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My Opinion: Address 2 Issues to Help Our Laguna Beach Restaurants
As most of you know, TheBestofLagunabeach.com® blog has been primarily devoted to my writing about Laguna beach restaurateurs and chefs since 2006. They don't pay me to do it. I simply find restaurateurs and chefs to be some of the most admirable, passionate people on...
Chef Craig Strong Closing Ocean at Main on Feb. 5th
One of the most talented chefs we’ve yet seen in Laguna Beach is calling it quits. Award-winning Chef Craig Strong of Ocean at Main at 222 Ocean Avenue has announced he’s closing on February 5th. The shuttered doors come just 16 months after his grand opening in...
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Popular Jazz Festival Tickets Now on Sale
Each year in March, our neighboring Ocean Institute in the Dana Point Harbor puts on a fabulous 2-day Jazz Festival. It’s the non-profit organization’s largest fundraiser of the year with proceeds benefitting OI’s Adopt-A-Class program, which bring underserved...
Sapphire’s Adam Bernstein Moving His Mix to Newport
Just when I was getting into the holiday spirit, a Grinch has slithered his way into my happy holiday mindset. Sapphire’s famed Adam Bernstein is leaving our Laguna ‘hood and heading north to Newport Beach. This coming Saturday, Dec. 23rd is his last official day at...
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Best margaritas in Laguna Beach
Here’s my plan for the Best Margarita of Laguna Beach list. As were heading into the Fourth of July weekend, I figure there’s no better time than to ask you to do some sampling of your own and report back to me. TOGETHER, we’ll compile the Best Margaritas of Laguna Beach list. I’ll start you here with two of my favorites, and we’ll take it from there, OK?
Three top recommends for a visitor to Laguna Beach
Tonight, I headed to Laguna Beach’s Ky’a Restaurant for a quick couple of small plates. As you’ve probably gathered from my previous posts, in my opinion, this is one restaurant in town that can do no wrong.
As I sidled up to the only bar seat available, I found myself sitting next to an Aussie from a favorite town of mine there in Aussie. Some wise soul had suggested he try the …
Montage Laguna Beach: Restaurants include Studio, Loft & Mosaic
Editor's Note: As you may know already, I chose to be a "secret guest" at the Montage Laguna Beach recently to report back to my faithful LagunaBeachBest.com readers. See related articles at the bottom of this article. THIS one is all about the FOOD. [singlepic...
Another Pizza Best in Laguna Beach, Pizza Lounge
Although Pizza Lounge serves up hearty, grab-and-go slices from about 8 different daily pizza selections, these slices are the farthest thing from fast-food pizza imaginable. For starters, the Pizza Lounge’s two best sellers by the slice are not pepperoni … nope, they’re the Artichoke-Pesto-Chicken slice (my friend, Rhonda, scooped this one up) and the Chicken-Goat Cheese-Olive slice. You CAN ask for a simple pepperoni slice, but most patrons prefer to try …
Rooftop in Laguna Beach Best Happy Hour Bar
I’m off to Happy Hour with friends at Laguna Beach’s BEST happy hour watering hole in town – The Rooftop. The Rooftop sits on top of the Casa del Camino hotel at PCH and Cress. Owned by the same guys who own the great K’ya down below, the Rooftop serves up the same great food, but in a smaller menu that
Laguna Beach’s Top 12 Soups!
A couple months ago, I set out to find the best soups in Laguna Beach restaurants. A daunting task, but someone’s got to help your through this wet, indoors-only winter we’re having. For my self-assigned assignment, I’ve hit 21 restaurants and have tried more than 35 soups. I cannot lay claim to trying every single soup offering in town (especially keeping up with all those daily soup specials, too), but I think I’ve earned the right to say a thing or two about soup in Laguna Beach . . .
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Most Unique Summer Camp: Camp Pinniped
What a great way to witness a marine mammal hospital in action! Each day, a class of 24 excited kids is provided boots and slickers for their most unique summer camp experience at California’s busiest marine mammal hospital. Friendly staffers and lively...
Best Skimboarding Camp for Kids: Paulo Prietto
Having followed and photographed the professional skimboarders for many years now, I have to say that the top guys in this sport are incredibly nice guys. Paulo Prietto, though, is in a class all his own. A professional skimboarder, Paulo has not only won three world...
Best Live Jazz in Laguna Beach
Last weekend, I was having a late lunch at the bar at Carmelita's when I struck up a conversation with a very nice couple from Thousand Oaks. When I tell people that I do this LagunaBeachBest.com column, I'm prepared to be peppered with questions on where and what the...
“The Vic” Proves Tumultuous Waves & UST Upsets
Despite a wild and wacky weekend of waves and weather, Exile Skimboard Pro Blair Conklin, took his first championship crown at “The Vic,” this weekend. Conklin, a recent Laguna Beach high school grad, survived seven heats, finally besting longtime frontrunner...
Laguna Beach 4th of July Fireworks Show is On!
Every year, we wait with bated breath, wondering if the City is going to follow through on a Laguna Beach 4th of July fireworks show. This happens every year, of course, because rumors always fly that the event will be cancelled (a terribly Grinchy thing to do in...
Pageant of Masters Devotes New Season to Legendary Filmmakers
Try to get any Laguna Beach resident to explain what the world-famous Laguna Beach Pageant of the Masters is, and you will probably find them fumbling for words. I still remember the first time I asked about it … I had recently moved to Laguna, and was in a cab on the...
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