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Grab ‘N Go at Lemonade

By Greer Wylder

August 29, 2013

Lemonade just arrived at Fashion Island in Newport Beach. If you’re not already familiar with the popular Los Angeles-based eatery, it’s where you can order quick and healthy contemporary California cuisine in a hip cafeteria setting. Just grab a tray and then choose from twenty salads, slow-cooked braises, artisan sandwiches, freshly made soups, delicious desserts and a variety of lemonade flavors. There is also the first wood-burning oven for a Lemonade (11 SoCal locations) for roasting vegetables and flatbreads and a rotisserie for whole roast rib eye, leg of lamb and chicken. Executive Chef and Owner, Alan Jackson oversees every menu…

Get Out and Vote for Dine-Out

By Greer Wylder

August 26, 2013

Leading up to the Golden Foodie Awards on Sept. 29, we have the Golden Dine Out presenting different categories of restaurants and cuisine for each week of voting in August. Now’s a great time to dine out and then vote for your favorite local chef driven and indie restaurants. Select restaurants throughout Orange County will provide exclusive dining menus customized for the Golden Dine Out which can be found on the Golden Foodie Awards Facebook Page. Week 4: August 25 – 31 Best Sushi Best Tacos Most DELICIOUS Dessert Best Happy Hour Best OC Food Writer

Dizzy for Neapolitan Pizza

By Greer Wylder

August 20, 2013

If you haven’t yet discovered the first West Coast Spin! Neapolitan Pizza that opened earlier this summer in Orange, at the Stadium Promenade, near Honda Center and Angels Stadium, you need to go taste their hand-spun, stone-fired, traditional thin-and-bubbly crust, rustic whole wheat crust, and gluten-free pizzas. Each day, SPIN! roasts mushrooms, caramelized onions, artichokes, and even capers, pecans, pineapples, pine nuts, and pancetta its stone hearth ovens. You can choose between traditional Pizza Rossa (red pizzas with crushed Roma tomato sauce) and Pizza Bianca (white pizzas with roasted olive oil glaze), and a variety of hand-grated cheeses. There are also…

Sababa Tastes Awesome!

By Greer Wylder

August 14, 2013

Craving a taste of the Mediterranean that’s super healthy and innovative? You must try Sababa (meaning awesome in Hebrew) in Long Beach celebrating its third year anniversary tonight. Unless you know where it is, you’ll never find this lounge style restaurant. (It’s hidden in the Market Place center, behind Claim Jumper on the Pacific Coast Highway.) With the benefit of consulting celebrity Chef Eric Greenspan, Sababa is a casual dining treasure where you can feast on high quality appetizers, entrees and deserts that are both affordable and delicious. Owner Sagi Rochman is passionate about the flavors, Israeli influenced dishes, and…

Dishcrawl Giveaway at Old Towne Orange

By Greer Wylder

August 11, 2013

Dischrawl, the concept that gives foodies a chance to dine at four restaurants in one night, is hosting its first culinary adventure in the Circle of Orange at Old Towne Orange on Wednesday from 7 to 9:30 p.m. You can experience delectable dishes that define the Circle of Orange. We are giving away a pair of tickets to Wednesday’s dinner. To enter just like our Facebook page, or subscribe to Greer’s OC and enter code Dishcrawl. We'll announce the winner Tuesday. Participating restaurants are kept a secret until 48 hours before the event at which time the first location is…