FROM BROADWAY TO BARCELONA: CHEF AMAR SANTANA EXTENDS HIS GLOBAL CULINARY REACH
“OUR GUSTATORY INTERPRETATION WILL BE ‘INSPIRED TRADITIONAL SPANISH’ CUISINE.” -CHEF AMAR SANTANA Ahmed Labbate and Chef Amar Santana’s inaugural effort is the hugely successful Broadway in Laguna Beach, CA. The pair will extend their influence on Orange County’s dining scene with the acquisition of new space in Costa Mesa’s Park Towers. “Spanish food is influenced by the cultures […]
15 HOT NEW RESTAURANTS OPENING DURING THE HOLIDAYS
Amar Santana, chef-owner of Broadway by Amar Santana in Laguna Beach, is expected to open his second restaurant, Vaca, in December. The restaurant, a Spanish steakhouse with tapas, will open in the theater district across from South Coast Plaza. Santana is anxious to get the restaurant open ahead of the national buzz he’s sure to […]
COSTA MESA, CITY OF THE ARTS: VACA
Vaca is a the latest restaurant from executive chef Amar Santana, who has competed as a front-runner on Bravo TV’s award-winning “Top Chef” series. In fact, Santana, an alumnus of the former Charlie Palmer at Bloomingdales in South Coast Plaza, was named in 2015 as one of the most influential people in Orange County by […]
AMAR SANTANA EXPANDING HIS BROADWAY EMPIRE WITH VACA
You’ve probably heard that chef Amar Santana, whose Broadway in Laguna Beach is on pretty much everybody’s Top Ten List, is branching out. Possibly as soon as summer of next year he’s opening Vaca near South Coast Plaza, with business partner and fellow Charlie Palmer veteran Ahmed Labbate. I ran into Santana at a recent media event […]
THE BEST OF O.C.
Channeling the culinary ambience of New York City, Broadway by Amar Santana plates modern American fare steeped in classic French technique. And now the 33-year-old Amar Santana has cooked up a couple of fresh projects, including a spot on Top Chef: Season 13 and a new dining concept in Costa Mesa. Yes, December proved to be a milestone month […]
TOP CHEF AMAR SANTANA TAUGHT US A LOT ABOUT PAELLA AND A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT LIFE
When I meet people I’m going to write about, I don’t like to show up with a story angle already all figured out, but I do usually have a question about the person — something I want to know about who they are and what they do. I don’t like to know what I’m going […]
