Paul Martin's American Grill

[irvinehomeowner]

I guess I should start taking pictures of our food but I'm too hungry to think about it.

Paul Martin's just opened a few weeks ago and their concept is "farm fresh to table" cuisine. Not sure exactly what that means other than the food tastes good. This is another Paul Fleming project, as in Fleming's Steakhouse and PF Changs.

It's pricey... but the Brick Chicken is worth the money... and they do have an off the menu kids menu... although this is a bit more fru-fru than Red Robin.

The Banana Cream Pie was also good.

Paul Martin?s American Grill
Irvine Spectrum Center
31 Fortune Drive Suite 302
Irvine, CA 92618
(949) 453-1144
http://paulmartinsamericanbistro.com/americangrill/

 

[ps99472]

C'mon IHO, need pics, with iOS 5, double tap home button from ur locked phone, hit the camera button, cam should come up right away...snap and put back in ur pocket.  Use photobucket app to upload while u eat, update TI later...

 

[irvinehomeowner]

We'll go there again (been there twice already)... so I'll try to remember to click it before I eat it.

 

[momopi]

http://www.yelp.com/biz/paul-martins-american-bistro-el-segundo

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ltcarter47/6251261983/  <---  not my photos

 

[irvinehomeowner]

Mmm... almost went there again today... believe it or not... the kids like the Brick Chicken too... but at $18 a plate, not sure if that's the most financially wise place to eat. Those garlic cloves on there are awesome when you smash the garlic out and either put it on the chicken or with the mashed potatoes.

 

[ps99472]

Kids meal sliders, $7, not bad, tasty burgers, decent fries, even good quality fruit on the side

Brick chicken, it's $21 now, enjoyed it, half a chicken, deboned except for the tiny wing drumstick, forgot to mash the garlic into the mashed potatoes as IHO suggested, but during the meal I keep thinking about Costco's $5 whole rotisserie chicken...

Blackened ribeye, $34, has a spicy dry rub, requested medium, some parts bloody raw, some parts cooked dry..hmmm...I'll stick with outback

surprised how crowded the spectrum is on weekend nights.  Park near the theater for Paul Martin, we parked near Nordstrom and had to walk a long way.  Valet is steep at $9 (WTF?) even LA is cheaper....