85°C Bakery Cafe has opened in Cypress. It's the fifth location in Orange County after Irvine, Garden Grove, Fullerton, and Buena Park.
9575 Valley View St., Cypress, CA 90630
A new brewery that promises music and beer called Stereo Brewing has opened in Placentia. From its website: “Stereo has a 1,000 square feet on-site tap room open Wednesday through Sunday. The tap room serves tasting flights, pints and fresh beer to-go in Crowlers®.”
950 S Via Rodeo, Placentia, CA 92870
The Anaheim Hills restaurant, Reunion Kitchen + Drink has opened another outlet in Laguna Beach., serving the same menu of American comfort food, including barbecue glazed meatloaf and turkey pot pie.
610 N Coast Hwy. Set 102, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
A restaurant called Ms. Alice has opened inside the Mansion in Costa Mesa. From its Facebook page, it's open Tuesday through Saturdays and serves small plates such as skirt steak with Thai basil chimichurri and braised Kurobuta pork cheek. Cocktails are also served.
841 Baker St., Costa Mesa, CA 92626
A new Lebanese joint called Barbonzai has opened in Lake Forest. It specializes in Lebanese pizzas called sphiha but prides itself in its falafels, which it bakes rather than deep fries.
24301 Muirlands Blvd, Suite S, Lake Forest, CA 92630
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.