Ocean At Main Dungeness Crab Cavatelli [CLOSED]
Craig Strong is the latest chef to downsize from fine dining. Don’t get me wrong. The longtime chef of STUDIO at Montage Laguna Beach has hardly turned his back on premium ingredients or flair,...
Driftwood Kitchen Swordfish
Beachfront restaurants rely on the setting way too often, knowing that customers will still visit for the valuable view, food be damned. Thankfully, chef Rainer Schwarz and business partner John Nye aren’t so complacent...
Studio Ibérico Pork
Stu-stu-Studio. I’m not sure whether Phil Collins has ever eaten at Studio, the luxurious seasonal restaurant at Montage Laguna Beach, but as he says in the song “Sussudio,” “I’ve got to get closer but...
Three Seventy Common Foie Gras [CLOSED]
At Three Seventy Common, a corner restaurant in Laguna Beach with skylights, mezzanine with curved copper railing, and an open kitchen with a wood grill that gorges on grapevine clippings and cherry wood, chef-owner...
Interview: chef Craig Strong (Studio at Montage Laguna Beach)
At Taste of the Nation Laguna Beach on June 3 at the Montage, we met Craig Strong, executive chef of the on-site Studio restaurant, which draws from resident gardens and celebrates the seasons. During...
Taste of the Nation Laguna Beach 2012
I’ve been on the Taste of the Nation Los Angeles committee since last year in an effort to help non-profit Share Our Strength achieve their goal of ending childhood hunger. Leading up to the...
