Hot off the success of Knife, his award-winning restaurant in Dallas, Top Chef veteran and culinary wonder John Tesar decided to make his way westward for his next culinary venture. When he wound up in Laguna Beach, planning the launch of Outer Reef, a surf and turf restaurant he’s opening ... More

After more than two decades of helming the kitchens of high-end dining establishments, most recently the Studio at Montage Laguna Beach, acclaimed chef Craig Strong branched out to open his very own restaurant, Ocean at Main, which feels like a love letter of sorts dedicated to the ... More

Lindsay Parton has imported her vision of L.A. style from the Alchemy Works boutique and gallery in the downtown Arts District to the newly revamped Lido Marina Village in Newport Beach. The pedestrian-friendly collection of 1940s seaside bungalows turned into a shopping center in 1970, but has been recently revamped ... More

Red O 143 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach redorestaurant.com Award-winning Chicago chef Rick Bayless will debut a Fashion Island outpost of his popular Los Angeles restaurant that fuses traditional Mexican dishes with a Californian twist. West Coast interior designer Martyn Lawrence Bullard looked to the ... More