LAGUNA BEACH – I started going to the Coyote Grill back when coyotes were still ... cozy joint between Laguna Beach and Dana Point on PCH isn’t crowded on weekends. It is.

Chef Christian Irabién’s seafood-centric Mexican restaurant and tortilleria, Amparo Fondita, is more than seven years in the making. Following a series of pop-ups, a location shuffle, and oh yeah, a ...