Cassidy's Bar & Grill — Restaurant in Newport Beach

Five years, my husband and 6 of his dedicated friends have done this yacht show pilgrimage, and every single time they hit Newport Beach we ask: where would you eat. Not the polished nonsense, just real food. They all get this look–like they’re letting us in on classified intel–and say skip Lido, skip Fashion Island, go to Cassidy’s. We laughed; the joint looks like the garage next to where I get my tires rotated. Wood walls, sticky floors, beer signs flickering. But Brian puts down a burger on that open flame and suddenly everyone’s quiet. It’s not hype: it’s seared geometry, it’s salt and beef speaking French without trying, it’s the kind of center that flirts with you. Our friends–the ones whose belts sit under their nipples–suddenly slumped into chairs like humans again. He didn’t just feed us, he defused tension with a spatula. Michelin stars could orbit this thing. We’ll be back....

I was at the bar for a couple hours (10-2) and I accidentally left my jacket when the bar closed. I quickly entered back inside looking for my jacket in the back of the bar where I was sitting. A bartender grabbed me and physically picked me up while telling me I wasn’t allowed to be there (while there was people still inside the bar since it had just closed and people hadn’t left yet) and while picking me up, the bartender opened the back door and threw me into the back alleyway. I’ve never experienced being manhandled in my life like this and have never experienced treatment like this before in my life, would not...

Had a strange interaction with a very rude/creepy employee at beach ball/Blackies down on Newport Beach. A yelp account under the name Robert F. ended up sending me threatening messages claiming to be an employee of the previously mentioned bars as well as this place. I'd highly recommend avoiding all 3 of these bars as their employees were very off putting and rude in person, and are now harassing and threatening me via the yelp app. These places are shady and some of their employees are unhinged, beware visiting...