![]() The team then expanded to Las Vegas in September 2019 with the opening of a location at Park MGM. A Costa Mesa restaurant (the subject of this report) followed in November that year, while an outpost at Westfield Century City dropped in July 2018, and Pasadena (in the old Firehouse Recording Studio space) arrived in November. The place was a hit pretty much right from the start, and this success resulted in a second Crack Shack hatching in Encinitas in February 2017, set inside a former Coco's. Running the kitchen was CdC Bradley Austin (ex-sous at J&I), while Jon Sloan (ex-EC at J&I) and Dan Pena served as Culinary Director and Director of Operations, respectively. ![]() ![]() At the end of my post, I wrote that the two partners were "working on a second restaurant, an all-day, fast-casual spot called The Crack Shack" that will "focus on food made from chicken and eggs." The chicken-centric eatery ended up debuting at the tail end of 2015, taking up residence inside an old welding shop right next door to Juniper & Ivy. ![]() About six years ago, I had a lovely dinner at San Diego's Juniper & Ivy, an upscale modern American joint started by Chef Richard Blais and financier Michael Rosen. ![]()
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