Restauration: Where There's Smoke . . .

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • October 23, 2014
The closer you get to Restauration, the more you smell the sweet wood smoke that snakes out of its tall chimney stack. It's a wonderful scent, a scent that says something rustic, something special is being made, even if the oven the chimney is...
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