Time for another Restaurant Roll Call, where we roundup all the open and shut cases we wrote about the past month on this thing called a food blog.
And my was there a lot of openings, including the first (if I'm not mistaken) buffet to serve soul food, two wine bars in DTSA, and a poutine restaurant.
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RESTAURANT/VENUES OPENED IN JULY:
Blaze Pizza, Mission Viejo
Biggie Baguette/Quebec Poutine, Costa Mesa
Sushi Wasabi, Tustin
Celebrity Soul Food Buffet, Lake Forest
Meet Fresh, Irvine
La Vida Cantina, Costa Mesa
Pita Grill, Orange
Vineyard ROZ, Santa Ana
Robbins Nest Wine Bar, Santa Ana
Blue C Sushi, Newport Beach
Minamoto Kitchoan, Newport Beach
M Cow, Irvine
Oak Grill/Aqua Lounge, Newport Beach
A&O Kitchen+Bar, Newport Beach
RESTAURANT/VENUES CLOSED IN JULY:
Sushi Wasabi, Tustin
Izakaya Ku, Fountain Valley
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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.