Fireside Tavern

The Proprietor’s Burger is a top notch premium burger that I’d consider a best kept secret. I’m somewhat of a burger enthusiast and have recently been to Hopdoddy at Fashion Island, Holsteins at South Coast Plaza and Wagyu Chuck in Santa Ana (recently closed). The Proprietor’s Burger can go toe to toe with those burgers in my book! The Proprietor’s Burger has two kinds of flavorful Italian cheeses, thick savory porky bacon, and a thick slice of seasoned heirloom tomato. It was evident that the chef put some effort into plating it nicely. The fact that this burger is served with hand cut fries or sweet potato fries during Happy Hour for a measly $ 8 just blows my mind!
The burger and fries deal deserves 6 stars. If you’re not a burger fan (gasp!), there are numerous other options on the well-​rounded Happy Hour menu. The flatbread and shrimp cocktail are worth mentioning. I’ve been here for lunch as well and got the grilled cheese sandwich. Sadly, this was the only item that was rather disappointing. Disregarding the grilled cheese sandwich debacle, the generous Happy Hour and Proprietor’s Burger deserves 5 stars!

We stumbled upon this place while searching for an alternative restaurant to grab dinner since North Italia had an hour plus wait. Beware! This restaurant is located in the Crowne Plaza hotel, it’s literally right off the 405. Now let’s quit the foreplay and get straight to it.
What we ordered:
Hand cut fries — the fries itself was okay, but the Sriracha dipping sauce made them delish! My friends also loved the garlic aioli.
Duck fat fries — the duck was good, they gave us a good portion on top of the fries. The sauce was… Watery.
Macaroni and cheese — sigh. This was a disappointment. Not sure if it was just the cheese that was throwing the whole dish off or if it was the sauce they throw on top, but this was a huge disappointment. Maybe the breadcrumbs? I’m still trying to figure out what it was…
All in all — I don’t think I’ll be coming back.
The service was great though. Thumbs up on that!

Awesome Happy Hour!
My favorites were the Duck Fries and the Chorizo Pizza. Let’s just say the Chorizo pizza was so good that we had to order another one.
The restaurant is located inside the Crowne Plaza Hotel, and the restaurant itself is actually pretty large. It even has an awesome outdoor seating area with a fire pit.
The wine was also super cheap, so you already know I had a few of those!
All in all, it was an awesome happy hour that we found on Unilocal.So thank you to all the Unilocalers out there :)