The Cut in Irvine Defies Expectations It’s Just Another Contemporary Burger Joint

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • October 12, 2017
I didn’t pay much attention to the Cut when it was just a food truck. As with so many luxe loncheras before it, the Cut did burgers, and I was tired of burgers. To me, it sounded like more of the same. Sure, it employed the right buzzwords:...
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