About two weeks ago, Mrs. DanGarion and I were invited to a special VIP event at the new Blaze Pizza in Irvine. If you haven’t heard of Blaze that’s ok, but you may have heard of one of the key owners in the newly formed pizza chain, Rick Wetzel of […]
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In just a couple of weeks St. Paul’s Greek Orthodox Church in Irvine will be holding their 32nd Annual Greek Festival ‘A Taste of Greece’. When you first hear it, you might think it’s the food festival with a funny name, but I’m here to tell you they are serious […]
It’s been a busy year for Mrs. DanGarion and I, from buying a house to doing lots of extensive work on it during the year. But through it all that I continued to review restaurants during my free time. In 2009 I reviewed 31 restaurants which included my 100th review for […]
So the past couple days the foodie universe of Orange County has been abuzz due to the new “Kogi” items at Baja Fresh in Irvine. Not because they are new, but because of the perceived imitation that Baja Fresh was doing of KogiBBQ, with both the name and the product. […]
Press release for Mimi’s Cafe remodel launch that is starting in Orange County. They are going to be installing full service bars and updating the decor. MIMI’S CAFE BRINGS NEW LOOK TO IRVINE Upscale Casual Restaurant Plans Reopening Celebration on 4030 Barranca Parkway TUSTIN, Calif. (November 17, 2008) – Mimi’s […]
We had the pleasure of being invited to the pre-grand opening of the newest Veggie Grill location in Irvine. It was a reservation only meal provided to us free of charge! Although both Veggie Grill and Native Foods have been on our list to review, we just had never got […]
So the day has come, we finally made it to The Counter! I’ve heard so much about this burger joint. After all the fanfare from their Santa Monica start, to their launch in Orange County, I was expecting to have to wait 30 minutes to be seated. But fortunately for […]
Of the three Yardhouses I’ve gone to this is our favorite to visit because after we stuff ourselves with half price happy hour appetizers we can walk some of it off window shopping at the Irvine Spectrum. My experiences at the Yardhouse have strictly been with drinking beer and eating […]