This is my 2nd time attending (12/31/23). I also attended on 12/31/19…read more It was great and checked off all of my wants list. I wanted to see fireworks on NYE, and the only places in the OC that does that in 2023 is Disneyland, Knotts, OC Fairgrounds, and Downtown Fullerton. You stand very close to to the firework launching and they set them off in an unexpected and interesting way so it is quite fun. I wanted to have some nice cocktails at a place that was not too loud and raucous, and we found a lovely lounge at Les Amis, and there were others in the area. There were some loud pubs/bars, but they were at the outside periphery of the blocked off street section. I didn't want a huge, dense crowd. There are free lots and parking. This year, it was easier to find a close spot than it was in 2019. There is this area for kiddos with food, games, rock climbing, etc, and was set on a street with no bars or restaurants which provides a buffer for the families. The kiddos were cute. Brings back memories for when my kids were young. The streets are blocked off and there are 3 cover bands.

I wanted to do something more lowkey for NYE this year and rang in 2018 in downtown Fullerton…read more Props to the city for throwing this event! Best things about First Night in Fullerton: + Plenty of musical performances from cover bands + Plenty of free parking + Food stands to get some yummy snacks + Streets are blocked off so you can walk around freely + Fireworks at midnight However, since it was the 26th year Fullerton has had this event, I thought that there would be more activities. I did not see that many games like advertised. It was kinda small so we were very thankful for all of the nearby bars or we would've easily been bored within an hour.

I was lucky enough to receive an invitation from Roy B. to attend this event…read more First of all I never have heard about Fullerton Uncorked, nor been at the Fullerton Arboretum, so no expectations... Getting there the environment was fun and vibrant! We were greeted with champagne (or sparkling wine as the experts would say) by many nice and attentive volunteers. Everybody was super friendly and welcoming. They gave us a well designed black plate, something like this: http://i.tfcdn.com/img2/q2hnE0EAYzKq4WLMzixJzkjNY8goKSmw0tfPzE1MTy3Wyy9IzSvJLNBLzs_VTyvNydEPdgciXUf3sCAvXQ__AGdHvayCdAA*/fyVMtP8A and here we were, ready to walk in the road that leads to temptation... There were so many good Fullerton restaurants that it was so hard to chose where to start... The smell was awesome!!! Diet, see you Monday :) :) :) We tried so many different and delicious things that if I start mentioning them I start getting hungry and today is Monday :( Also there was great wine and beer, and since I had my "I Love Lucy" moment http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/U-79jsEbIF3959dvTlrncw?select=DusvA2YbyLkrFR_MlX1d1g#lzLGP1kohIkvATsjp0AFjA I decided to make some friends in that area :) http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/U-79jsEbIF3959dvTlrncw?select=DusvA2YbyLkrFR_MlX1d1g#DusvA2YbyLkrFR_MlX1d1g Music was great, they have a cover band that kept most of the guest singing and dancing, between classic and southern rock and some country (I don't know anything about country but everybody seemed to enjoy it) For once I wasn't happy camera, I was too busy eating, drinking, balancing the plate and walking in an uneven surface... so sorry, I have to steal pics from Roy :) Really cool event, if you can attend next year do it, is so much fun! and the best part is that their proceeds go to a good cause, that makes it even better. Highly Recommended! Thank you Roy for inviting me, had a great time! :)

I had purchased a couple of tickets for the annual Fullerton Uncorked Food and Wine Tasting…read moreExtravaganza many months ago and had completly forgotten about them. Luckilly while going thru some paperwork I stumbled across them again. I called up a Yelp bud Lili H to see if she'd like to go. We agreed to meet the the next evening for the festivities. The charity event for Boys & Girls club, Fullerton Arboretum, and other local chatities was held at the beautiful Fullerton Arboetum at CSUF. It was a much larger event than I had imagined having never attended one of the past events. We walked in and were greeted buy a group of folks and were given an odd triangular plate with a hole on one end and a wine glass that was immediatly filled with champagne to toast the start of our evening's foods and fun. Within a few more paces we approached the first of many food vendors but my nose was quickly detoured to another by the smell of BBQ smoke. Big B's BBQ and Carl Strauss Brewing had were my first choice of many great food, and beverage picks. We wandered from food booth to wine stand to another food booth back to the wine stand repeatidly throught the course of the night. And what a night, an awesome full moon lit up the night and bands played music for our dining pleasure. We tasted, Italian, Asian, American, Latin and English fares from dozens of local eateries an and drinking establishments. This was truely a fantastic spread as you could get a slice of lasagne and a quail egg to go with your pinot or a ceveche taco, and some tasty sangria. Want BBQ and a beer? Or maybe take a break with a cigar before having som lobster bisque? More wine you say? Shure why not, the vino was flowing steady all night with a great many red and white varieties. I had to take a picture of this. http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/U-79jsEbIF3959dvTlrncw?select=lzLGP1kohIkvATsjp0AFjA#lzLGP1kohIkvATsjp0AFjA But was having too much fun to take many others. The list of food vendors I remember is short (must have been the wine) so see the Fullerton Uncorked web site for a listing. http://www.fullertonuncorked.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxHYqHzp5GY I got to hand it to the Fullerton South Rotary Club they put on a first class shindig. I'm going to pencil it in for next year for sure. You'd be smart to do the same.

I love La Habra, always will. I grew up going to the Corn Festival and the parade. So many…read morememories I have include this event. There's a very small-town feel to it; locals (mostly) selling food and having booths in the vendor area, car raffle, live music, pie making contest, the typical carnival rides and games and (of course) CORN! It's not really anything more than a local carnival... but I love it, as do so many other La Habrans, and I make sure to attend every year even if just for some tacos, a hot dog or a burger, and (of course) that corn. I support our town! Reading over the other reviews I just shake my head at some of the negative comments, like "white people selling Mexican food"? really? I sure hope that it was an Italian who sold you that pizza! Such ridiculous closed-minded thinking or comparing it to the OC Fair... c'mon, this is a small town carnival, what do you expect? I will admit that it isn't as big or elaborate as other cities, but there's nothing bad about it, it's just smaller and more "local". The Lions Club does a wonderful job keeping it going year after year, they can't make everyone happy.... but they sure do make a lot of us proud! :) Anyway.... for a nice family time, this is a great place to spend a couple hours and enjoy the park.

Oh...the corn festival...what can I say about this...hmmm well the first time I went I was in high…read moreschool and I remember thinking wow this place is shitty...but I like the corn and I recently went back and thought...wow this place still shitty...but the corn is still good. And with all honestly I love fairs/festivals all of that, but this one is probably the worst one I've been to, which is sad since it's located in my city. I would recommend that you just spend the $11 and go to the O.C. fair...they have corn there too! (with a lot of food that tastes better and BEER WINE AND HARD LIQUOR) If you're still cheap as hell and don't want to pay for an entrance fee...wait for the strawberry festival in Garden Grove...yummy strawberry shortcakes and yes they have corn there too plus bars that are at a walking distance :P

I wasn't sure if this was still happening!…read more I had to find out if it was. This art walk at downtown Fullerton is indeed still an active event. The downtown Fullerton art walk happens on the first Friday of every month. This happens all year round. It seems like the event was more popular maybe pre-covid? Not too sure. You can walk around downtown, and you will see signs put out for the businesses that are participating. It seems like the hours vary depending on the business. So, some were closed when we went. It may be a good idea to go during the day, so you can hit all of the places before they close. We got to see some art. It was cool. It's always fun exploring downtown Fullerton! Not bad for a free event. It's not something you have to run to go do. It was alright for what it is. A free event to do on a Friday, once a month lol

This review is more for the Third Year Anniversary Event. My first Artwalk was during their third…read moreyear anniversary which was held in the plaza of the Fullerton Museum Center. It was cool how everything was gathered in one place and there was a lot of festivities: photobooth, live music, food trucks, beer and wine garden, arts and crafts booth for kids, etc. The museum gift shop was also open to browse. Great atmosphere and nice to walk around, though I didn't really get involved too much with the booths. I was there mostly to browse and soak in the atmosphere. And to get grub from the food trucks, haha. The gathering was a lot smaller than I thought and I was expecting to see a lot more, but it's ok. I enjoyed the atmosphere. Parking was a breeze since they were set up right next to a couple of free public parking garages. All in all, the event provided some great atmosphere, but I'm not sure if a normal Artwalk would be for me. I suppose if I had nothing better to do on a Friday night and wanted to soak in some local art, I'd go again.

Being 1/4 Polish, I have wanted to come to this festival for years. Unfortunately every year it is…read moreHOT, like 100* outside, and I never wanted to deal with that. Lucky for me, the weather was fantastic this past weekend, so we went! We arrived shortly after they opened on Sunday morning. There is a church down the street you can park at for free, but we found a spot in the neighborhood next door. Admission is free. There were a handful of vendors with jewelry, art, books...honestly we didn't check anything out, we were there for lunch. They have a highly organized system that I enjoyed. There are a few booths with menus for all the food vendors. Tell them what you want and they will ring you up for whatever you are buying, then hand you scrips to pay with. You cannot buy anything at the food booths with real money. I liked this cause it minimized the wait times in the lines for each food vendor so you don't need to deal with people figuring out what to order, how to pay, or people counting change. It's so streamlined and easy. For $40 we got a Polish beer, a bottle of water, a "dinner" plate, and three potato pancakes. The dinner plate was bread, a large heaping of sauerkraut, three potato & cheese pierogis, one kielbasa (your choice of smoked or fresh), a cabbage roll, and condiments of horseradish cream, mustard, and ketchup. All of the food was fantastic! Our favorite was the potato pancakes, which were savory, yet served with a sour cream that was kind of sweet, applesauce, and powdered sugar. They were sooo good! They had a couple things for kids, face painting, fake tattoos, a picture area to pose in. It was cute. There was a stage and we heard people would be performing soon, but we left before that got started. I would love to come again next year, if the weather is nice again!

Have been coming here since 2016. The food is very authentic and tasty. The prices have been…read moreincreasing but this is also a fundraiser so I don't mind splurging (everything is costing more these days anyways). It can get hot and crowded that's why we always try to come at opening when there are no lines for food. I highly recommend!

I really enjoyed my time at this event. TIP: get there as soon as it opens. There were people that…read morecame a little later that did not get to try most of the food offered. This was my first time at any "TASTE OF" event and I wish I had 5 stomachs to eat all the food there and go for seconds. I wish I looked at the map prior to eating whatever was in sight because my plus one and I walked around the first floor and ate everything in sight... not knowing there was an entire upstairs of just food and drinks. Womp. Womp. Womp. Bubba Gump - Cajun shrimp & rice (YES) / deconstructed cheesecake Corner Bakery - Cookies Grasslands Meat - Ribs (okay) / brownies Joe's Crabshack - Chips with Crab dip (YES) Applebee's - Wonton chicken taco (okay) Pizza Press - Rootbeer / rootbeer float Northgate Markets - Shrimp ceviche (YES) / chicharrones & guac (YES) La Michaocana - variety of icecream Red Robin - Strawberry Lemonade House of Blues - Popcorn chicken bao buns (YES) / shrimp gumbo with cornbread (FAVE!) Roscoes - a PLATE of chicken, mac & cheese, candied yams, 1/4 of a waffle, butter & syrup (THIS WAS A MEAL! SO GOOD!) Zov's - Chicken Kabob (YES) Nothing Bundt Cakes - Bday cake & choc cake Bowlmor - Mac & cheese Karl Strauss - Pulled pork sliders Catal / Naples / La Brea - Bruschetta / Caprese shooters / steak sandwich The Catch - Poke shooters Dave & Busters - Avocado toast ...at this point I was already delirious. Plus one tried to finish whatever we got since we didn't want to waste food, eventually he gave up. Lol. We ended up watching the Journey cover band play the rest of the evening while letting our stomachs digest everything. Great event!

Whew! Get me an ambulance!! My belly's about to explode!!!…read more The Taste of Anaheim is an annual foodie fest, exhibiting some of the best & brightest Anaheim & the surrounding area has to offer. This year, $5 from every ticket sale went to the Anaheim White House Restoration Fund. The Anaheim White House, who's proprietor regularly contributes food to the needy, sadly went up in flames last year. However, with fundraisers such as this, hopefully the Anaheim White House will rise like the proverbial phoenix, from the ashes. I'm glad I got to the TOA early, because it quickly became claustrophobic/agoraphobic crowded, especially on the second level. The main chokepoint seemed to be the top of the escalator, where exhibitor tents formed a U, causing a big clusterfrick for most of the night. Food was aplenty & in no short supply. Roscoe's Chicken & Waffles were giving out chicken breast & 1/4 waffle plates at the beginning. That's a full meal for people right there. Club Wyndham let me try their luck spinning a prize wheel, which I won a free 7 night stay at any Wyndham property in the world, provided I attend a 90 presentation at a later date. Hey, brunch is included, so why not? For VIP's and those that won entrance to it, a space was designated as an open bar. Alcohol booths were also dispersed amongst the Anaheim Gardenwalk. For the audience's listening pleasure, bands performed on stage. You know, for when people needed to take a rest from all that gorging. Some of the businesses at the event were- Grasslands https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/taste-of-anaheim-anaheim-3?select=SkH_77ekKpoew_xaLLow4w Nothing Bundt Cakes https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/taste-of-anaheim-anaheim-3?select=-VjJZDY6344sf5ZXvazZmQ Ruth Chris https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/taste-of-anaheim-anaheim-3?select=aWgiyE2Kg9pHSlR-KY0P-w https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/taste-of-anaheim-anaheim-3?select=3OCa7efEOt00Zpmd5xf3gA PF Chang's https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/taste-of-anaheim-anaheim-3?select=tQqTvCz2Rrv7NReVYRd7tg Slater's 50/50 always pleases me with their medium rare egg & guacamole burger https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/taste-of-anaheim-anaheim-3?select=Mi1ajOGKfOyFrqMhTEPT3w https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/taste-of-anaheim-anaheim-3?select=5qZAK3hr_d7JpbNfIo8vyQ Phoenix Club https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/taste-of-anaheim-anaheim-3?select=ddp646ARqmhsklJXA_qv7w True Grits https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/taste-of-anaheim-anaheim-3?select=V75fsTm3Dprx_UgIAJFhug Red Robin https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/taste-of-anaheim-anaheim-3?select=KYgwk1ZJlD9Ywi6YFDFI9g Lucky Strike https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/taste-of-anaheim-anaheim-3?select=OKgc_OXN73iVHol6YgJagQ Applebee's https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/taste-of-anaheim-anaheim-3?select=zwvWQU8KDEcKPfiEC01Fsg Zov's https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/taste-of-anaheim-anaheim-3?select=j0FJlzHTAFS09i70AMbsmQ Ralph Brennan's Jazz Kitchen https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/taste-of-anaheim-anaheim-3?select=NaOGb3FfFXMcHsu5STcu6Q La Brea Bakery https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/taste-of-anaheim-anaheim-3?select=EvSUFwpelUzQbUSajxhMQA Smoqued BBQ had some unctuously, ridiculously good rib tips. Fatty tips for me, please! https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/taste-of-anaheim-anaheim-3?select=uhmolRar3iHlJqJE3i45pw McFadden's https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/taste-of-anaheim-anaheim-3?select=9orew-pYrA_SJEApFxR2Uw Gratitude to the Taste of Anaheim, OC CM Nate & the Yelp crew for the comp tickets. The Taste of Anaheim was a highly pleasurable foodie event. I powered my way through all the food samplings, some on more than a couple of occasions. I now possess quite a few restaurant coupons & have in mind several places I want to visit, based on their presentation. I'm seriously in need of a diet, but as of now, I'm fat happy! Highly recommend! NOMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOM Excelsior!

We recently held our child's birthday party at the Brea Civic Center in the huge community room A…read moreand B with A/C out of the August heat. We rented the room, kitchen and projector. Scheduling and working with Rebecca was easy. She was quick with assisting through email and phone calls. She made sure all our applications and paperwork were complete and let us know when we needed to provide more information. They had three guys set up and clean up the place. Mark gave me his number so we can contact him when we needed help with using the projector and other technology issues. Overall a great experience for all our guests and lots of room for kids to run around. This might be the place to rent out for indoor parties!!

Best friend celebrated her son's first birthday here. its very spacious can fit over 75 guests…read more Fits DJ, balloons decor, tables etc. comes with a little kitchen fully stocked. Across from shopping centers, which was convenient to pick up last minute "i forgot" items. The staff that helped us set up, clean up, and checkin were all friendly and nice.

Evan Mosses and James were a great help finding my ticket and I really appreciated them.read more

This cinema looks so new from the outside and lobby. We were in screen 4 and the seats were so…read moreuncomfortable. They manually reclined and the AC wasn't very strong. It was surprising to me since the rest of Regal looked so updated and modern. Not sure how any of the screens are updated Aside from that, the service was really nice at the concession stand and they have a great selection of snacks. I was super excited to see Hadestown which is only premiering for 4 days starting 7/24/2026! The recording was shot brilliantly and even added to the entirety of the musical. I felt even more emotional watching in theaters, than when I saw it on Broadway which was a shock. The OG cast are extraordinarily talented and I loved every second.