Ocean Star

Last May my colleague Lucas Kwan Peterson wrote a column about a string of 1980s-era Cantonese restaurants that had recently closed in the San Gabriel Valley. The closures included three Monterey Park behemoths — Ocean Star Restaurant, Empress

restaurants in Richmond, British Columbia. Seafood Harbour leans to oceanic luxuries; Chef Tony takes a more casual, lighthearted and often Westernized approach to the cuisine, particularly dim sum. (He doesn’t shy from the word “fusion.”) Har gaw comes in

before service for multiple caramelly edges. It’s an intricately spiced arrangement with bursts of lemon grass, makrut lime, star anise, ginger and toasted coconut. The meat is bundled into a blue corn Masienda tortilla and garnished with a spoonful of

myself on the island’s warm sand, I’ll daydream about the ocean breeze and the bioluminescent waters while I eat my tacos at the mercado, alongside a group of grumbling DMV employees at the next table. Restaurants featured in this article Birrieria San

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Melbourne, and Blake Varga of Sunshine Coast. More information on the show here. Lisa Vanderpump, and her dog, Puffy, pose inside Vanderpump a Paris at Paris Las Vegas. The venue is now open. (Palm + Ocean) Vanderpump à Paris Opens at Paris Las Vegas Lisa

Hong Kong-style competitors Harbour Village and Ocean Star. The answer to the question, “Do I have to drive to the San Gabriel Valley?” was: “Not necessarily.” Of course, some people always claimed Empress Pavilion was going downhill — demography is

revivifying areas of downtown. And if you want to expand your banquet business — the new owners also control Ocean Seafood down the street — it’s easier to move into an already existing 600-seat restaurant than to build one from scratch. When you nose up the

spread out from one another. You can almost hear the ocean waves as you down your margaritas and entire sheet pans of nachos. The restaurant’s health procedures have earned it the new GTHR SAFE certification, indicating they’re upholding standards set by

provide info for contact tracing, just in case it comes up. 205 Ocean Front Walk, Venice. Alcove Cafe & Big BarThe most popular patio restaurant in Los Feliz (maybe the world?) has spaced out its tables and welcomed back eager guests. Enjoy casual fare

night, neatly assembling tostadas of big-eye tuna with a spoonful of yuzu-habanero sorbet and crunchy curls of shaved celery. A gleaming ice-packed display case touts the day’s oceanic prizes: razor clams from Oregon, sea urchin from Santa Barbara, or

ceviche is practically a birthright, Olivas’s garnished creations—a charred salsa here, a swipe of avocado mousse there—add intrigue without overshadowing the starring seafood. Add a glass of natural wine (try the puckery orange wine from Austria) and a

East Hollywood really needed a Cape Cod-esque seafood joint, especially one serving simple but creative riffs on oceanic classics from chef Ari Kolender, 36, and hospitality vets Holly Fox, 30, and Adam Weisblatt, 36. That includes a scallop tostada

restaurant with multiple patios and seating for 100-plus might not initially conjure food-world cred—that’s why he gave his restaurant a name that literally demands attention. It deserves it. Gil, a 44-year-old Baja native who nabbed a Michelin star as chef

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are connected to the ocean, so seafood is a perfect culinary fit,” Kelly guides. Sitting by the sea–or simply eating the fruits of it–should go over swimmingly. Fishing with Dynamite, 1148 Manhattan Ave., Manhattan BeachThe Cliffdiver, 21337 Pacific

Cove Promenade, Javier’s conveys the breezy elegance and laid-back luxury of a five-star Mexican resort. Lunch is relaxing while dinner is a scene. The tequila selection is encyclopedic, and the margaritas always strong. You can’t go wrong with any of

-1693, chadathaigg.com Fish cakes with red chili paste at Chada Thai in Garden Grove. (Photo by Brad A. Johnson, Orange County Register/SCNG) 51. Ocean at Main (New for 2019) Chef Craig Strong left his longtime post at the ultra-posh Studio at the

organically farmed grapes from San Luis Obispo, the couple ferments and ages two wines separately and blends them just before bottling, producing a juicy-tart chillable red that tastes like sipping Ocean Spray Cran-Raspberry while cruising on a longboard and

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