This Weekend: The Original Long Beach Lobster Festival

A brass ensemble with a remarkably nimble tuba player honks from the jukebox at Saucedo in Garden Grove while a rhythmic, percussive “thwack thwack thwack thwack” emanates from the kitchen. The latter, I can tell by peering through the pass, is...

This Friday in La Habra, the Ono Hawaiian BBQ chain is opening what their calling their first store in OC. You might be thinking, “Wait, isn't there an Ono in Tustin?” If you're thinking of the one on 17th Street, that one's actually called Ono...

I've lost count on how many Farmers Markets go on in Irvine these days. There's, of course, the big one everyone knows about across the street from UCI on Saturday mornings, and then there's there's one at the Great Park on Sundays, at the Katie...

Ever wonder where chefs go to eat on their day off? I do, and on a recent Monday evening, I found out by chance where at least one, chef Hiro Ohiwa of Café Hiro, dines: Kappo Sui in Santa Ana Heights. Like most small restaurants, Café Hiro is...

There was once only one Dosa Place in Tustin, the one on Redhill. Then there were two, when the 17th Street restaurant opened in 2010. Then, somewhere along the way, the Dosa Place on Redhill became Dosa Express. And so, there was technically only...