Three Seventy Common Has a Common Denominator

Photo by @ocwmktgdirector It’s been around seven years since chef Ryan Adams shook up the Laguna Beach dining scene with family-style suppers at 370 Common. Called “Sunday Socials,” they were supposed to be evocative of meals at home, with...

End-of-year lists like these are fun to do, but hard to write because it is always difficult to just pick five of anything, let alone restaurants in a year full of great meals. This year, I used the same measuring stick as last year: in picking my...

I used to get a popup notification on my phone once a month, reminding me it was fried chicken night at 370 Common in Laguna Beach. Chef Ryan Adams served his Southern fried chicken only on the last Sunday of the month, family style — and it was...

Laguna Beach is the New York of OC's restaurant scene. If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere. Proof: Katsuya, that high-priced, high-concept sushi joint that has branches at LA Live and Brentwood, didn't last more than two years here....

Laguna Beachers might already know Ryan Adams. He was the executive chef at Sorrento Grille until it folded a month ago, after 23 years in business. Sorrento Grille may be gone, but Adams is staying put. As well he should. He bought the place and...