So many restaurants opened this month, despite January being a notoriously slow month for the business. Irvine continues to see a boom in Asian eateries and Tustin is now home to an El Toro Bravo and their ginormous burritos. Here's our monthly list of “open and shut cases.”
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RESTAURANT/VENUES OPENED IN JANUARY:
Surfin' Cowboy, Capo Beach
Bomburger, Costa Mesa
Aioli, Irvine
VegiLicious, Huntington Beach
El Toro Bravo, Tustin
Tasty Noodle House, Irvine
Tasty Sandwiches, Westminster
Four Sea, Irvine
Kiki Bakery, Irvine
XA Sweet & Savory Cafe, Orange
NEM, Garden Grove
Urban Seoul, Irvine
The Counter, Irvine
Taverna Blu, Irvine
Burrissimo, Costa Mesa
Ruby's, Seal Beach
Original Buffalo Wings, Irvine
Chicago's Best, Irvine
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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.