Review: Centro Storico raises the bar for Italian food in Tustin

Is that restaurant safe? Do the servers wear masks? Are the tables properly distanced? Dining out has changed. And to keep everyone safe and to slow the spread of COVID-19, our state health officials and the Centers for Disease Control and...

Irvine is slowly but surely erasing its longtime stigma of being OC’s taco wasteland. For years if you found yourself in Irvine and wanting a taco, you had to settle for the likes of Taco Bell, Rubio’s or Del Taco — or else drive to the next town....

With indoor dining heavily restricted, interactive concepts like Korean barbecue have probably taken the biggest hits during this never-ending pandemic. It’s impossible to fully capture the essence of this type of dining on a makeshift patio with...

I can’t speak for everyone else, but sometimes (most days?) all I want for lunch is a fried taco and a margarita. If that’s what you’re looking for today, you’ll have success at Carmelita’s in Laguna Beach.  The shrimp taquitos are meant for...

I’ve eaten chicken for dinner far too many nights in a row during this pandemic. Admittedly some of it has been very, very good. But in all these months I don’t think I’ve had a better chicken dinner than the family-style care package I picked up...