Rick Bayless: Red O No You Didn't

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • January 16, 2014
It was high noon on a sunny but brisk Newport Beach day. The Bentleys gleamed in the valet lot. I was first to arrive. Then Dave Lieberman in a sport coat. Then Gustavo Arellano. We'd agreed to eat at Red O together, the second outpost of Rick...
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