The top 10 places for cheap eats in Orange County for 2019

This is the fifth edition of this guide — a roadmap to Orange County’s wildly diverse dining scene. Narrowing this list to 75 recommendations gets harder each year. Yes, this list is highly personal and subjective but also painstakingly...

You don’t have to drain your bank account to eat well around here. You just have to know where to look. Here’s a quick guide to 25 really great meals that cost no more than $15 (prices subject to change): Tacos al carbon at Tacos Los Cholos...

Having eaten most of my meals in restaurants for decades, the current state of emergency due to the novel coronavirus has been an adjustment. I’m not worried about me, though. It’s the restaurants I’m worried about. Every one of them. The extent...

Brother, Can You Spare a Taco? For our recessionary times, 54 Orange County meal deals between 99 cents and $15 How's $4 gas treating you? Devalued homes? Layoffs? Shrunken Los Angeles Times? Outsourced Orange County Register? And doesn't it suck...

Unless I’m on vacation, I dine out for lunch and (or) dinner almost every day. These are my favorite 20 memories from my Orange County dining adventures this year. 20. Apple tarte tatin at The Loft. It’s the one dessert that truly haunted me all...