March saw a lot of openings. More poke, more ramen, and a challenger to the Lee's Sandwiches empire.
What follows is our monthly roll call of open-and-shut cases we wrote about in the past thirty days on this thing we call a food blog.
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RESTAURANT/VENUES OPENED IN MARCH:
Fins, Mission Viejo
Ronin Burrito, Irvine
Kettlebar, Tustin
The Barrel Room, Santa Ana
Long's Kitchen, Irvine
Mr. Baguette, Westminster
Ikkousha Ramen, Costa Mesa
Mooyah, Irvine
A Bite Cafe, Santa Ana
Pho King Awesome
RESTAURANT/VENUES CLOSED IN MARCH:
Sushi Zone, Mission Viejo
Oki Doki, Costa Mesa
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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.