Dining
Santa Ana is developing as a dining destination. There are, of course, excellent representations of the various ethnic cuisines that are now expected in an American city of this size. Family dining establishments are abundant. The coastal towns, like nearby Laguna Beach, tend to be the homes of the more upscale, fine dining in the region. However, that may be changing. Santa Ana is now, very much, a fine place for lunch. Near the civic center and the still fairly new Ronald Reagan Federal Building near downtown, better and better restaurants are continually opening, providing food and ambience to sustain those engaged in both public and private business in those facilities. The development of local gastronomy is being closely watched and catalogued, on a civic level, among the arts. See the website listed under “The Arts” and visit the Restaurants section for up-to-the-moment descriptions of interesting dining opportunities in Santa Ana.