![]() Our luck improved when they delivered the wings and we all dove in. We dipped our batter fries into the ranch sauce…sipped our beers…and waited for our chicken wings. The only thing you could really taste was the batter. They were cut rather thin to replicate french fries….but the heat of the deep fryer basically vaporized the squash. The Zucchini Fries came first and were right out of the deep fryer. We started out by ordering the Zucchini Fries with Yogurt Ranch Dressing ($4) and the Crispy Garlic Jalapeño Chicken Wings (6 for $6). When our beers arrived….Robert’s looked more like a porter than an Ale….but he said nothing (Robert hasn’t met a beer he wouldn’t drink!). We perused the happy hour menu while we waited for our drinks. Robert ordered a craft Ale on draft and Pops and I both ordered Stella Artois ($5 for all draft beers). We were greeted shortly thereafter by a less than enthusiastic server and we put our drink order in. There is no mention of happy hour on the EMC website….so I was relieved they still offered some deals. To my relief….the same small happy hour menu that I saw on yelp was sitting on top of the dinner menu. With only a few patrons in the lounge….we easily found a table by the window just across from the bar. We….the foodforyall gang (comprised of myself….my brother Robert and my father Bud)…arrived at EMC around 4PM on a sunny Monday afternoon. It was my turn in the selection rotation so I was pleased when I discovered EMC Seafood and Raw Bar in Irvine.ĮMC Irvine opened in May of 2016 and resides in what used to be the Elephant Bar in the Heritage Shopping Center on Culver Drive. Needless to say…those rules are long gone (BTW – Black Angus happy hour isn’t half bad)! After more than two years, what started out as an excuse to get together and drink once a month has become a challenging exercise to find something new, exciting and affordable. Initially…we had some rules, like avoid big chains such as “El Torito” or “Black Angus” and find a place where the three of us could get out for around $25 bucks each. Scour yelp and the rest of the internet to find an Orange County restaurant that had some happy hour deals. EMC chefs stand guard over their raw products
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