Message: | First, be forewarned that Orange County is the franchised restaurant (i.e. commercial quality) capitol of the country (yes, even worse than Dallas). Secondly, you'll be hard pressed to find an Italian in the kitchen at an Italian restaurant in OC.....best bet is to head north about 10-15 minutes and go to Long Beach where you can go to either Christy's (owned by Sonny Bono's daughter) or to downtown Long Beach and visit Mama Tina's Cucina. Both are excellent, reasonably priced, authentic, and you will get good service and good portions...isn't that what you look for in a restaurant? |