Spicy City Replaces Royal Kitchen in Irvine

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • May 12, 2010
You know that often repeated statistic that 90 percent of restaurants fail in their first year? There's been some research that debunks it as a myth (the rate is more like 57-61 percent for a three year period). ] But if I were judging by the...
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