{"id":15956,"date":"2007-06-01T03:22:30","date_gmt":"2007-06-01T03:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelfharrah.com\/dev\/?p=15956"},"modified":"2019-01-27T04:54:14","modified_gmt":"2019-01-27T04:54:14","slug":"wonderland-original-mikes-is-a-feast-for-the-senses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelfharrah.com\/dev\/2007\/06\/01\/wonderland-original-mikes-is-a-feast-for-the-senses\/","title":{"rendered":"Wonderland Original Mike\u2019s is a feast for the senses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Owner Mike Harrah has always defied convention but his unique vision for Original Mike\u2019s continues to solidify Santa Ana\u2019s place on the dining map.\u00a0 First a Packard dealership then an empty and condemned building, Harrah has restored this architectural gem and transformed it into a restaurant that brings to mind the all-American den of a rich uncle.\u00a0 Harley Davidson motorcycles hang from the ceiling. Big fireplaces, two antique bars, satellite sports feeds and all sorts of eclectic surprises greet customers.\u00a0 The whimsical d\u00e9cor gives Original Mikes an all ages feel and the scheduled entertainment which ranges from classic car nights to karaoke to Latin-infused dance music attracts everyone from three-year-old kids to 90-year-old grandmothers.\u00a0\u00a0 One of the restaurant\u2019s chief goals is to inspire people to have fun and this is lived out in Original Mike\u2019s slogan, \u201cGood cookin,\u2019 good eatin,\u2019 and good livin.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"jce_file\" title=\"Read More in the Summer 2007 Dining Out Magazine\" href=\"http:\/\/michaelfharrah.com\/images\/stories\/Magazine\/diningOut%20Sum07.pdf\">Read More in the Summer 2007 Dining Out Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Owner Mike Harrah has always defied convention but his unique vision for Original Mike\u2019s continues to solidify Santa Ana\u2019s place on the dining map.\u00a0 First a Packard dealership then an empty and condemned building, Harrah has restored this architectural gem and transformed it into a restaurant that brings to mind the all-American den of a rich uncle.\u00a0 Harley Davidson motorcycles hang from the ceiling. Big fireplaces, two antique bars, satellite sports feeds and all sorts of eclectic surprises greet customers.\u00a0 The whimsical d\u00e9cor gives Original Mikes an all ages feel and the scheduled entertainment which ranges from classic car nights to karaoke to Latin-infused dance music attracts everyone from three-year-old kids to 90-year-old grandmothers.\u00a0\u00a0 One of the restaurant\u2019s chief goals is to inspire people to have fun and this is lived out in Original Mike\u2019s slogan, \u201cGood cookin,\u2019 good eatin,\u2019 and good livin.\u2019\u201d Read More in the Summer 2007 Dining Out Magazine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15957,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[180],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-magazine-article"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelfharrah.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelfharrah.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelfharrah.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelfharrah.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelfharrah.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15956"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/michaelfharrah.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15958,"href":"https:\/\/michaelfharrah.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15956\/revisions\/15958"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelfharrah.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelfharrah.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelfharrah.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelfharrah.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}