Restaurant Roll Call for April 2013

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • May 7, 2013

Our monthly roll call of open and shut cases is a few days late, but here it is: the list of what we observed that's new and shuttered in the last month. Our general observation? A lot of stuff went down in Costa Mesa! ] RESTAURANT/VENUES OPENED...

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2010 OC Restaurant Week Participants Announced

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • January 13, 2010

The OC Restaurant Association came out with their final list of participants for the 2010 OC Restaurant Week taking place February 28th – March 6th. As it seems they signed on virtually every restaurant in existence, perhaps an easier thing to do...

2009: Bad Year To Be In The Restaurant Biz, Or Was It?

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • January 7, 2010

If you think the year that's passed was bad, try owning a restaurant. It was a tough 2009. The luxury brands predictably suffered. The likes of Savannah, White Horses, Manhattan Supper Club and even Tracht's folded as people got tighter and...

Restaurant Roll Call for December 2012

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • December 31, 2012

I think all of us who write and review restaurants get this question asked at least once, “Aren't you worried that you'll some day run out of restaurants to write about?” The answer is, of course, that it's impossible. Just as nurses will always...

Best thing I ate: This is the best chicken pot pie in the county, period

Brad A. Johnson • Orange County Register • October 23, 2019

Chicken pot pie and kale salad at Pop Pie in Costa Mesa (Photo by Brad A. Johnson, Orange County Register/SCNG) The best way to ruin a savory pot pie is to cover it with flimsy puff pastry, which disintegrates into mush after the first bite. Real...

Review: The 20 best pizzas still available in Orange County during the coronavirus pandemic

Brad A. Johnson • Orange County Register • April 23, 2020

Just because you are quarantined doesn’t mean you have to subsist on beans and canned soup. You can still have pizza. Great pizza. Here are 20 of the best pizzas in Orange County that are still available right now for takeout or delivery. Stock...