on some of Orange County’s most authentic...

Crown Publishing has just published the “Mezzaluna Cookbook.” But the author is Aldo Bozzi, owner and creator of New York’s Mezzaluna, and is unrelated to the now-infamous Brentwood restaurant. That fact, which is not made clear in Crown’s book...

Sometimes, my social media feed is flooded with certain dishes. Friends, influencers and fellow writers will all rave about a burrito, a sandwich or dessert. A few years ago, multiple people messaged me about a must-try tuna sandwich from a pop-up...

“I haven’t forgotten that we’re celebrating a birthday tonight!” our server exclaimed after we finished our dinner. He’d been extremely attentive all evening, but now he was back at our table with a surprise treat. Whatever it was, it was...

Ah, youth. The smell of wet cement still lingers inside Kimera, the latest addition to the restaurant family that counts the much-revered Bistango and Bayside as elders. This new eatery, located in an office complex under the shadow of Google's...