The Lido Deck Restaurant Opens In Old Blanca Space

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • January 14, 2010
For those who remember, two years ago in May of '08, I reviewed a new Newport Beach restaurant which specialized in crudo, the Italian version of sashimi. The place was called Blanca — the first of many ambitious eateries in what was part of...
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