Harley’s Sunday “Grill” is a Perfect Ode to Summer
In yet another ode to the happy, growing-up years of our childhood, Harley’s Chef Greg Daniels has created a Sunday family style “backyard BBQ” from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. If you’ve been around long enough to remember Three Seventy Common’s...
SoLag’s New AHBA: An Unexpected, Welcome Arrival
After a rare U-turn last Thursday in South Laguna, something strange caught my eye … actual PEOPLE moving around in the former Eva’s Caribbean Cafe. There were tables out front and people were SITTING at them. What the heck was going on? I called the City. Yep,...
A Manhattan Legacy Comes to Life in SoLag’s “The Drake”
When he was a teenager, Alec Glasser spent three summers working at the Drake Hotel in Midtown Manhattan. Because his family didn’t want him traveling back and forth each day to their home in Queens, they negotiated a sweet deal: He was allowed to live at the...
Mediterrania Restaurant Closes
This week in Laguna, our restaurant community suffered another casualty. The new Mediterrania restaurant (also called MG Laguna) closed its doors unexpectedly. Mediterrania Owner Mohamed Mamoun opened his first Mediterranean restaurant in Irvine in 2013 (Mediterrania...