You might remember that about a year ago I wrote a post about Crispa Crepes opening, taking over the space of a froyo shop in an Albertson's-anchored shopping center in north Irvine. Or perhaps you didn't much notice the post. Or the restaurant itself. The business folded (pun not intended) a few weeks ago after less than one year in business, just long enough for The Irvine Company's retail website to take them off the “New Stores” list.
The windows are now blacked out, with a FOR LEASE sign on it, ready for the next business to try its luck.
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But what caused them to close? Was it just not getting enough traffic in this relatively quiet side of town? Or did the owner just tire of responding to some of his negative reviewers, one of whom seems particularly happy about its closure.
*Thanks to Anne Marie for the update on this.
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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.