In the early aughts, my high school friend Ben lived in San Francisco, which led to plenty of trips north to explore the Bay Area dining scene. Our days typically involved at least four...
While San Franciscans were setting up shop along the waterfront in anticipation for the night’s elaborate fireworks display over the Bay, my family and I blazed a path across the city, sampling international cuisine...
The one-mile stretch of Pioneer Boulevard between Artesia Boulevard and South Street has by far the widest selection of Indian restaurants, markets and boutiques in Southern California, but until June 2008, it never had...
There are plenty of sweets shops in Little India, the area of northern Orange County brimming with Indian-Americans and businesses designed to meet their needs. Surati Farsan Mart dates to 1986, named for a...
This sleek sign signaled our arrival at Emily and Anjan Mitra’s Mission District Indian restaurant, Dosa, named for the crepe-like semolina delicacy. The contemporary space boasts vivid orange walls. An attractive crowd of young...
In April 2001, Mumbai native Smita Salgaonkar started Neemo’s Exotic Ice Creams in her adopted home, northern Orange County, naming her operation for an amalgam of her daughters’ names. As a way of marketing...