Guidebook for Brea

Deborah
Guidebook for Brea

Food Scene

Our favorite Italian restaurant! Family friendly, good food, and reasonable priced. Try the Eggplant Parmesan or Lasagna with meatballs they are delicious!
Fratellino's Italian Restaurant
600 S Brea Blvd
Our favorite Italian restaurant! Family friendly, good food, and reasonable priced. Try the Eggplant Parmesan or Lasagna with meatballs they are delicious!
They have a huge selection of dishes to select from and I love their "Cosmos" and "Mojitos"! Ask to sit outside for a cozier and quieter atmosphere. They have heaters for your comfort.
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The Cheesecake Factory
321 W Katella Ave
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They have a huge selection of dishes to select from and I love their "Cosmos" and "Mojitos"! Ask to sit outside for a cozier and quieter atmosphere. They have heaters for your comfort.
This restaurant offers unique Mexican food; all of it is really great and are known for their Margaritas! They have live latin music on the weekends. It is a bit loud inside but you can ask to sit outside for a quieter experience.
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Cha Cha's Latin Kitchen
110 W Birch St
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This restaurant offers unique Mexican food; all of it is really great and are known for their Margaritas! They have live latin music on the weekends. It is a bit loud inside but you can ask to sit outside for a quieter experience.
This is a favorite restaurant from my childhood and I was happy when it was added it to our local restaurants in Downtime Brea! Great place for families and kids. They will love the ice cream and desert choices.
Farrell's Restaurant & Ice Cream Parlour
215 S Brea Blvd
This is a favorite restaurant from my childhood and I was happy when it was added it to our local restaurants in Downtime Brea! Great place for families and kids. They will love the ice cream and desert choices.
We frequently have breakfast here. Breakfast scrambles, omelets, and pancakes are some of our favorites. Fast service and reasonably priced!
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Corner Bakery
103 W Imperial Hwy
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We frequently have breakfast here. Breakfast scrambles, omelets, and pancakes are some of our favorites. Fast service and reasonably priced!
Coffee!!!
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Starbucks
101 W Imperial Hwy
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Coffee!!!
Great place for breakfast! Close by, good service. We go often.
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IHOP
2250 E Lincoln Ave
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Great place for breakfast! Close by, good service. We go often.
This is a well known and popular local hamburger restaurant. Really good and large portions. You can walk to it from our house!
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Brea's Best Hamburger
707 S Brea Blvd
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This is a well known and popular local hamburger restaurant. Really good and large portions. You can walk to it from our house!
Paul and I frequently go here to get their chicken tortilla soup, hamburgers, or sandwiches. Great selection of beers as well. It is loud inside so ask to seat outside if you want to have a real conversation.
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Yard House
401 Shoreline Village Drive
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Paul and I frequently go here to get their chicken tortilla soup, hamburgers, or sandwiches. Great selection of beers as well. It is loud inside so ask to seat outside if you want to have a real conversation.
Love the various fish dishes and brunch. This is a little pricier but nice to splurge once in awhile!
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TAPS Fish House & Brewery
101 E Imperial Hwy
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Love the various fish dishes and brunch. This is a little pricier but nice to splurge once in awhile!
Vegan and vegetarian menu for the most part. It is well known for its large selection and good food! My son is vegan, (I am not), and both of us can find delicious items to choose from!
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Rutabegorz
211 N Pomona Ave
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Vegan and vegetarian menu for the most part. It is well known for its large selection and good food! My son is vegan, (I am not), and both of us can find delicious items to choose from!
Always has great food, reasonable priced! Good place to take the kids, the service is good and even though it may look busy you will never wait long.
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The Old Spaghetti Factory
110 E Santa Fe Ave
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Always has great food, reasonable priced! Good place to take the kids, the service is good and even though it may look busy you will never wait long.

Drinks & Nightlife

Macallans is known for its wine and cocktails and their wide assortment of Scotch Whisky. You can sit outside or inside and they often have live performances such as a guitarist.
Macallans Public House
330 W Birch St
Macallans is known for its wine and cocktails and their wide assortment of Scotch Whisky. You can sit outside or inside and they often have live performances such as a guitarist.
This is a good place for couples or groups. Known for its selection of Whiskey!
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Hopscotch Craft Beer and Whiskey
136 E Commonwealth Ave
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This is a good place for couples or groups. Known for its selection of Whiskey!
We have seen some great talent here! Fun and close by. Sit up front if you get their early.
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Brea Improv Comedy Club
180 S Brea Blvd
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We have seen some great talent here! Fun and close by. Sit up front if you get their early.
If you like country dancing this is a fun place to go....
InCahoots
1401 S Lemon St
If you like country dancing this is a fun place to go....

Entertainment & Activities

Great local theaters. Very clean with recliner chairs! Park in the parking structure provided.
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Regal Edwards Brea East
155 W Birch St
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Great local theaters. Very clean with recliner chairs! Park in the parking structure provided.
This is a very unique, fun, and interesting experience for mostly the school aged children. Thought provoking and interactive exhibits. Adults love it too....Not far away - 57 south to the 5 south about 15 minutes in light traffic.
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Discovery Cube Orange County
2500 N Main St
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This is a very unique, fun, and interesting experience for mostly the school aged children. Thought provoking and interactive exhibits. Adults love it too....Not far away - 57 south to the 5 south about 15 minutes in light traffic.
Smaller zoo especially nice for the young kids and not so big it tires the adults out! Lots of different monkeys and a play ground area for the kids as well.Also very reasonable priced! About 15 minutes away
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Зоопарк Санта-Ана в парке Прентис
1801 E Chestnut Ave
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Smaller zoo especially nice for the young kids and not so big it tires the adults out! Lots of different monkeys and a play ground area for the kids as well.Also very reasonable priced! About 15 minutes away
This amusement park is about half the price of Disney, great fun, and good rides as well. Very popular in Southern California!
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Кноттс Берри Фарм
8039 Beach Blvd
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This amusement park is about half the price of Disney, great fun, and good rides as well. Very popular in Southern California!
This is another alternative for a fun theme park to visit. Especially suited for young children and very reasonably priced. I used to take my children there frequently when they were young! Groupon has coupons for this as well!
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Adventure City
1238 S Beach Blvd
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This is another alternative for a fun theme park to visit. Especially suited for young children and very reasonably priced. I used to take my children there frequently when they were young! Groupon has coupons for this as well!
Seasonal water park. Great place in the summer for kids of all ages to cool off.
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Кноттс Соук Сити США
8200 Beach Blvd
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Seasonal water park. Great place in the summer for kids of all ages to cool off.
This is a little farther away in Long Beach but is a great place to visit to see many of the creatures of the ocean up close. Also a popular venue.
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Аквариум Тихого океана
100 Aquarium Way
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This is a little farther away in Long Beach but is a great place to visit to see many of the creatures of the ocean up close. Also a popular venue.
This is a newer indoor water park that has become very popular.
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Водный парк Great Wolf Lodge | Южная Калифорния
12681 Harbor Blvd
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This is a newer indoor water park that has become very popular.
This is a good place to visit while your out visiting Disney. There are themed restaurants, shopping, and entertainment. Nice change of pace from Disney if you want to break it up!
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Downtown Disney
Downtown Disney
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This is a good place to visit while your out visiting Disney. There are themed restaurants, shopping, and entertainment. Nice change of pace from Disney if you want to break it up!

Shopping

Large mall with most of the popular department stores including Nordstroms just minutes away.
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Brea Mall
1065 Brea Mall
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Large mall with most of the popular department stores including Nordstroms just minutes away.

Essentials

This one and the Ralphs close by are both very clean and our standby's for grocery shopping.
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Stater Bros. Markets
7511 Orangethorpe Ave
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This one and the Ralphs close by are both very clean and our standby's for grocery shopping.
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Ralphs
710 N Rose Dr
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Parks & Nature

This great local park with large grassy areas, places to ride bikes, walk, and playgrounds for children. Also has a lovely lake and is reasonable priced.
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Крейг Региональный парк
3300 N State College Blvd
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This great local park with large grassy areas, places to ride bikes, walk, and playgrounds for children. Also has a lovely lake and is reasonable priced.
This is a wonderful park, very kid friendly! You can rent bikes, bring a picnic and they have pony and train rides for the children.
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Парк Ирвайн-Риджинал
1 Irvine Park Rd
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This is a wonderful park, very kid friendly! You can rent bikes, bring a picnic and they have pony and train rides for the children.
This regional park in Brea includes a pond for fishing, playgrounds, tennis courts, volleyball courts, bike and hiking trails. There are a crop of beautiful Redwood trees here- you must hike to these trees and see them, easy hike and well worth it.
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Региональный парк Карбон-Каньон
4442 Carbon Canyon Rd
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This regional park in Brea includes a pond for fishing, playgrounds, tennis courts, volleyball courts, bike and hiking trails. There are a crop of beautiful Redwood trees here- you must hike to these trees and see them, easy hike and well worth it.

Arts & Culture

This takes a farther drive to L.A. but is a wonderful art museum. Worth the trip if you have never been. It will take you a good part of the day and I would not suggest it for small children,
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Гетти
1200 Getty Center Dr
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This takes a farther drive to L.A. but is a wonderful art museum. Worth the trip if you have never been. It will take you a good part of the day and I would not suggest it for small children,