The Country Club Opens With Velvet Ropes, Compulsory Valet and a Bouncer

Photo by Morgan Edwards When the server brought the bread to the table, I at first thought it was a giant pita. The puffy half-moon sat upright in a narrow wicker basket and was as large as a woman’s purse. Next to the basket was a saucer of olive...

When given the option at these everything old-is-new-again pizzerias, always sit at the bar. It's equivalent to sitting in the front row at a concert. It's where I would've sat when Mozza opened in Newport Beach if I'd had the chance, but with...

Photo by @ocwmktgdirector I begin this review at the end, when our waiter, a chummy chap named Phil, dropped off the check and with it plastic cups of a sweet slushed-ice dessert called sikhye. I didn’t expect the icy treat, nor did I know it was...

Is it sashimi, or is it art? Photo by Edwin Goei The new restaurant near Knott’s Berry Farm is more than just a Korean barbecue; Kyung Bok Kung is one of the few places (if not the only one) in the county to offer han-jeongsik, a blowout feast...

Bluegold in Huntington Beach’s Pacific City isn’t just one restaurant. Technically, it’s two. There’s a restaurant within a restaurant called LSXO, which lies beyond a second set of double doors to the right of Bluegold’s kitchen. But for now, I’m...