KUDOS March 2020
Our Food and Wine issue features a plethora of good food and drink and the people responsible for creating it. #Russ Bendel and his partners have opened three very successful Orange County restaurants:#VineRestaurant&Bar in San Clemente, #Ironwood in Laguna Hills and #Olea in Newport Beach. We are also featuring two people who are at the top of their game in the wine and spirit worlds. #Ali Coyle at #Fable & Spirit in Newport Beach, and #MichaelRooney of the newly opened #TheHallGlobalEatery and also linked to the beverage programs at #Broadway by #AmarSantana and #Vaca. In addition, we talk about #Eddie V’s Prime #Seafood restaurant. Best place to enjoy oysters in #NewportBeach. If you would like an exciting and varied food experience, try Vancouver, which Condé Nast Traveler rates #12 in its World’s Best Food Cities in the world.
Our Food and Wine issue features a plethora of good food and drink and the people responsible for creating it. #Russ Bendel and his partners have opened three very successful Orange County restaurants:#VineRestaurant&Bar in San Clemente, #Ironwood in Laguna Hills and #Olea in Newport Beach. We are also featuring two people who are at the top of their game in the wine and spirit worlds. #Ali Coyle at #Fable & Spirit in Newport Beach, and #MichaelRooney of the newly opened #TheHallGlobalEatery and also linked to the beverage programs at #Broadway by #AmarSantana and #Vaca. In addition, we talk about #Eddie V’s Prime #Seafood restaurant. Best place to enjoy oysters in #NewportBeach.
If you would like an exciting and varied food experience, try Vancouver, which Condé Nast Traveler rates #12 in its World’s Best Food Cities in the world.
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NEWPORT BEACH | LIVING LOCAL<br />
EDITOR<br />
SPEAKS<br />
MARCH <strong>2020</strong><br />
<strong>KUDOS</strong> Newport Beach<br />
PUBLISHER<br />
Ana Launes | ana.launes@kudosnb.com<br />
EDITOR<br />
Donna Bunce | dbunce@kudosnb.com<br />
ART DIRECTOR<br />
Grace Neary | gneary@kudosnb.com<br />
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS<br />
Helena Danovich • David Duran<br />
Greg Hardesty • Ana Launes<br />
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CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS<br />
Ann Chatillon • Kyle Fierro<br />
Doug Gifford • Happy Photos<br />
David Kawashima • Sarah King<br />
Ana Launes • Robert Rooks • Steve Zyllus<br />
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Food and Drink!<br />
OUR FOOD AND WINE ISSUE IS ALWAYS A FAVORITE.<br />
Since we all need to eat and drink to stay alive, what we<br />
choose to do faces us every day. Some of us are more into it<br />
than others, but, needless to say, those of us who care are<br />
pretty committed. Some of you might say obnoxious, right?<br />
We all have that friend who is so particular about what she or<br />
he orders, it is embarrassing to witness. Regardless, our <strong>March</strong><br />
issue features a plethora of good food and drink and the<br />
people responsible for creating it.<br />
Russ Bendel is at the top of the list as he and his partners<br />
have opened three very successful Orange County restaurants in just seven years - and the<br />
fourth is in the works! If you haven’t been to his restaurants, you might make a reservation -<br />
Vine Restaurant & Bar in San Clemente, Ironwood in Laguna Hills and Olea in Newport<br />
Beach.<br />
Bendel grew up in the restaurant world with both parents in the mix, and when his father<br />
was offered the COO job for El Torito on the West Coast and the family moved to Mission<br />
Viejo, he saw restaurants being built from the ground up. In his teenage years, he worked as<br />
a dishwasher and bus boy before going on to earn his Bachelor of Science degree with an<br />
emphasis on Restaurant and Business Management from The Collins College at Cal Poly<br />
Pomona. After working as manager and later partner at Fleming’s in Newport Beach, Bendel<br />
struck out on his own, and the rest, as they say, is history. The next chapter awaits!<br />
We are also featuring two people who are at the top of their game in the wine and spirit<br />
worlds. Ali Coyle, director of wines and an advanced Level Three Sommelier at Fable & Spirit<br />
in Newport Beach, features a wine collection of more than 300 bottles, with 40 by the glass,<br />
and a generous range from well-respected cult wines to harder-to-find California boutique<br />
wineries. She was warned about patrons preferring more mainstream names but chose not<br />
to conform and hasn’t had a complaint yet!<br />
Beverage Director Michael Rooney of the newly-opened The Hall Global Eatery and also<br />
linked to the beverage programs at Broadway by Amar Santana and Vaca had the<br />
gargantuan task of creating a cocktail menu at the Hall for everything from Mediterranean<br />
food to Asian cuisine. The result was cocktails with a bit of a more refined flavor to cocktails<br />
with a punch. Rooney’s choice of wines from Sicily, Greece, northern Africa, and more, were<br />
also influenced by the foods.<br />
If you would like an exciting and varied food experience, try Vancouver, which Condé<br />
Nast Traveler rates #12 in its World’s Best Food Cities and is named among the Top 10 dining<br />
cities by Food and Wine magazine.<br />
In closing, enjoy your food and drink experiences, however you choose to do so!<br />
Until next time!<br />
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