The New Basil Mediterranean Grill Makes the Best of a Bad Location in Costa Mesa

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • November 2, 2017
The space in which Basil Mediterranean Grill now sits used to be a vegan Japanese restaurant called Local. I liked Local and wrote about it favorably, but alas, it didn’t last. In the back of my mind, I kind of knew it wouldn’t. So it didn’t...
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