The Taste: Farm fresh flavors at EATS Kitchen & Bar

The lobby of the Hotel Irvine at midday on a Wednesday seems one of the more unlikely spots to encounter a farm stand of fresh produce. Yet here it is, poised on a long rustic plank just outside the expansive and novel Marketplace store, which offers everything from a deli counter to golf gloves and serves as a room service equivalent for hotel guests, who can receive deliveries from the store to their rooms.
Offering produce from area farms, the weekly Wednesday farm stand at the hotel is appro