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Vietnamese Food Orange County

Ha Noi Avenue Crab Rolls [CLOSED]

“You’re so square. Baby, I don’t care.” Elvis Presley famously sang about an un-cool girlfriend he couldn’t ignore, and even though they don’t comfort to roll stereotypes, I’d still highly recommend the square Nem...
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Agua Fresca Orange County

Taco Maria Plum Hibiscus Agua Fresca [CLOSED]

Carlos Salgado defies agua fresca conventions at Taco Maria in Costa Mesa’s OC Mart Mix. For the first time, it’s now possible to experience his progressive Mexican cooking apart from a food truck setting....
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Craft Beer Orange County

Interview: Tyler King, The Bruery Senior Director of Brewing Operations

Tyler King started brewing professionally at age 18 at BJ’s Restaurant and Brewhouse in West Covina. He later joined Patrick Rue, a fellow member of the Brewcommune homebrew club, in opening The Bruery. King...
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Craft Beer Orange County

Interview: beer pro Evan Price (Noble Ale Works)

On a recent Thursday night, Mohawk Bend hosted a Noble Ale Works mini-tap takeover. After sampling Gosebusters, a tea infused American version of the German Gose, and the Nepenthia Belgian Amber, I asked a...
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Coffee Orange County

Interview: Jeff Duggan (Portola Coffee Lab + THEOREM)

In Orange County, Jeff Duggan has become synonymous with specialty coffee. The trained chemist and tech world veteran started roasting beans at home in 2000, experimented with commercial roasting at Irvine’s Layer Cake Bakery...
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Tea Orange County

Interview: Jeff Duggan (Seventh Tea Bar)

In Orange County, Jeff Duggan has become synonymous with specialty coffee. The trained chemist started roasting beans at home in 2000, experimented with commercial roasting at Irvine’s Layer Cake Bakery and launched Portola Coffee...
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