'Twas a hot month and not just with the weather. August was on fire with a whole lot of restaurant openings including more poke joints than we know what to do with and the debut of Rock N Brews by two KISS band members.
Here's the monthly rundown of the open-and-shut cases we wrote about on this thing we call a food blog.
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RESTAURANT/VENUES OPENED IN AUGUST
Sessions West Coast Deli, Huntington Beach
MAZ café con leche, Santa Ana
The Poke Hut
Jason's By The Circle, Orange
Harbor Prime Restaurant, Fullerton
Rock N Brews, Buena Park
Harmony Tea Bar, Mission Viejo
Noodles N Company, Orange
Uroko Cafe, Costa Mesa
Tio Flaco's, Fountain Valley
Poki Yaki, Buena Park
RESTAURANT/VENUES CLOSED IN AUGUST
Yen Sushi, Irvine
Tony Roma's, Fullerton
Chaya Cafe, 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.