Wholesome Choice VS. Hen House Grill

Welcome to the Weekly's list of our 100 Favorite Dishes for 2011! Tune in every day until we get to número uno! Now, on to the latest entry. . . . As the name suggests Hen House Grill specializes in chicken, roasted, stewed, ground up and grilled....

One of our most prolific tipsters sent me an e-mail that a new restaurant has moved into the old Irvine location of Hen House, next to Wholesome Choice on Culver and Michelson.  The place, it turns out, is called Kingfu Master. No, not Kung Fu...

In his review of Hen House Grill, Gustavo Arellano said it best: “It's a bold move to open an Iranian restaurant in Irvine next to Wholesome Choice.” But not only have they triumphed, they've thrived. Last Friday, Hen House opened restaurant...

UC Irvine might have just lost its biggest banh mi purveyor, but it may have just gained a place to get koobideh. Hen House Grill–which currently roosts at an often ignored location next door to Wholesome Choice in Irvine but produces one of the...

We've made a list of great sandwiches, even devoted an entire issue of our dead tree edition to notable noodle dishes, but what about rice? We often take it for granted because, well, because it's rice. But rice is essential, rice is good, rice is...