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Category: Restaurants - Orange County Voted Best of the City
Address: 860 Glenneyre St, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Perhaps one of the OC's best (and most under-publicized) Californian options, Cafe Zoolu is a true product of its surroundings. Eclectic, funky decor features the bold (zebra-striped seats), the unusual (autographed photos of k.d. Lang and the Kingston Trio), and the outright eccentric (Polynesian-style salt and pepper shakers). Owner-chef Michael...
Category: Restaurants - Orange County Voted Best of the City
Address: 240 S State College Blvd, Brea, CA 92821
Highly acclaimed by local and regional food critics, La Vie serves traditional French cuisine in a picturesque Normandy farmhouse. Tantalize your palate with classic Gascon and Provençal dishes: sautéed shrimp scampi with fennel cream sauce, roasted pork tenderloin with port wine sauce and St. Agur cheese, and sea scallops sautéed with lemon grass...
Category: Restaurants - Orange County Voted Best of the City
Address: 887 S Anaheim Blvd, Anaheim, CA 92805
Former presidents, celebrities, and princesses have all dined here, enjoying owner Bruno Serato's Northern Italian cuisine. A signature dish, Gucci Chicken, is baked in parchment with leeks, shiitake mushrooms, and fresh sage and then served with whole-grain mustard sauce. The award-winning restaurant – set in a romantic Victorian mansion with...
Category: Restaurants - Orange County Voted Best of the City
Address: 238 Laguna Ave, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Folks in the know unabashedly proclaim this Laguna Beach treasure as one of Southern California's top Thai joints, and it attracts big crowds for weekday lunches and late-night weekend dinners. If you're looking for a quick bite between meetings, this is definitely the place to frequent; however, if you're looking for a leisurely meal, you might...
Category: Restaurants - Orange County Voted Best of the City
Address: 31752 Los Rios St, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675-3114
With its location near the railroad tracks, Ramos House Cafe showcases a style and charm that make it one of Orange County's most unique restaurants. Built in the 1880s, the board-and-batten home provides a cozy setting for delicious comfort food, whether you crave something with a hint of Creole spice or an omelet stuffed with locally-grown...
Category: Restaurants - Orange County Voted Best of the City
Address: 955 E Birch St, Brea, CA 92821
With this attractive restaurant's proximity to Brea Mall, it's not surprising that it makes a popular lunch destination for shoppers. In late afternoon, the patio is often packed with young professionals taking in the balmy weather and enjoying a Peroni or Tuscan wine. Specialty entrees include scaloppini gorgonzola on garlic mashed potatoes,...
Category: Restaurants - Orange County Voted Best of the City
Address: 118 E Commonwealth Ave, Fullerton, CA 92832
This is not a white-tablecloth, "let me just expense it" kind of a steakhouse. No, Stubrik's is a fun place where you can always find live Irish and jazz music, late-night happy hours, and incredibly reasonable prices. High-quality beef is paired with surprisingly affordable bills – equally tasty and wallet-friendly are meatloaf, pork loin, and...
Category: Restaurants - Orange County Voted Best of the City
Address: 11951 Beach Blvd, Stanton, CA 90680
With a house specialty like barbecued chopped catfish and curries that have set more than a few mouths ablaze, this casual Thai eatery is not for the faint of heart. Boasting a diverse menu that's decidedly not your standard Americanized Thai fare, Nakorn places little emphasis on smoke and mirrors. Instead of kitschy decor or overworked...
Category: Restaurants - Orange County Voted Best of the City
Address: 1418 E Lincoln Ave, Anaheim, CA 92805-2213
A life-saver for folks with the "gotta go to work" blues is this always-packed restaurant. Just look for the telltale A-frame structure as you cruise down East Lincoln. Try famed apple pancakes smothered in sweet Sinkiang cinnamon glaze or Mandarin crêpes topped with oranges soaked in Triple Sec or strawberry waffles dusted with powdered sugar and...
Category: Restaurants - Orange County Voted Best of the City
Address: 8602 Westminster Blvd, Westminster, CA 92683-4606
This casual eatery is known all over Orange County for its superb dim sum, unparalleled Kung Pao frog legs, and charbroiled seafood. Huge in-house tanks provide temporary housing for a bevy of jumbo shrimp and lobsters, ensuring that your meal is, indeed, fresh-caught. Reasonable prices make it an ideal lunch and early-dinner destination,...
