Mo Mi Mei means … absolutely nothing in Chinese. It’s a term of endearment that Sumter Pendergrast’s father-in-law uses with his wife, Chi-Lin. When Pendergrast was looking to help open a new Chinese ...

For many owners, a single slow quarter or a lease renewal hike proved the difference between survival and shuttering.

Three Costa Mesa restaurants—Knife Pleat, Taco Maria and Hana re—have retained their one-Michelin-star status for this year. Knife Pleat, located on the third floor of South Coast Plaza, offers a ...

Newport Beach-based Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. (NYSE: CMG) bowed its first Southern California restaurant with a “Chipotlane,” tapping Costa Mesa for the location. The new restaurant, on Bristol ...

Spanish guitars, swirling skirts, castanets and paella. If you’re a fan of Spanish food or you love the music of the Gipsy Kings you need to know about Cafe Sevilla. The popular flamenco dinner ...

Coming off the high of season 18, arguably one of the best in the franchise’s history, the latest season of “Real Housewives of Orange County,” which just wrapped its finale, failed to reach that ...

To support local restaurants and personal care services, businesses hardest hit by the pandemic and stay-at-home orders, Costa Mesa is starting a small business bridge grant program that aims to help ...