Dear Reader, I know you don’t want to hear this, but Thanksgiving is less than 100 days away. It falls late this year, too, which can cause even greater stress for corporate event planners and family heads-of-state who want to secure a great holiday dining or...
It’s been one month since the newest rendition of The Royal Hawaiian Fire Grill opened with Chef Owner/Operators Maro Molteni and Martin Molteni. “My brother and I have opened many restaurants around the world, but we’ve never experienced an opening...
Chef Mariano (“Maro”) Molteni still remembers the November day when Mo Honarkar suggested that Maro take over the Royal Hawaiian space as the new restaurant owner/operator. “All the hair stood up on my head,” he says with his wide grin. “The Royal Hawaiian … now,...
As a dining reviewer here in Laguna, there’s nothing more exciting than new Laguna Beach restaurants opening in town. Given that it’s the most frequently asked question of me wherever I go in town, it’s clearly an exciting topic to Laguna locals, too. We all had high...
[singlepic id=6 w=320 h=240 mode=watermark float=right]Quite by coincidence, I headed into the famed Laguna Beach Kya Restaurant tonight for a rare sit at the bar for a small plates dinner (Truthfully, I was craving K’ya’s unmatchable Cassoulet soup.)...