As we head into pumpkin spice season, it's time for another restaurant roll call as we say goodbye to another month gone by. Herewith is our a list of open-and-shut cases for September.
But let's not kid ourselves. This last month was all a lead up to the only opening that seemed to matter: Halal Guys in Costa Mesa. Though it officially opened on October 2nd, we wrote about it breathlessly in September.
And if you're at the restaurant waiting to get in while you read this, it will feel like you've been in line since September.
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RESTAURANT/VENUES OPENED IN SEPTEMBER
Contra Coffee and Tea, Santa Ana
Monarch Social
Ono Hawaiian BBQ, La Habra
Poki Monster, Tustin
Halal Guys, Costa Mesa
Okbingsul, Fullerton
Manila Hits
Mr. Pizza, Buena Park
Tustin Grille, Tustin
Pizza Press, Fullerton
Sweet Lady Jane, Corona Del Mar
The Kroft, Tustin
The Trough Sandwich Shop, Newport Beach
Parkstone Urban Kitchen + Taps, Newport Beach
Holsteins Shakes and Buns, Costa Mesa
RESTAURANT/VENUES CLOSED IN SEPTEMBER
Zipangu, 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.