restaurants that are independently owned that i need to discover and eat at someday to experience how good they are OC area

• habana
• mesa
• Blue agave
• Le diplomat
• Honda ya
• Korean BBQ
• Dukes
• Roys Hawaiian
• True food kitchen
• Cheaper Benihana place in Tustin
• Cannery
• Bukhara
• Pancake house
• Versailles Cuban
• Caspian's persian
• Ethiopian
• Gypsy den
• Taco asylum
• Felix cafe
• loving hut

San Diego area

Los Angeles area

• cafe stella
• crew (vegan restaurant)

San Francisco Area

• Ramen Dojo in San Mateo