Tavern On 2 Shows Who's On Second

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • October 20, 2011
I refuse to believe reports that Tavern On 2 is the first and only gastropub on Belmont Shore. Surely, in such a densely packed urban quarter as Second Street, where every other storefront is a restaurant or bar, there has to be at least one other...
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