The Orange County Register published it’s 19th Annual Best of Orange County today. However, in a world of chain restaurants and shopping outlets, the results were very disappointing, as the popular vote favored places like Taco Bell! Seriously…who votes for Taco Bell to be one of Orange County’s Best Tacos or Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour as the Best Restaurant in Orange County? Yes, I love Farrell’s! I worked there back in high-school. And I get why it wins for Best Ice Cream, but come on readers Best Restaurant? Certainly, we can do better than that! So, here’s my own list of the Best of Orange County, based on some of categories in today’s newspaper…
Best Bowling Alley: 300 Anaheim
Best Family Attraction: Disneyland Resort
Best Grocery Store: Trader Joe’s
Best Organic Food Selection: Sprouts
Best Beach: Crystal Cove State Park
Best BBQ: Beachwood BBQ
Best Breakfast: Crema Cafe
Best Fast Food: In-N-Out Burger
Best Chinese: Fortune Cookie
Best Cupcake: Sprinkles
Best Ice Cream: Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour
Best Frozen Yogurt: Yogurtland
Best Hot Dog: Portillo’s
Best Mexican: El Torito Grill
Best Steakhouse: Park Ave
Best Italian: il Garage
Best Seafood: Original Fish Company
So what are some of your Orange County favorites?
