Restaurants

A simple list of Orange County 2024 Thanksgiving dinner restaurant buffets, dine-in, and Thanksgiving meals to go or takeout!

Thanks to Miguel’s Jr Homestyle Mexican Restaurants for hosting our picnic dinner and providing us with a few other Miguel’s Jr goodies. I’m a longstanding customer of Miguel’s California Mexican …

Mendocino Farms hosted my family to try out their University Center Irvine location around the holidays. I always like to support local businesses and restaurants, so it was a pleasure to …

Fresh Brothers Pizza is an easy meal choice for pairing with park picnics in Orange County (OC). Fresh Brothers co-founders, Adam & Debbie, hosted my daughter and me at the opening of their Laguna …

Surfers as well as grab-and-go sunbathers have made Sessions West Coast Deli a locals’ favorite, with the restaurant’s unique combinations of flavors, highest quality meats on the market, farm-fresh produce and preservative-free bread …

Cafe at Shields Date Garden in Indio was a refreshing spot for our family to grab a bite in the desert. Maybe it’s because it was a temperate winter day …

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 …

It says so right on the menu: “Sit, Stay & Play.” Play? At a restaurant? Everything about The Lazy Dog Cafe is playful from the red fire hydrant you see …

I have a love/hate relationship with Play-Doh.  All the mixing, molding, shaping and tasting (oops, that’s just my 2 year old) inspires creative play.  How can you not love a …