If it didn’t feel like summer outside, I wouldn’t believe it’s already March. So let’s march on to do our monthly recap of what we saw opening and closing in the local restaurant scene. There was more poke, of course, but also a second outpost of XA’s Sweet & Savory Cafe and the debut of LA’s Cafe Gratitude in Orange County. Here’s the list of open-and-shut cases:
RESTAURANTS/VENUES OPENED IN FEBRUARY:
Taverna Pizzeria and Risotteria, Laguna Beach
Poke-Ria, Santa Ana
XA Sweet & Savory Cafe, Huntington Beach
Old Crow Smokehouse, Huntington Beach
California Chicken Kitchen, Newport Beach
Go Greek Yogurt, Corona Del Mar
Cafe Gratitude, Newport Beach
The Mad Claw, Brea
GD Bro Burger, Long Beach
RESTAURANTS/VENUES CLOSED IN FEBRUARY:
N/A
Before becoming an award-winning restaurant critic for OC Weekly in 2007, Edwin Goei went by the alias “elmomonster” on his blog Monster Munching, in which he once wrote a whole review in haiku.