Sushi and Bulgogi Live Together in Perfect Harmony, Side-By-Side at Tustin's Haru Izakaya

Have you noticed something lately? Izakayas — the Japanese equivalent to the gastro-pub, tapas house, and neighborhood bar all wrapped up into one — are popping up all over O.C. So many izakayas have opened lately, in fact, that the trend is...

A guy walked into Izakaya Meijiya one quiet Sunday night. “Takeout?” he asked. Since the waitress didn’t show up for work, it was up to the chef, a young man in his thirties with an affable, easy way about himself, to oblige the potential customer...

I can't say I'm surprised. The spot previously occupied by Haru Izakaya — the Korean izakaya I reviewed for OC Weekly and chronicled when it folded — is being reworked into a sushi joint. ] Full Moon Sushi, it will be called. Of course, if you...

The first Disneyland fans to walk into Disney World when it opened in 1971 might have had the same feeling I had eating at the new Honda-Ya in Fullerton: happy that something as great as the original has been duplicated, that more people can...

If you've not noticed, the reason Fountain Valley's been buzzed about lately is because of donuts. There's Afters, which blew everyone's mind with their ice cream-stuffed donuts. And then there's The Donut Bar, which will do the same crazy...