Restaurant Roll Call for April 2011

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • May 2, 2011
Eliot wrote that April is the cruelest month, but it's like other months in the coming and goings of restaurants. We saw a few entrants debut and old standbys exit. Some restaurants didn't close so much as they continued with a new name and new...
The full article can be read on the OC Weekly website.

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