Contemporary restaurants in Orange County

The Winery Restaurant & Wine Bar

2647 Park Ave., Tustin, CA 92782-2707

Yvon Goetz used to be the chef at David Wilhelm's long-defunct but excellent Chat Noir. Goetz was the reason it was excellent. Now at his own... More »
The Sticky Pig

665 N. Tustin St., Orange, CA 92867

The Sticky Pig in Orange is a small store that sells candies and other goodies based on�?"you guessed it�?"bacon. With a nickname like the Bacon Vixen, you know... More »

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Recent Critic Reviews

EDWIN GOEI writes for OC Weekly on Crave Restaurant and Cafe

There was once a place in Santa Ana called Café Chiarini. It was fabled for its soups, salads, giant cookies and, most of all, enormous tri-tip sandwiches made from inch-thick, crusty, homemade sourdough and meat slowly cooked in a backyard smoker. Although open a few short months, it quickly became a popular lunch-time refuge for those who worked in and around the city. In an...
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EDWIN GOEI writes for OC Weekly on Rebel Bite

Did you know that Rebel Bite, a newly minted restaurant in Long Beach, used to be a food truck? I only realized this when I saw a mention of it on the menu. Ah, yes! I knew that Che Guevara pig cartoon logo looked familiar. But being as these newfangled luxe lonchera kids have inundated Southern California for about four years now, with more than a few employing cartoon swine as...
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EDWIN GOEI writes for OC Weekly on Wild Goose Tavern

A lovely loaf cradles the sausage sandwiches at Wild Goose Tavern. It's big and pillowy, thicker than the average hot-dog bun, and when you bite into the chewy, slightly yeasty roll, you realize you're eating real bread—something designed for this very purpose and with a substantial crust impermeable to liquids. This isn't the stuff you buy in bulk for Fourth of July, but rather a...
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