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Dennis: Gulliver's is up on MacArthur. Across from the OC airport. Great prime rib. Also in the bar area "nooners. Tumbler of gin or vodka for a
buck at happy hour (12 to 7).
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Fred
Dennis: Gulliver's is up on MacArthur. Across from the OC airport. Great prime rib. Also in the bar area "nooners. Tumbler of gin or vodka for a
buck at happy hour (12 to 7). |
Thanks, Fred. Tumbler of Gin for a buck? WOW....Must be fine stuff.
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I bet the price has gone way up since I have been there. LOL
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Fred
I bet the price has gone way up since I have been there. LOL |
Yeah....I wouldn't doubt it. Can't hardly get a glass of water for a buck.
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Haven't seen The Arches mentioned yet...had some fun times there over the years. Also, another Wayne hangout. Jim
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Arches is out of business. In it's place is A Restaurant.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mulegejim
Haven't seen The Arches mentioned yet...had some fun times there over the years. Also, another Wayne hangout. Jim |
Probably not late into the night since all of the waiters....and the owner....wore shoes that curled up at the toes, like pixies. 
Another great joint in that area, across the highway, the Villa Nova.
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mulegejim
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by mulegejim
Haven't seen The Arches mentioned yet...had some fun times there over the years. Also, another Wayne hangout. Jim |
Probably not late into the night since all of the waiters....and the owner....wore shoes that curled up at the toes, like pixies.
Another great joint in that area, across the highway, the Villa Nova. |
Right on about the Villa Nova......which has just been sold. Not sure about it's current state. Even though I live in San Clemente now don't get to
Newport area much anymore. Boy are we dating ourselves.
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Let's not forget The Chart House, Five Crowns, Villa Marina and the Village Inn on the island.
WOW...no wonder I drank a lot. I only did it to support the business community. 
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I think Gulliver's is long gone.
Villa Nova was still great and had surprisingly good prices for the location when I last went there in around 2008. Waiters were still dressed to a T.
Earlier brain cramp must be admitted here. The mention of Rodman made me realize that Josh Slocum's was the bar he owned, I believe. I never liked
that place much. Oh sure, there were hot, HMO babes in their at night that were fun to oogle, but that's about it.
The place I remember was along Mariner's row and had an outside bar and a few tables on the right side of the place. You came in the front door,
walked maybe 5-10 steps and then went outside to a nice, intimate outside bar. Maybe Billy's at the Beach??? Is it still there??
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Villa Nova in Newport sold for $6 million
3/26 Update: The Winery in Tustin signed a lease with Villa Nova's new owner. The second Winery restaurant is expected to open in the PCH space this
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The Villa Nova restaurant property in Newport Beach was auctioned Thursday; the $6 million winning bid came from Michael Moshayedi, who also owns the
property where Joe's Crab Shack operates. He is expected to lease the restaurant to The Winery.
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You can google Villa Nova for more info. Jim
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Andy Crean. Was he a relative of Johnny Crean, of Fleetwood fame and Crystal Cathedral fame?
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Billy's at the Beach is still there. Chathouse just closed this week, their lease was not renewed.
Went to Five Crown's a couple of months ago, great prime rib and service.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mulegejim
Boy are we dating ourselves. |
Oh sure we are. The nice thing is, we're still around to do that.
The Villa Nova was built and operated by Bill Driver, probably with his brothers money...Driver Eddy Construction Company. They were big.
Six Million sounds like a steal for the water front location.
The name, Crean, shown below, rings a bell, but I can't remember why. Something about Newport real estate business....I think.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by sd
Billy's at the Beach is still there. Chathouse just closed this week, their lease was not renewed.
Went to Five Crown's a couple of months ago, great prime rib and service. |
OK...A Five Crowns story:
My good friend Baer, who eventually had his own joint in West Newport, Baer's Lair, was tending bar one Sunday late afternoon. They were, in fact
just opening for the day, when two men walked in wearing Bermuda shorts.
Baer says to them, "Sorry. You can't come in here in shorts. House rule."
So, one of the men pulls out a big Secret Service ID and flashes Baer with it, and Baer looked him in the eye saying, "I don't care who you are. You
can't come in here in shorts." They quietly walked out.
A couple of hours later, the men returned, dressed properly, and not alone. There were a half dozen others and in the center of them was Pres.
Richard Nixon, who at the time was in residency at the Western White House in San Clemente.
It was a more simple time.
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John Crean Built an Empire Building RV's
Then he took his company public and was ousted In a hostile takeover.
He hosted a goofy cooking show in his garage with a local socialite assistant that was pretty entertaining.
He started another RV manufacturing company somewhere in the Inland Empire, last I heard.
The Arches restaurant was great, especially for late night dining in the old style. Loved the Beef Stroganoff.
Loved the Five Crowns, especially the piano bar, but I didn't like it the night we had a car stolen from valet parking.
The Stuft Shirt (a high school prom destination) was owned and then reinvented as a Mexican restaurant by the guy that went on to build the (now
defunct) Red Onion empire.
Villa Nova - meh. Stuffy and snobby.
Josh Slocum - great harbor view, but bad food and strong drinks before and after Dennis Rodman.
Also, the Cannery, fun place.
Alta Coffee - they tried to take their funky hippy style to Starbucks levels and failed.
[Edited on 6-1-2013 by Gypsy Jan]
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
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\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Gypsy Jan
Villa Nova - meh. Stuffy and snobby. |
That had to be after Driver got rid of it.
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The Stuft Shirt (before my memory) was then Window on the Bay for many years. Stayed vacant for a long time and now a high end bridal shop.
Alta Coffee - still open and busy. Nice outdoor patio, service normally with way too much attitude. Exception of a couple great people.
Cannery, opposite Blue Water Grill has ample guest dock parking, a rarity in this Harbor. Great patio dining and upstairs happy hour 7 days a week.
Dennis, I love the Nixon story!
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Baer was a sometimes visitor to OCIR (Orange County International Raceway), where I got my first job, outside of a paper route. He was a friend of
Bill White or Larry Vaughn, cant remember which and he was a bit of a partyer, as I recall. Probably Vaughn's friend as he seemed like more of a
partyer than White.
Was Baer a big cigar smoker, Dennis? I seem to remember Vaughn and Baer smoking up a storm.
I think White was married into the Irvine Company family before Bren and he lived in Irvine Cove.
I was all of 16 at the time. This was around 1969. Just a side angle to all this.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by sd
The Stuft Shirt (before my memory) was then Window on the Bay for many years. Stayed vacant for a long time and now a high end bridal shop.
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It opened as The Stuft Shirt in the early sixties. It was so POSH, it was mysterious. It had nothing to offer to common rounders and was rarely
mentioned.
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