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Ante Up at Costa Mesa’s The Guild Club
Restaurateurs Marin and Noah Blom of acclaimed Arc and Restaurant Marin at South Coast Collection unveil The Guild Club, a members-only, reservations-only dining concept the two see as “Winston Churchill’s den.”
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OC Register: Best Thing I Ate This Week: Restaurant Marin fries!
When I reviewed Restaurant Marin in May, one of the things I liked most about this all-day gourmet diner was its no-tipping policy. But shortly after that review, it surrendered that idea and switched to the more familiar pricing strategy, which means lower prices for everything (even though it’s actually a wash if you’re a decent tipper).
And they’ve also just revamped the menu, adding all sorts of new items, including chili cheese fries.
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Orange Coast: Main Course – Restaurant Marin
After a round of great signature cocktails at Arc restaurant, we head next door for dinner at its sibling, 5-month-old Restaurant Marin. The contrast is a jarring shift in realms. Where Arc is primal and dark and brawny, Marin is dainty and buoyant and almost girlish. The magical thread stitching these divergent worlds together is the quixotic vision of Marin Howarth and Noah Blom, the hospitality power duo that defies the quaint stereotype of mom-and-pop operators. Marin is the new addition to their SoCo Collection family, and like Arc, it resembles nothing else in our local restaurant landscape. Here, in this 30-seat jewel box of a bistro, Blom and Howarth offer a morning-til-midnight diner serving lush renditions of comfort classics.
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Restaurant Marin is the Good Egg in the COAST Magazine
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LA Times: Head to Restaurant Marin in Costa Mesa for giant English muffins and chicken pot pie
Another favorable review!
Name: Restaurant Marin, named after co-owner Marín Howarth. She and her husband, chef Noah Blom (he worked at Daniel in New York City), are also the duo behind Arc restaurant next door. Restaurant Marin opened in April.
Concept: The restaurant, located at the South Coast Collection shopping center in Costa Mesa, bills itself as a modern-day diner. So there’s chicken pot pie, a fried chicken sandwich, pancakes, a patty melt and meatloaf on the menu — but it’s all more elaborate than what you would expect. Almost everything is sprinkled with pink salt before it leaves the kitchen. And instead of laminated menus and greasy booths, your food is served in a beautiful, intimate space outfitted with tabletops made of sea glass, distressed mirrors, chandeliers and short plush blue booths that curve ever so slightly at the ends. Howarth also designed the space.
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OC Register: 5 reasons Restaurant Marin is the hottest restaurant in Orange County right now
Another favorable mention for our tenant!
I’m sitting on the patio enjoying my morning cup of coffee, watching a butterfly stumble through the jasmine-scented breeze, admiring the crystal chandeliers overhead. Gotan Project, a French band, plays softly on the stereo. The singing is in French, so I can’t understand a word of it, but it’s a soothing rhythm that makes me smile. It puts me in a vacation sort of mood.
“What’s a ‘Bunni breakfast?’” I ask the waitress, who also happens to be one of the owners.
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LA Times: Glowing Review for Restaurant Marin
Once again, I have found another terrific restaurant at SoCo. This one is called Restaurant Marin, named after the chef’s wife.
The chef is Noah Blom and he is the creator of Arc, which is next door to Marin. That restaurant cooks everything in a wood fired oven or a wood fired grill. Marin will also use the wood fired ovens and wood fired grill, but the cooking temperature will be lower so they can do seafood as well as other offerings.
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OC Register: Restaurant Marin Chocolate Cake Feature!
Daily Pilot: Restaurant Marin to open in Costa Mesa
If Arc restaurant has shown the “dark side” of Noah and Marin von Blom — Costa Mesa’s award-winning duo of restaurateurs behind the DirtySexyHappiness Hospitality Group — their newest venture, Restaurant Marin, proves there’s a lighter side as well.
The intimate, diner-inspired venue adjacent to Arc in Costa Mesa’s South Coast Collection will officially open Monday after hosting soft openings in March. But unlike Arc’s dark but cozy living-room atmosphere, Restaurant Marin’s decor is bright and airy — coastal California meets Parisian cafe, with blue and white accents.
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