Restaurant Roll Call for July 2011

Someone asked me once whether I was worried that there will be a time when we as food writers will run out of places to review. My answer was no. There will be never be a time when there won't be a new restaurant somewhere. This month is proof of that. We observed at at least ten new eateries, both mobile and stationary, debut. And that's just the ones we noticed.

Our monthly summary of what opened and what closed, after the jump.

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RESTAURANT/VENUES OPENED IN JULY

Red Table, Huntington Beach

crowburgerkitchen, Newport Beach

Cafe BBQ Chicken & Beer, Garden Grove

Sanukiseimen Mugimaru, Costa Mesa

Don Don Tei, Costa Mesa

The Loft, Costa Mesa

Cafe Calacas, Santa Ana

Katsuya by Starck, Laguna Beach

Beachwood BBQ, Long Beach

Brats Berlin Food Truck

Great Maple, Newport Beach

Pogi Boy Food Truck

Five Guys, Costa Mesa
Slater's 50/50, Huntington Beach

RESTAURANT/VENUES CLOSED IN JULY

House of Shabu Shabu, Irvine
Le Napoleon, Irvine

Freshia, Tustin (and Garden Grove)

Blimpies (OC's only remaining), Orange

Rustica, Newport Beach

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Edwin Goei

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.

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