Retail Openings and Closures

[irvinehomeowner]

@irvinehomeowner

Having structured home mortgages for a few bagel shop owners, I can assure you there's gold in them thar hills.

Bagels and Brew, Lake Forest is my go-to for great bagels. They need to open one further North for the Irvinites to enjoy.

I hope so for them. Went in around 9am and sat for half an hour. Only 1 other customer came in.

Maybe it's more busy earlier and at lunch?

$5 for a bagel and cream cheese seems a bit high.

 

[OCtoSV]

is there a liquid nitro ice cream place down here similar to Nitro Genie in the Ala Moana center?

 

[irviniteeee]

is there a liquid nitro ice cream place down here similar to Nitro Genie in the Ala Moana center?

We had Creamistry, but it closed a few years ago. You can always go to Cauldron Ice Cream off MacArthur and Bristol.

 

[OCtoSV]

We had Creamistry, but it closed a few years ago. You can always go to Cauldron Ice Cream off MacArthur and Bristol.

looks good but I only go that far north for Capital Grille or Anjin. Trying Koto in FV soon so another toll road round trip.

 

[qwerty]

Kei Coffee opened up in Westminster for those of you that are a fan of Kei concepts.

Check out Kei Coffee House
https://yelp.to/SXDed2MISt

 

[Hugo Township]

Bopomofo opening soon: https://www.irvinecompanyretail.com/centers/irvine/alton-square/bopomofo/

Oh this is pretty cool, looking forward to it

 

[potsticker]

Quite a few new spots that have opened in Irvine over the past few weeks:

• Moo Moo Hot Pot (Northpark Plaza): AYCE hot pot. Top tier menu is good and unique but the lower priced menu is nothing special.
• Everspring Modern (Market Place): Fast casual Chinese food. Pretty good and comparable to Northern Cafe.
• HeyTea (Orange Tree Shopping Center): Hyped-up boba that replaced Yifang. I miss Yifang...imo HeyTea is not worth the wait.
• Paris Baguette (Woodbury Town Center): Same as the other locations.

One notable restaurant coming soon to the Market Place is Shake Shack: https://www.irvinecompanyretail.com/centers/tustin/the-market-place/shake-shack/

 

[qwerty]

Finally a shake shack nearby.

 

[irvinehomeowner]

Looks like a Japanese BBQ place is opening up in the old Islands place off of Culver. I just saw the sign while I was driving and Google doesn't tell me which one it is.

Irvine Company site says Mr. Moto Pizza is coming to 2 centers (no idea about this San Diego pizza place) and a few eateries opening up in the Spectrum and Marketplace:

Directory - Irvine Company Retail

www.irvinecompanyretail.com

 

[irvinehomeowner]

Finally a shake shack nearby.

I'd rather see a Nexx Burger for the lower cost.

 

[Loco_local]

I was told by right wing Twitter that shake shack was closing up shop in California due to $20/hr minimum wage.

 

[strawberrybun]

Quite a few new spots that have opened in Irvine over the past few weeks:

• Moo Moo Hot Pot (Northpark Plaza): AYCE hot pot. Top tier menu is good and unique but the lower priced menu is nothing special.
• Everspring Modern (Market Place): Fast casual Chinese food. Pretty good and comparable to Northern Cafe.
• HeyTea (Orange Tree Shopping Center): Hyped-up boba that replaced Yifang. I miss Yifang...imo HeyTea is not worth the wait.
• Paris Baguette (Woodbury Town Center): Same as the other locations.

One notable restaurant coming soon to the Market Place is Shake Shack: https://www.irvinecompanyretail.com/centers/tustin/the-market-place/shake-shack/

EverSpring's been open for a couple of months now. They had their grand opening back in April of this year.

 

[irviniteeee]

Quite a few new spots that have opened in Irvine over the past few weeks:

• Moo Moo Hot Pot (Northpark Plaza): AYCE hot pot. Top tier menu is good and unique but the lower priced menu is nothing special.
• Everspring Modern (Market Place): Fast casual Chinese food. Pretty good and comparable to Northern Cafe.
• HeyTea (Orange Tree Shopping Center): Hyped-up boba that replaced Yifang. I miss Yifang...imo HeyTea is not worth the wait.
• Paris Baguette (Woodbury Town Center): Same as the other locations.

One notable restaurant coming soon to the Market Place is Shake Shack: https://www.irvinecompanyretail.com/centers/tustin/the-market-place/shake-shack/

Another Shake Shack...the burgers are so mediocre.

 

[potsticker]

It's finally happening: https://dtf.com/en/locations/irvine

 

[paydawg]

It's finally happening: https://dtf.com/en/locations/irvine

I hope they're not expanding too quickly

 

[iacrenter]

I hope they're not expanding too quickly

With 3 locations in OC, one can hope the crowds won't be too bad at the Spectrum.

Does anyone know where in the Spectrum? Are they kicking out Capital Seafood?

 

[Irvine2023]

With 3 locations in OC, one can hope the crowds won't be too bad at the Spectrum.

Does anyone know where in the Spectrum? Are they kicking out Capital Seafood?

Saw someone mention it’ll be where Bristol Farms used to be. That info supposedly comes from someone who will be working at the new location.

 

[woodburyowner]

Looks like it's Capital Seafood. Showed up on Social Media feeds.

 

[irvinehomeowner]

I thought Bristol Farms space was filled by H&M.

 

[strawberrybun]

I thought Bristol Farms space was filled by H&M.

no they're located in the building next to the Apple building and have been there since they moved from their original location after the Spectrum underwent renovations. Bristol Farms was located on the side with The Melt, the former TLT restaurant, Pho Saigon Pearl, and Yogurtland near Dave & Busters.