Review: The 10 best new restaurants in Orange County in 2021

Hats off to all the new restaurants that opened this year. It was a long list that included a new wave of Thai restaurants, several new Italian restaurants and pizzerias, plus sushi, ramen, burgers, Mexican, Chinese, French, Spanish, American… 
But this list stops at 10. All things considered — not just the food but also the ambience, the service, the drinks, the entire circus of dining out — these are the 10 best newcomers of 2021. 
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