Garden Grove / Central Orange County
The restaurants we could confirm sit on the arterials near the 22 Freeway. Brookhurst Street at Westminster Avenue has The Boiling Crab (13892 Brookhurst) at the edge of Little Saigon, and its original store is on Euclid Street at 14241. The Promenade at Garden Grove on Chapman Avenue at Brookhurst Street (9635-9939 Chapman, with ALDI, Regal and 24 Hour Fitness per its leasing listing) has Chipotle. Harbor Boulevard near Garden Grove Boulevard, at the south end of the Grove District resort area, is in the Harbor Corridor Specific Plan and is where large banquet-style restaurants get approved, such as QD Venue 2 in 2026. Garden Grove Boulevard's Korean District is a known dining corridor, but we did not confirm individual operators there.
Population
170,964
Median HHI
$92,174
Median age
40.2
Homeownership
53.1%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.
Primary retail corridors
Brookhurst Street · Harbor Boulevard · Chapman Avenue · Westminster Avenue · Garden Grove Boulevard
Specific shopping centers in Garden Grove that already carry credible co-tenancy for this use. Listed in approximate order of fit.
Brookhurst Street at Westminster Avenue
Anchors / key tenants: Sushi Kura, Boiling Point, The Boiling Crab
On the edge of Little Saigon, a dense Vietnamese restaurant cluster (Sushi Kura, Boiling Point, The Boiling Crab, Banh Mi Che Cali, Blackball, Yogurtland) at the busiest intersection of Brookhurst and Westminster.
Chapman Avenue at Brookhurst Street
Anchors / key tenants: regional and value retail mix
Repositioned from the original 1956 Orange County Plaza. Long-running community center at the city’s most important retail intersection (Brookhurst/Chapman).
SWC Brookhurst Street at Chapman Avenue
Anchors / key tenants: CVS Pharmacy, Chuze Fitness, Citibank
Daily-needs and fitness co-tenancy with Best Choice Supermarket, El Pollo Loco, Little Caesar’s, CosmoProf, and T-Mobile. Functional cross-shop with the rest of the Brookhurst/Chapman intersection.
Garden Grove Boulevard between Beach and Brookhurst
Anchors / key tenants: Korea House BBQ Buffet, dense Korean retail and dining
North-of-Little-Saigon Korean retail and dining district. Korean BBQ, KBBQ buffets, Korean grocery, and beauty/skincare operators line Garden Grove Blvd. Cultural-fit concepts outperform generic chains here.
Existing operators are the most honest comp for whether a use can support Garden Grove rents. These are publicly visible restaurant space businesses currently trading in the market.
The Boiling Crab (Garden Grove Brookhurst)
13892 Brookhurst Street, Garden Grove, CA 92843
Cajun seafood, open 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. weekdays, with a separate to-go counter at 13908 Brookhurst, #B, per the brand's own location page, which places it in the Garden Grove Plaza just off the 22 Freeway.
The Boiling Crab (Garden Grove Euclid)
14241 Euclid Street, #C116, Garden Grove, CA 92843
The brand's own page calls this its original restaurant, just south of the 22 Freeway.
QD Venue 2
13018 Harbor Boulevard, Garden Grove, CA 92843
Full-service restaurant with incidental banquets in a 5,845 sq ft space at the southeast corner of Harbor and Garden Grove Boulevards. The Planning Commission approved CUP-281-2026 (Resolution 6132-26, 7-0) on April 16, 2026 for a Type 47 license with live entertainment and dancing at banquets, about 230 to 260 seats.
Chipotle (Garden Grove Promenade)
9737 Chapman Avenue, Garden Grove, CA 92841
The only Garden Grove store on Chipotle's locator. The address is inside the 9635-9939 Chapman range that the Promenade at Garden Grove leasing listing gives.
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Base zones: Table 1 of Section 9.16.020.030 permits 'Eating Establishment/Restaurant' with no alcohol by right in C-1, C-2, C-3, M-1 and M-P, and outdoor seating by right in the same zones under 9.16.020.050.V. A restaurant with alcohol sales is conditional in all five, a restaurant with entertainment is conditional in C-1, C-2 and C-3, and a bar or nightclub is conditional in C-2 and C-3 only. In C-1, entertainment is limited by 9.16.020.050.X to one solo performer with no amplified sound, no dancing and no stage.
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Every alcohol change is a CUP: Section 9.16.020.080.B requires a conditional use permit for an original or new ABC license, a change of license type, a premises-to-premises transfer, any change in floor area, hours or entertainment, and for reopening after a license has gone unused for 30 days or the business has been closed 30 days or more. The 13018 Harbor space shows how this plays out: Lamppost Pizza, Capone's Pizza, Ha Long, King Harbor Seafood and QD Venue 2 each needed their own CUP, and a restaurant that ran there without a license in 2021 to 2024 fell out of compliance with the old permit. When you take over a restaurant with a beer and wine or full liquor license, assume a new hearing.
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Alcohol conditions: the CUP will set hours (the April 2026 staff report calls 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. the City's standard hours for Type 47 restaurants), and 9.16.020.080.D requires that sound not be audible outside the establishment, doors facing homes stay closed, site lighting, security guards if the Police Department asks, and a City review of the CUP every three years. Section 9.16.020.080.C lets the City deny the CUP if the building is within 200 feet (or ABC's distance) of a school, park, religious institution or hospital, and calls for on-site inspections of CUP holders at intervals of no more than six months.
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Patios with alcohol: Section 9.16.020.050.V.6 requires an alcohol patio to be fully enclosed by a barrier at least five feet high that still allows visibility, with a posted notice and hours no earlier than 7:00 a.m. or later than 10:00 p.m. No alcohol may be served in a shared outdoor dining area that serves more than one business. The first 500 sq ft of outdoor dining needs no parking, and each 100 sq ft beyond that needs one space.
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Parking: Section 9.16.040.150 parks an attached restaurant with 16 seats or fewer and under 300 sq ft of dining area at 1 space per 200 sq ft, but any attached restaurant over 16 seats, and any freestanding one, at 1 per 100 (minimum 10). Restaurants with entertainment add 1 space per 35 sq ft of entertainment area and 1 per 7 sq ft of dance floor, and 9.16.020.050.H and U add 1.7 spaces per 100 sq ft for bars and for restaurants with entertainment and alcohol. In the Harbor Corridor Specific Plan's District Commercial zone, a restaurant with entertainment or banquets must be at least 4,000 sq ft and needs a CUP.
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Grease: Garden Grove Sanitary District Ordinance No. 6 requires an approved grease interceptor wherever pretreatment is required, sized to the California Plumbing Code, with at least two compartments, installed at an exterior location with 24-inch access manholes, and pumped at least every six months (quarterly until a frequency is set). Grease trap locations need OC Health Care Agency approval before a City plumber's permit (4.30.110.B), and Section 4.30.070 makes the property owner responsible for an interceptor serving several food tenants on one parcel. OC Health Care Agency's Plan Check unit reviews every new or remodeled food facility.
Zoning, licensing, and demographic figures on this page come from the public records below. Codes and licenses change, so confirm with the city and the licensing agency before you sign.