The Stepson Also Rises the Sushi-Bar Stardom at Nana San

Nana San, the restaurant that the original Ango Tei folks were developing in Newport Beach, has now been open for a little more than two weeks. And from the looks of the comments on the post that I published a month ago about it, it's a...

What you see above is a new sushi restaurant that is expected to open in the next month in Newport Beach. But if you think that it looks to be another run-of-the-mill mini-mall california roll, teriyaki bowl lunch spot, then you'd be wrong. Called...

“Omakase” is what you say to a sushi chef when you trust him to give you the best and freshest. It isn’t exclusive of sushi or sashimi either (cooked foods are fair game)—it just means, “Give me great things to eat, I’ll worry about the money...

Fatty Tuna is unlike any sushi bar OC has ever seen. It’s an entirely new subspecies. It offers traditional omakase meals centered on nigiri, but it doesn’t operate in the manner of Sushi Noguchi, Nana San or Hamamori, whose elder craftsmen would...

If you think the year that's passed was bad, try owning a restaurant. It was a tough 2009. The luxury brands predictably suffered. The likes of Savannah, White Horses, Manhattan Supper Club and even Tracht's folded as people got tighter and...