{"id":3584,"date":"2012-01-25T10:15:03","date_gmt":"2012-01-25T17:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eatinoc.com\/?p=3584"},"modified":"2014-05-22T11:00:48","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T18:00:48","slug":"brunch-at-the-playground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/restaurant-visit\/brunch-at-the-playground\/","title":{"rendered":"Brunch at The Playground"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not going to write too much about this since I wasn&#8217;t going to The Playground in Santa Ana with the\u00a0intention\u00a0of reviewing the food at this time. I was there to the enjoy the company of other foodies and to talk with the owner and my fellow\u00a0contributors\u00a0at <a href=\"http:\/\/localcuisine.com\/\">Local Cuisine<\/a>. But I couldn&#8217;t go to Jason Quinn&#8217;s (formerly of the Lime Truck) baby without taking some pictures and providing a little bit of information.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3587\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3587\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/eatinorange.com\/files\/2012\/01\/C360_2012-01-22-10-38-56.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3587\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/restaurant-visit\/brunch-at-the-playground\/attachment\/camera-360-28\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/files\/2012\/01\/C360_2012-01-22-10-38-56.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,871\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&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=\"The Playground Wild Boar Belly $14\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Playground Wild Boar Belly $14&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/files\/2012\/01\/C360_2012-01-22-10-38-56-550x467.jpg\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3587\" title=\"The Playground Wild Boar Belly $14\" src=\"http:\/\/eatinorange.com\/files\/2012\/01\/C360_2012-01-22-10-38-56-160x136.jpg\" alt=\"The Playground Wild Boar Belly $14\" width=\"160\" height=\"136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/files\/2012\/01\/C360_2012-01-22-10-38-56-160x136.jpg 160w, https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/files\/2012\/01\/C360_2012-01-22-10-38-56-300x255.jpg 300w, https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/files\/2012\/01\/C360_2012-01-22-10-38-56-550x467.jpg 550w, https:\/\/inocnetwork.com\/eatinorange\/files\/2012\/01\/C360_2012-01-22-10-38-56.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3587\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Playground Wild Boar Belly $14<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lots of different dishes were tried, basically everything on the brunch menu. Winners of the morning for me where the Breakfast Hash ($9\u00a0benton&#8217;s country ham\/ sweet potato\/\u00a0Brussel\u00a0sprouts\/ hollandaise\/ fried egg), the Wild Boar Belly ($14\u00a0maple hollandaise\/ white beans\/ egg), and the amazing Allen Benton&#8217;s Country Ham, served with\u00a0Toast that had mashed tomato on it, so simple yet so good.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>Jason came out a couple of times and talked with us, seems like a really nice genuine guy, nothing at all like he was on the Great Food Truck Race. He&#8217;s very passionate about hit food and wants to share it with others, while also still wanting feedback on what they can do to improve it. His passion for great food makes it that much better.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.playgrounddtsa.com\">The Playground<\/a><br \/>\n220 E. Fourth Street<br \/>\nSanta Ana, CA \u00a092701<br \/>\n(714) 560-4444<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not going to write too much about this since I wasn&#8217;t going to The Playground in Santa Ana with the\u00a0intention\u00a0of reviewing the food at this time. I was there to the enjoy the company of other foodies and to talk with the owner and my fellow\u00a0contributors\u00a0at Local Cuisine. 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