Bottle Juice

As Jeff D'Arcy simmers fresh-made marinara sauce on his stove in Laguna Beach, he's transported back to his days with his large Sicilian family. Uncle Eddy, a charming and gregarious bachelor, took his lasagna very seriously. D'Arcy entered a recipe...

• Topics: Jeff

The Wine Gallery is a charming new wine bar in Laguna Beach. It's a petite offshoot of a great wine shop of the same name in Corona del Mar. They don't actually operate a retail wine boutique here, as they do at the original. But they have something...

• Topics: Corona,  Wine Gallery, del
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The Montage Laguna Beach hotel in California offers wine tastings of a lifetime.

• Topics: Montage, California, Park
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Good Morning Gentle Readers,

One sultry Friday night of my vagrant yoot, I was off to Laguna Beach with this dark-haired, dark-eyed Italian chick I fondly referred to as Marblehead. But, the tainted CoCo's bacon cheeseburger I indulged earlier devolved into food poisoning, putting a sour face on a beautiful evening. Vickie figured she was brushed off, and it was downhill from there. Didn't help that she and I were both trying to ditch bad relationships nor that my buddy, …

• Topics: TWC, Vickie, Tillamook, Coco, Bacon

It's dark and foggy the first time I visit Broadway in downtown Laguna Beach. The restaurant's vertical neon sign cuts through murky haze, letting me know I'm in the right place. A small crowd is huddled on the sidewalk beneath the blue neon glow. My...

• Topics: Broadway
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At Neapolitan Pizzeria & Birreria in Laguna Beach, the pies emerge from the wood-fired oven heavily charred and blistered around the edges, ash still smoking. The dough is so thin and pillowy soft, no amount of folding or clever maneuvering will...

• Topics: Pizza, Neapolitan, Birreria
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It looks like Teemu Selanne is spending the NHL lockout thinking about steak. The Anaheim Ducks hockey player is opening a restaurant in Laguna Beach, according to the owners of French 75. The operators of the last remaining French 75 said they...

• Topics: French 75, Anaheim, Ducks, NHL
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As a dishwasher at Tortilla Flats in Laguna Beach, Javier Sosa dreamed big. But not even Sosa could have imagined that he would one day operate restaurants bearing his name in some of the most popular tourist destinations in the West. "When we opened...

• Topics: Flats, Tortilla

Coffeehouses are known for, well, coffee, but in this case, Laguna Beach's Koffee Klatch can add lunch to its appeal. Located on South Coast Highway, the unassuming shop is just steps away from the Pacific. That makes it a convenient stop to grab a...

It's not cheap to eat in paradise, but sometimes it's worth dropping a few extra bucks on ambiance. Laguna Beach's Madison Square & Garden Cafe is a retreat for all who seek to eat gourmet cuisine outdoors. Step onto the rose-lined walkways and...

• Topics: Madison Square
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