Camarillo. Woodranch is the first local place that came to my mind.

ETA: One of my favorite things about Woodranch is that a friend of mine is a waitress there, and to this day, she ensures that my ex and his family have horrible service when they go there. :evil:

We have this new place in our neighborhood, right next to our Starbucks that is so excellent.....I've wanted to post about it, but how can it be my favorite place....since it's only been here a week?

But it IS. I've been there everyday after school with the girls. I loooove it! They have a roasting facility on site, so the beans are freshly roasted each morning...smells so good. I go to Starbucks in the morning and only order a grande soy latte, no add shots, no venti. Then in the afternoons I get a neighborhood roast black coffee while the kids have milk and cookies. Baker & Spice it's called.....by the way.

:coffee: Good GOD, I love my neighborhood. :coffee: Have I mentioned that lately??? :coffee: We have three yum yum coffee houses in one block.:coffee: Amaaaaaaaaaazing. :coffee: :eek:

Claire's blood type is Latte positive.
:D :coffee:

MBC, my brother in law swears by a BBQ place called Johnny Reb's. I think it is in Fullerton...? Yes for Taco Mesa! We've been eating there since it opened. Yes for Wahoo's! Across the street from the original is another little place called PK Burgers, where you can find all manner of fried goods, for when you are missing the OC Fair. Also in Costa Mesa on Newport Blvd. (next to the condom store) is the Side Street Cafe, only open for breakfast and lunch. That's where we used to eat all the time as college students because it's good and cheap. And, more tacos at Los Primos Cantina, our other college hangout, which is on the corner at 17th and Irvine.

I think I need a taco for lunch tomorrow...

Thanks for the tip, SusieP.! :)

I need more blood in my caffeine stream......

I was thinking she needed a "coffee intervention"!


Claire...we're your friends...we're here to help you...put down the latte slowly.... :D

I LOVE THESE THREADS!

on a more popular forum I visit, one of these threads was well over 30 pages in under 24 hours, so this has POTENTIAL...

anyhow, I completely agree with Taco Mesa, i used to eat there all the time in Mission Viejo, was right up the street from my friends house, so we would eat there after lunch each day.

Also, to add to my list of local places....

The Hat - Lake Forset and Brea - you need to eat to believe
Ted's Place - Aliso Viejo, good local burger joint worth checking out
Giovanni's Pizza in Fullerton - good italian food, grinders, pizza :drool:

There's a pizza joint up the street from my office called Haus of Pizza, on Harbor south of the 405. Excellent pizza, and if you go at lunch time you get to see the creepy black teased haired, pale, peirced Paul Mitchel Skin Institute clones emerge for lunch. Creepy.