by Diane | Jul 2, 2020 | Best Restaurants
On Wednesday this week, Governor Newsom announced that dine-in options would close in 19 counties, including Orange County, for the next three weeks. Outdoor dining and take-out can still continue. Minutes after the announcement, Laguna Beach restaurateurs and chefs...
by Diane | Jun 30, 2020 | Best Restaurants
Typically on the 4th of July in Laguna Beach, many of our dine-in restaurants close. Our 4th of July crowds tend to flock to Heisler Park and Main Beach, hunkering down for the day and rarely even sending one designated “food buyer” out of the fray to pick...
by Diane | Jun 26, 2020 | Best Restaurants
Fourteen years ago, I decided I’d make a hobby out of covering all the “best of Laguna Beach.” Initially, it was just a few lonely blogs that – just as the movie Julie & Julie reported – seemed to only attract my Mom’s attention and...
by Diane | Jun 19, 2020 | Uncategorized
From StuNewsLaguna.com, Fri, June 19th: Governor Gavin Newsom and state health officials issued a statewide mandate yesterday that requires all Californians to wear face coverings in high-risk settings, including common and public indoor spaces and outdoors when...
by Diane | Jun 19, 2020 | Best Restaurants, Uncategorized
On Wednesday afternoon, a new patio restaurant was born in the heart of downtown. Aptly named Yard Bar, this patio is more of a little brother to the Lumberyard restaurant on Forest. A concept dreamed up by the ever-innovative Restaurateurs Cary and Suzanne Redfearn,...
by Diane | Jun 18, 2020 | Best Activities
Clearly, the above photo will NOT be happening at the Sawdust Art Festival this year. But they DO have a different solution! While the Festival of Arts, Pageant of the Masters and Art-A-Fair all cancelled their summer seasons this year, the Sawdust leadership worked...
by Diane | Jun 12, 2020 | Best Restaurants
Nothing gives me greater pleasure than seeing a talented restaurateur choose Laguna Beach. In Sapphire, Cellar. Craft. Cook’s case, Restaurateur Russ Bendel has stacked the deck with additional talent that plays at a very big culinary level. For daily...
by Diane | Jun 9, 2020 | Best Restaurants
After 15 years of creating renowned success as the Corporate Chef of Casa Del Camino’s K’ya Bistro and The Rooftop, Chef Craig Connole has moved four blocks south to Ristorante Rumari. “I was planning to leave Casa at the end of March and take off...
by Diane | Jun 4, 2020 | Best Restaurants
It’s been nearly three months since Chef Greg Daniels temporarily closed his doors at his popular Harley Laguna Beach restaurant. Today (Fri, June 5th), he re-opens for take-out with family meal options that will certainly brighten any backyard or beachy picnic....
by Diane | Jun 1, 2020 | Best Restaurants
After receiving news on Saturday, May 23rd that they could begin the re-opening process, several Laguna Beach restaurants immediately hopped into motion. By Memorial Weekend’s end, at least 12 restaurants were either offering patio seating or the full dine-in...
by Diane | May 29, 2020 | Best Restaurants
After temporarily shuttering on March 223nd, Papa’s Tacos Owner Michael Skerly figured he might be able to quietly merge back into business eight weeks later … on Saturday of Memorial Weekend. Instead, he and his crew were zambonied. “It was three days in...
by Diane | May 28, 2020 | Best Restaurants
Laguna Beach restaurants are beginning to open for dine-in and/or patio dining. This is a list of those who have opened to date. Watch for dates of more openings this week here in this blog and in my Instagram and Facebook platforms. Please share the news! This is...
