Review: Malibu Farm at Lido Village in Newport Beach peddles a certain lifestyle as much as good taste

Perfect hangar steak. Photo by Mercedes Del Real Last month, I was at the historic Fort Worth Stockyards, an epicenter of meat processing back in the Wild Wild West. The steakhouse there, H3 Ranch, was exactly what I wanted to find while I was in...

Malibu Farm doesn’t have its own fishing boat like some of its neighbors, but this breezy indoor/outdoor cafe does have a perfectly good view of the harbor in Lido Village. And the fish tacos are very good.   I’ve mentioned these tacos before....

Don’t be in a hurry when you eat the pork neck at Lido Bottle Works in Newport Beach. You’ll want to savor every bite, and there’s not much of it. It’s a thin slice of meat, the “secreto.” It might or might not actually come from the animal’s...

Photo by Edwin Goei Welcome to our annual Top 5 countdown, where our SAFII writers tell you what impressed them over the past year! Here, we have food critic Edwin Goei’s Top 5 Drinks and Restaurants – enjoy, and dig in! Edwin Goei’s Top 5 Drinks...

Malibu Farm is the latest eatery to open at Lido Marina Village. It offers brunch and a variety of nrunch-apprpriate drinks, including mimosas. The restaurant is part of a growing chain that began in Malibu. 3420 Via Oporto, Ste 101, Newport...