This is the bar for the no-bar folks. Does the image of the classic watering hole with boozy customers slumped over their brewskis and a menu that runs from beer nuts to […]
Louie’s, Louie’s: maybe you gotta go
Burgerim moves into fast-food elite
By Jim and Marilyn Tortolano There was a time – in the days when dinosaurs roamed the Earth – that you only had two fast food choices for hamburgers. There were the […]
A cozy breakfast time with Aunt Yese
By Jim and Marilyn Tortolano On the inside of the front wall of Aunt Yese’s Home Cooking in Garden Grove is the motto “Friendship.” That, in a word, sums up much of […]
French cafe lifestyle in Garden Grove
By Jim and Marilyn Tortolano If you’re not so flush with Bitcoins that you can’t jet across the pond daily for a taste of the French café lifestyle, there are a couple […]
Big food at the Board & Brew in HB
By Jim and Marilyn Tortolano Like hamburgers before it, the submarine sandwich has conquered a central spot in the fast food landscape. And like the burgers before it, the less expensive and […]
Paying full-price for paradise burgers
By Jim and Marilyn Tortolano A coach’s saying ran like this: “Anything is ours if we are willing to pay the price.” Do you want one of the tastiest hamburgers anywhere to […]
Good neighborhood ambience at Dino’s
By Jim and Marilyn Tortolano Sometimes you just want to go to someplace comfortable with neighbors and friends and enjoy a nice, casual meal. Every town has a few of those places, […]
Watson’s is nostalgia and great food
By Jim and Marilyn Tortolano If you’re looking for the kind of entertaining dining experience that can appeal to just about all ages and conditions, sometimes you’ve got to go back to […]
Chowlines: Steel-ing the hearts of foodies
By Jim and Marilyn Tortolano To paraphrase the famous reformer and quote-maker Lincoln Steffens, we have seen the future and it not only works, it rocks. No, we’re not talking about the […]
An “American” contender for top burger
By Jim and Marilyn Tortolano When another news outlet in Orange County proclaimed that a Huntington Beach restaurant had the second-best burgers in the OC, and the best fries, that caught our […]
