Pretty Fit Foodie - You May Think You Know BBQ, But You've Never Had Anything Like Seasalt Woodfire Grill

By on 03/08/2017

For my third restaurant week adventured I decided to visit Seasalt Woodfire Grill in Huntington Beach for some southwestern BBQ. All I can say is you’ve never had BBQ like this. Forget about your food smothered in BBQ sauce because when you come here, it’s all about the meats. Seasalt Woodfire Grill’s name says it all. You ...

Daily Pilot - The Gossiping Gourmet: Wood-fired flavors at the SeaSalt grill

By Terry Markowitz on 08/11/2016

licia Whitney and Alexander Dale, the team behind the Sea Legs Wine Bar in Huntington Beach, have opened a second location just a few blocks away. This one is called the SeaSalt Woodfire Grill, and it features lots of delicious meats grilled over red-oak wood, Santa Maria barbecue style. The motto is "farm to fire." The room is quite ...

OC Register - How to grill a perfect tri-tip for Fourth of July

By PAUL HODGINS on 07/01/2016

If you’re a proud Californian, you’ll listen politely to a Texan bragging about brisket or a Carolinian rhapsodizing about pulled pork. Then you’ll set them straight about barbecue: Tri-tip is the best, and it belongs to the Golden State. A few barbecue history books list tri-tip as a specialty that dates to the rancho era. But ...

OC Register - SeaSalt to bring 'live fire grilling' to Huntington Beach

By Orange County Register on 06/19/2015

The owner of SeaLegs Wine Bar in Huntington Beach is developing a second concept, SeaSalt Woodfire Grill, in the same center as her wine bar. The new restaurant is slated to open in Huntington Beach this fall. Similar to the “live fire” cooking at Noah Blom’s Arc in Costa Mesa, SeaSalt will be grilling over an open fire. Guests ...

Main & PCH - SeaSalt Woodfire Grill Shakes Up Huntington Beach's Restaurant Scene

By Lauren Lloyd on 04/29/2017

Food Updates: SeaSalt Woodfire Grill opened for business on April 27, and opened for lumberjack-style weekend breakfasts on June 11 (Saturdays and Sundays, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.). The hospitality team behind Huntington Beach's award-winning SeaLegs Wine Bar is shaking up the Orange County ...

Orange Coast Magazine - Farm to Fire: SeaSalt Woodfire Grill

By Benjamin Epstein on 07/28/2016

Alicia Whitney and Alexander Dale, the team behind Huntington Beach SeaLegs Wine Bar, has a new Huntington Beach haunt called SeaSalt Woodfire Grill. The restaurant’s appeal is evocative of the Old West dining experience in California’s Santa Maria Valley, with the decor featuring beef-cut charts on the walls and a pit master grilling ...

OC Weekly - Best of OC: SeaSalt Woodfire Grill (BEST NEW RESTAURANT)

By OC WEEKLY STAFF on 09/23/2017

In bringing Santa Maria barbecue to OC, former Weekling Alicia Whitney imported two essential things from the region: cords of the native California red oak that fuels the specially designed grills and the 'cue masters who know how to use them. The formula has allowed SeaSalt to produce the exact kind of barbecue that the Central Coast is ...

Daily Pilot - Bennett: These are O.C.'s 10 most important new restaurants of 2016

By Sarah Bennett on 12/22/2016

ining in Orange County, too long considered the forgotten stepchild of L.A., has long run along two extremes: waterfront options that cost as much as a second mortgage and hidden strip mall gems where you can inhale an extra stomach's worth of ethnic food on a budget. Though that has been slowly changing, this year marks a significant shift ...

OC Weekly - SeaSalt Woodfire Grill in Huntington Beach Perfects Santa Maria-Style Barbecue for OC

By EDWIN GOEi on 06/22/2016

"Have you had Santa Maria-style barbecue before?" our waiter asked the newcomers who were seated at the table next to us at SeaSalt in Huntington Beach. The group of four shook their heads no. It wasn't the first time he encountered newbies. Despite Santa Maria being a mere three-hour drive from where we were, no group he asked that ...

SeaSalt Woodfire Grill Shakes Up Huntington Beach's Restaurant Scene

By Food Section on 04/29/2015

UPDATE: SeaSalt Woodfire Grill is expected to open in March 2016. The hospitality team behind Huntington Beach's award-winning SeaLegs Wine Bar is shaking up the Orange County culinary scene once again—or should we say shaking a little salt onto it. Come fall 2015, the same plaza housing the wine bar will welcome a fresh ...

SeaSalt to bring 'live fire grilling' to Huntington Beach

By BY VIVIAN CHOW / STAFF WRITER on 05/22/2015

The owner of SeaLegs Wine Bar in Huntington Beach is developing a second concept, SeaSalt Woodfire Grill, in the same center as her wine bar. The new restaurant is slated to open in Huntington Beach this fall. Similar to the “live fire” cooking at Noah Blom’s Arc in Costa Mesa, SeaSalt will be grilling over an open fire. Guests ...

SeaSalt Woodfire Grill - Huntington Beach - March 2016

By on 04/29/2015

SeaSalt Woodfire Grill slated to open January 2016 to offer diners the fresh flavors of “Farm-to-fire” grilling and a nostalgic trip back in California history Restaurateur of SeaLegs Wine Bar Alicia Whitney and Her Team Pay Homage to California Settlers Who Invented Santa Maria-Style Grilling with New Concept, Revising It for Orange ...

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