Family Restaurants with No TVs

Where can a family go to eat and not be bombarded by the news or distracting screens pulling us away from a nice family dinner?

Initially, I could only come up with 2 ideas: Ruby’s Diner and Islands (but Islands doesn’t really count because there are screens – but at least it’s not the news).  So I asked the question on the Facebook. Here’s what you said, plus a few more I thought up!

Family Restaurants in South OC

• Fresh Brother’s Pizza (Laguna Niguel)
• Skimmers Panini Grill (Mission Viejo)

Family Restaurants in Central OC

• The Crab Cooker (Tustin and Newport Beach)
• Rutabegorz (Fullerton, Orange, and Tustin)
• Greenleaf Gourmet Chop Shop (Costa Mesa)
• Pieology (Irvine Spectrum and Westminster)
• Tender Greens (Irvine Spectrum and UC Irvine)
• Joe’s Crab Shack (Garden Grove – playground outside!)
• Old Spaghetti Factory (Newport Beach and Fullerton)
• Stonefire Grill (Brea, Irvine, and Fountain Valley)
• IKEA Food (Costa Mesa)

Family Restaurants in North OC

• Green Tomato Grill (Brea, Orange, and Huntington Beach)
• Blue Agave Southwestern Grill (Yorba Linda)

Multiple locations

• Moulin Bistro (Newport Beach, Costa Mesa, Laguna Beach, Dana Point, San Clemente)
• Cafe Rio (Costa Mesa, Lake Forest, Tustin, Irvine, Aliso Viejo, San Clemente, Huntington Beach)
• Outdoors at Food Courts (think Irvine Spectrum, The District at Tustin Legacy, The Marketplace in Irvine/Tustin, and Foothill Ranch Towne Center, Rodeo39 Food Hall, Mess Hall Market Tustin)

Chains

• Raising Cane’s
• Ruby’s Diner
• The Habit Burger Grill
• Farmer Boys
• Chipotle Mexican Grill
• Corner Bakery
• Pei Wei (Tustin)
• Veggie Grill
• Native Foods Cafe (Costa Mesa)

Worth a Mention

• Islands – TVs with extreme sports only and no commercials
• California Pizza Kitchen – TVs at the counter

If you think of any more, please email me at play@funorangecountyparks.com!