Family restaurants of Warriors

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In-Depth
December 6, 2012
Burgers and
Family restaurants
What do your parents do for a living? For some
students, their families work serving delicious food to
the Irvine population.
by Naomi Menezes and Kristyanne Crosby
News and Opinion Editors
Black Market Bakery
Sage Klemek (senior) and Levi Klemek (sophomore)
17941 Sky Park Circle
Irvine, Calif.
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Photo by Naomi Menezes
PORTOLA COFFEE LAB serves delicious coffee with decadent designs and vegetarian breakfast burritos.
Just remember to clear your plates when you’re done; they don’t clear tables like other places.
Where to get your
caffeine fix
Skip Starbucks for a day
and try one of these classy
coffee cafes. They may be
somewhat pricier, but the
caffeine comes with an extra
kick of delicious.
by Naomi Menezes
News Editor
Portola Coffee Lab
The lab-themed environment of Portola Coffee Lab is indicative of the coffees shop’s
unique brewing methods. The baristas prepare some of their signature coffees for hours;
a notable item on the menu is the Kyoto Iced
Coffee, which they brew overnight for 12
hours. Portola also expanded its selection to
a new tea bar, Seventh Tea Bar, opening later
this month, and a brew bar, Theorem, currently open in the same plaza. Portola Coffee Lab
gets its pastries from Cake Monkey, located in
Los Angeles. The shop also serves a full range
of breakfast and lunch items.
Cafecito Organico
Nestled down the street from South Coast
Plaza in The Lab, Cafecito Organico is a new
coffee shop in Orange County with a focus
on sustainability and high quality coffee. The
shop has its roots in L.A., with its main shop
in Silverlake. They have signature drinks like
the Cafecito (whole milk infused with cane
sugar and coffee) and the chilled version of
the Cafecito, the Global Warming. The location at Costa Mesa offers monthly coffee
brewing workshops for its customers to master the art of coffee making at home. The coffee shop also serves pastries from the Black
Market Bakery.
Kean Coffee
Kean Coffee is a family owned coffee shop
located in Tustin and Newport Beach. The
shop offers a roomy, inviting location for
customers to spend a morning with friends or
doing some work. The shop also has regular
events for its customers, such as Latte Art
nights where baristas compete to see who can
create the prettiest latte. Kean also offers fair
trade coffee with selections from around the
world.
lackmarket Bakery is an Orange
County favorite for sweet treats. The
bakery’s headquarters is in Sky Park Circle
next to John Wayne Airport, with a new location in The Camp in Costa Mesa opening
in late December for the holidays.
Senior Sage Klemek and sophomore
Levi Klemek’s parents founded the bakery
nine years ago in Irvine. The bakery’s products are featured all across Orange County
in coffee shops like Kean Coffee. Sage Klemek says her family’s bakery is defined as
“Retroartisanal.”
“My parents define it (that way),” she
said. “Retro is different… and then artisanal because everything is real food handmade in small batches.”
Sage Klemeck’s favorite treats from
the bakery include the Classic Two Tone,
a cookie with white and chocolate chunks
in it, and the Yeti, a cookie with a white
chocolate center and coconut on top. The
bakery produces other sweet treats like
tarts and scones.
Nate’s Korner
Angela Shounia (senior)
3960 S Main St.
Irvine, Calif.
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ate’s Korner is a homey family restaurant owned by the parents of senior
Angela Shounia.
The deli style restaurant serves a wide
variety of sandwiches and burritos at reasonable prices.
“My favorite thing is probably the
grilled steak sandwich, or ‘Nate’s favorite’
is also really good,” Shounia said.
They have a large menu and serve everything from chicken salad croissants to
breakfast burritos. Nate’s Korner is a cute,
family owned restaurant with fantastic service.
Owning a restaurant has both advantages and disadvantages.
“You can pretty much eat whatever you
want and you can get anything you want
and you can have a job at all times,” Shounia said.
On the other hand, restaurants can be
very stressful.
“There’s always competition so it’s
hard for them (her parents),” Shounia said.
Yet the food has brought the family
members even closer together. After the
shop closes, the Shounia family hangs out
inside the shop eating delicious food and
the adults play poker.
The shop is currently located at 3960
S Main St near South Coast Plaza and is
now looking to expand to more locations
in Orange County.
Mick’s Karma Bar
Noor Schepers (junior)
2010 Main St
Irvine, Calif.
H
idden away in a business complex on
Main Street in Irvine, Mick’s Karma
Bar is a go to place for a good burger.
Junior Noor Schepers, whose parents
own Mick’s, suggests the Karma Burger
for the new customers.
“It’s a really good juicy burger,” she
explained. “(It) has a secret sauce... I can’t
really say what’s in it.”
Scheper’s parents started the restaurant
after seeing the need for a quick dining spot
in the area.
“(My dad) knew it was in an office area
and didn’t want to dine in all the time.”
In-Depth
d bakeries:
s of Warriors
to quench your thirst? Look
no further - these juice
shops are conveniently
located in Irvine for those
seeking a quick and tasty
drink.
by Samiha Ali
Contributing Writer
Jamba Juice
BLACK MARKET BAKERY serves delicious, individually-wrapped treats. Its brownies are
especially delicious and chocolate-y.
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Satisfy your smoothie
cravings
Looking for yummy ways
Photo by Hana Brannigan
December 6, 2012
Jamba Juice is most famous for its delicious
smoothies made from real fruit and no highfructose corn syrup. The juice place offers a variety of smoothie flavors, ranging from Banana
Berry to Pomegranate Pick-Me-Up. Jamba Juice
also offers a variety of juice blends, like the Orange Berry Antioxidant Juice Blend, Tropical
Kick-Start Juice Blend and Triple Revitalizer
Juice Blend. Their juice blends are brimming
with nutrients and vitamins, along with flavor.
The juice joint also offers frozen yogurt, coffee,
teas, boosts, shots and tasty treats. Jamba Juice
has one location in Irvine on Harvard Ave and
several other locations in Orange County.
Nekter Juice Bar
If you are looking for a refreshing and energizing drink, Nekter Juice Bar is the place for you.
This ultra-healthy juice bar offers a variety of
fresh and pure juices made from locally-grown
fruits and vegetables. Drinks like The Glow, The
Greenie and Toxin Flush offer a nutrients-rich
yet tasty drink for customers. These drinks are
designed to cleanse and restore the body, leaving
customers refreshed and revitalized. The most
unique feature about this juice bar is that it offers
an intense cleansing system to help customers
restore and rejuvenate their bodies. The closest
location of Nekter Juice Bar is in Costa Mesa.
Jamboree Juice Bar
You would not expect a juice bar inside the
middle of a grocery store to serve great quality
drinks, but Jamboree Juice Bar does just that.
This raw organic juice bar serves fresh-squeezed
plain juices along with veggie combos, wheatgrass and quick-fix energizing blends. Only
fruits and vegetables from the actual market are
used. The juice bar has local specialties, including the O.C. Freeze and the Orange Ocean. Jamboree Juice Bar can be found inside the Whole
Foods Market in Tustin at The District.
Juice It Up
Students are very familiar with Juice It Up
smoothies because they are served every day
in the cafeteria, but in addition to flavorful
smoothies, Juice It Up offers a variety of freshly squeezed juices and juice blends. This juice
stop uses fresh-squeezed raw vegetable and
fruit juices rich with vitamins, minerals, and
micronutrients. Drinks like the Rejuvenator, the
Awakener and the Energizer provide a boost and
a pick-me-up for the body while still being tasty.
Vitamin-and-antioxidant-rich drinks like the
Healthy Heart and the Detoxifier provide a nutritional option. The juice place offers Brazilian
blends, tea blends and power blends. There are
two locations in Irvine—one on Alton Street and
another on Jeffrey Road.
Photo by Angel Shounia
A DELICIOUS MOUNTAIN OF meat and cheese, this mouthwatering Double Western Bacon
Cheeseburger on a whole wheat bun is part of the menu at Nate’s Korner, but the place
serves a large and diverse menu featuring everything from breakfast burritos to chicken
salad croissants.
The burgers were voted number one
in Orange County in an “Orange County
Register Contest,” Schepers noted.
“It’s the same distance as In-n-out,
so you can go to Mick’s,” Schepers said,
“and it’s a thousand times better.”
Photo by Samiha Ali
THE INTERIOR DESIGN OF Juice It Up is bright and colorful, but there is not a lot of seating. If you want to
buy juice from this store, expect to get your drink and go.
355 S. Bristol
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
714.556.5500
Newport / Costa Mesa