{"id":3528,"date":"2011-12-30T13:00:08","date_gmt":"2011-12-30T20:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eatinoc.com\/?p=3528"},"modified":"2014-05-22T11:00:49","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T18:00:49","slug":"favorite-eats-of-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/eat-in-oc-feature\/favorite-eats-of-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Favorite Eats of 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been an eventful year and as we wind down it&#8217;s always a great time to look back and reflect on the best of the year. So with that I bring you the best Eats of Eat in OC in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>We started off the year with a bang of an opening at <a href=\"http:\/\/eatinorange.com\/restaurant-visit\/chapter-one-the-modern-local-santa-ana\/\">Chapter One in Santa Ana that included our first taste of a scotch egg and one of my top 5 burgers I&#8217;ve had all year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2930\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2930\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/eatinorange.com\/files\/2011\/04\/2011-04-06_19-04-00_168.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2930\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/restaurant-visit\/chapter-one-the-modern-local-santa-ana\/attachment\/2011-04-06_19-04-00_168\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/files\/2011\/04\/2011-04-06_19-04-00_168.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,451\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DROIDX 11240000fff00000015a6e8b0a011007&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1302141837&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.97&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;194&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.066667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Chapter One: scotch egg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Chapter One: scotch egg&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/files\/2011\/04\/2011-04-06_19-04-00_168.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-2930 \" title=\"Chapter One: scotch egg\" src=\"http:\/\/eatinorange.com\/files\/2011\/04\/2011-04-06_19-04-00_168.jpg\" alt=\"Chapter One: scotch egg\" width=\"480\" height=\"271\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2930\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chapter One: scotch egg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Next there is the amazing shredded pastrami ruben I had at <a href=\"http:\/\/eatinorange.com\/oc-food-reviews\/roscoes-famous-deli-fullerton\/\">Roscoe&#8217;s Famous Deli in Fullerton<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2986\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2986\" style=\"width: 451px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/eatinorange.com\/files\/2011\/06\/2011-06-03_11-31-10_978.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2986\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/oc-food-reviews\/roscoes-famous-deli-fullerton\/attachment\/2011-06-03_11-31-10_978\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/files\/2011\/06\/2011-06-03_11-31-10_978.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"451,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DROIDX&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1307100669&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.97&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;159&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Roscoe&amp;#8217;s Famous Deli &amp;#8211; Pastrami Ruben\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Roscoe&amp;#8217;s Famous Deli &amp;#8211; Pastrami Ruben&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/files\/2011\/06\/2011-06-03_11-31-10_978.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2986\" title=\"Roscoe's Famous Deli - Pastrami Ruben\" src=\"http:\/\/eatinorange.com\/files\/2011\/06\/2011-06-03_11-31-10_978.jpg\" alt=\"Roscoe's Famous Deli - Pastrami Ruben\" width=\"451\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2986\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roscoe&#39;s Famous Deli - Pastrami Ruben<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Then the old stand by Onassis at my childhood favorite the <a href=\"http:\/\/eatinorange.com\/eat-in-oc-feature\/mad-greek-restaurant-stanton\/\">Mad Greek in my hometown of Stanton<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3071\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3071\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/eatinorange.com\/files\/2011\/07\/2011-07-15_12-02-02_787.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3071\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/eat-in-oc-feature\/mad-greek-restaurant-stanton\/attachment\/2011-07-15_12-02-02_787\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/files\/2011\/07\/2011-07-15_12-02-02_787.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,451\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DROIDX&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1310731320&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.97&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;130&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mad Greek Onassis Burger\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Mad Greek Onassis Burger&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/files\/2011\/07\/2011-07-15_12-02-02_787.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-3071 \" title=\"Mad Greek Onassis Burger\" src=\"http:\/\/eatinorange.com\/files\/2011\/07\/2011-07-15_12-02-02_787.jpg\" alt=\"Mad Greek Onassis Burger\" width=\"480\" height=\"271\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3071\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mad Greek Onassis Burger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For Eat in OC 2011 was the year of the burger as we devoured the perfectly constructed burgers at the <a href=\"http:\/\/eatinorange.com\/eat-in-oc-feature\/oc-burger-brigade\/burger-parlor-fullerton\/\">Burger Parlor in Fullerton<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We declared that <a href=\"http:\/\/eatinorange.com\/eat-in-oc-feature\/mexican-breakfast-in-orange\/the-best-breakfast-burrito-in-orange-county-is-at-troys-burgers-in-orange\/\">Troy&#8217;s Burgers in Orange<\/a> has the best breakfast burritos in Orange County.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/eatinorange.com\/oc-food-reviews\/pieology-fullerton\/\">Pieology in Fullerton<\/a> was the best new concept bringing the production line concept to Pizza.<\/p>\n<p>The Hot Dog war began in <a href=\"http:\/\/eatinorange.com\/oc-food-reviews\/game-day-all-american-hot-dogs-orange\/\">Orange as Game Day Fire Grilled Hot Dogs<\/a> opened across the street from PCH Hot Dogs.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3311\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3311\" style=\"width: 544px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/eatinorange.com\/files\/2011\/10\/2011-10-25_17-17-59_HDR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3311\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/oc-food-reviews\/game-day-all-american-hot-dogs-orange\/attachment\/2011-10-25_17-17-59_hdr\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/files\/2011\/10\/2011-10-25_17-17-59_HDR.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"760,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Game Day Carolina Dog\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Game Day Carolina Dog&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/files\/2011\/10\/2011-10-25_17-17-59_HDR-544x733.jpg\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3311\" title=\"Game Day Carolina Dog\" src=\"http:\/\/eatinorange.com\/files\/2011\/10\/2011-10-25_17-17-59_HDR-544x733.jpg\" alt=\"Game Day Carolina Dog\" width=\"544\" height=\"733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/files\/2011\/10\/2011-10-25_17-17-59_HDR-544x733.jpg 544w, https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/files\/2011\/10\/2011-10-25_17-17-59_HDR-118x160.jpg 118w, https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/files\/2011\/10\/2011-10-25_17-17-59_HDR-296x400.jpg 296w, https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/files\/2011\/10\/2011-10-25_17-17-59_HDR.jpg 760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3311\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Game Day Carolina Dog<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A bagel place\u00a0surprised me with a mouth watering burger at <a href=\"http:\/\/eatinorange.com\/oc-food-reviews\/avalon-bagels-to-burgers-placentia\/\">Avalon Bagels to Burgers in Placentia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>My trip to Austin introduced me to real BBQ Beef Ribs and the candy of the gods at <a href=\"http:\/\/eatinorange.com\/eat-in-oc-feature\/beyond-california\/eat-in-oc-takes-on-austin-texas-part-7-the-end\/\">Southside Market and Barbeque in Elgin, Texas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3388\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3388\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/eatinorange.com\/files\/2011\/11\/2011-11-01_18-18-33_HDR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3388\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/eat-in-oc-feature\/beyond-california\/eat-in-oc-takes-on-austin-texas-part-7-the-end\/attachment\/2011-11-01_18-18-33_hdr\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/files\/2011\/11\/2011-11-01_18-18-33_HDR.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,787\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Southside Market and Barbecue Meat Plate\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Southside Market and Barbecue Meat Plate&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/files\/2011\/11\/2011-11-01_18-18-33_HDR-550x422.jpg\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3388\" title=\"Southside Market and Barbecue Meat Plate\" src=\"http:\/\/eatinorange.com\/files\/2011\/11\/2011-11-01_18-18-33_HDR-550x422.jpg\" alt=\"Southside Market and Barbecue Meat Plate\" width=\"550\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/files\/2011\/11\/2011-11-01_18-18-33_HDR-550x422.jpg 550w, https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/files\/2011\/11\/2011-11-01_18-18-33_HDR-160x122.jpg 160w, https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/files\/2011\/11\/2011-11-01_18-18-33_HDR-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/files\/2011\/11\/2011-11-01_18-18-33_HDR.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3388\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Southside Market and Barbecue Meat Plate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When the PB in the PBLT stands for pork belly you can&#8217;t go wrong,<a href=\"http:\/\/eatinorange.com\/oc-food-reviews\/the-lime-truck\/\"> The Lime Truck<\/a> means business and really does make some great food.<\/p>\n<p>And lastly <a href=\"http:\/\/eatinorange.com\/oc-food-reviews\/g-burger-la-habra\/\">the G at G Burger in La Habra<\/a> means Greatest as we discovered the greatest burger of 2011 is tucked away in the Northern part of Orange County.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3515\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3515\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/eatinorange.com\/files\/2011\/12\/C360_2011-12-26-14-06-19.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3515\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/oc-food-reviews\/g-burger-la-habra\/attachment\/camera-360-8\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/files\/2011\/12\/C360_2011-12-26-14-06-19.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"768,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DROIDX&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Camera 360&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"G Burger with Bacon\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;G Burger with Bacon&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/files\/2011\/12\/C360_2011-12-26-14-06-19-550x733.jpg\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3515\" title=\"G Burger with Bacon\" src=\"http:\/\/eatinorange.com\/files\/2011\/12\/C360_2011-12-26-14-06-19-550x733.jpg\" alt=\"G Burger with Bacon\" width=\"550\" height=\"733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/files\/2011\/12\/C360_2011-12-26-14-06-19-550x733.jpg 550w, https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/files\/2011\/12\/C360_2011-12-26-14-06-19-120x160.jpg 120w, https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/files\/2011\/12\/C360_2011-12-26-14-06-19-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/files\/2011\/12\/C360_2011-12-26-14-06-19.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3515\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">G Burger with Bacon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Eat in OC would like to thank everyone for their kind words as we wrap up 2011 and look forward to 2012. Expect a couple more posts from now til New Years Day, thanking our friends and looking towards the new year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been an eventful year and as we wind down it&#8217;s always a great time to look back and reflect on the best of the year. So with that I bring you the best Eats of Eat in OC in 2011. We started off the year with a bang of an opening at Chapter One [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[164,4,21],"tags":[36,163,39,41,45,57,174,64,68,74,84,162,114,123,124,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-3528","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-best-of-orange-county","7":"category-eat-in-oc-feature","8":"category-year-in-review","9":"tag-bbq","10":"tag-best-of","11":"tag-brea","12":"tag-breakfast-burritos","13":"tag-burgers","14":"tag-deli","15":"tag-eat-in-oc-feature","16":"tag-favorites","17":"tag-food-truck","18":"tag-fullerton","19":"tag-hot-dogs","20":"tag-la-habra","21":"tag-orange","22":"tag-sandwich","23":"tag-santa-ana","24":"tag-stanton","25":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgNGWN-UU","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3528"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4090,"href":"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3528\/revisions\/4090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}