Last week’s beer Homework assignment was to check out the new Dankness Dojo from Modern Times Beer that opened in Downtown Los Angeles. Well, I walked the walk and visited for myself. Twice. You...
I’ve heard that a neighborhood’s tipping point can be traced to specialty coffee. If that’s true, downtown Santa Ana is well on its way. The main drag now has a Portola Coffee outpost at...
Downtown Santa Ana is suddenly a hotbed for modern Filipino food. Former Leatherby’s chef Ross Pangilinan runs Mix Mix Kitchen Bar, and Irenia is now thriving in the former home to The North Left...
At Potzol den Cano in Santa Ana, Hugo Omar Cano and his family proudly serve pozole daily, drawing on pre-Hispanic culinary traditions. The three-year-old restaurant resides in a strip mall and builds on Potzol...
At The North Left in resurgent Santa Ana, chef Aron Habiger, who previously helmed The Crosby in the same location, joined forces with chef-owner Ryan Adams (Three Seventy Common) on an even more ambitious...