Pasta restaurants in Orange County

The Crosby

400 N. Broadway, Santa Ana, CA 92701

After a long battle with the city of Santa Ana to finally get the Crosby up and running, former Weekly cover boys finally managed to sort through all that red tape... More »
Ameci Pizza and Pasta

17910 1/2 Magnolia St., Fountain Valley, CA 92708

This SoCal franchise brings the goods when it comes to creative and filling edibles. There's a myriad of pizza toppings, pasta choices and... More »
Finbars Italian Kitchen

901 S. Coast Drive, Costa Mesa, CA 92626

This inviting spot brings the classic Italian goods (fresh pastas, light appetizers and filling entrees), along with a few surprises (grilled provolone... More »
Finbars Italian Kitchen

620 Pacific Coast Highway, Seal Beach, CA 90740

Finbar's is an Italian restaurant in Seal Beach. This inviting spot brings the classic Italian goods (fresh pastas, light appetizers and filling... More »

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Recent Critic Reviews

EDWIN GOEI writes for OC Weekly on The Crosby

Danny Godinez has always been working and learning. Born and raised in Acapulco, Mexico, he helped his mom to make pozole for her restaurant starting at age 5. It would take days to prep the hominy kernels, but his mother insisted on nothing less. He learned that making everything from scratch was the hard but right way—an ethos he still holds to at the two Anepalco's restaurants he...
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NATE JACKSON writes for OC Weekly on The Crosby

At pretty much any local show he goes to, Bill Bennett is the tallest, quietest guy in the room. And while he rarely has a problem finding a good view during small shows, he also has a pretty good vantage point from which to observe the big picture of the local scene. As a longtime band-manager-turned-nonprofit-charity-leader, he has helped break more ground for OC bands than most people had...
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ERIN DEWITT writes for OC Weekly on Pizza Pi

If anyone's got a sharp sense of humor, it's those crazy college kids—you have to in order to spend tens of thousands on education only to jump off into the US job market. Well, some of the funnier students of CSULB are throwing a stand-up comedy showcase at Pizza Pi, featuring comedic stars of tomorrow Nathan Andrew Camp (the Laugh Factory, the Comedy Store), Aparna Nancherla (Last...
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