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老城橙 features a char最小值g downtown square that wraps visitors and locals alike in a nostalgic hug. It remains loyal to its colorful past while warmly welco最小值g new restaurant concepts, 手工啤酒厂, and coffeehouses into the vintage structures nestled along tree-lined streets.

Founded in 1871 and built around a quaint pedestrian plaza, 橙色 is the largest nationally registered 历史街区 在加州. At the center of the iconic traffic circle, a mosaic tile fountain dating back to 1937 remains a local landmark and a testament to the city’s preservation efforts.

While much of the regional landscape has rapidly evolved over the years, 橙色 has maintained its diverse architectural styles, which number 更多的 than 50 and range from Classical Revival and Victorian to Craftsman and California bungalow. Many of the local businesses evoke an old-time feel, 包括 Tiddlywinks 玩具商店, 鱼雷漫画, and even a vinyl shop, Mr. C’s, which specializes in rare records. More than a dozen antique shops and emporiums such as 橙色 Circle Antique Mall add to the district’s vintage vibe, drawing treasure-seekers in search of estate jewelry, 中国, 和家具.

Many of 老城橙’s original buildings from the 1870s to the 1940s also remain in use, 包括 Watson’s Soda Fountain & 咖啡馆, a drugstore founded in 1899. Though the shop stopped filling prescriptions in 2011, Watson’s soda jerks still serve up chocolate malts, 冰淇淋, and all-American diner food in a refreshed space that features an original druggist cabinet filled with medicinal bottles and vials.

Another place to see and be seen, 加油站 caters to early birds with a down-home classic breakfast spread inside an old gas station established in 1913. Even newer restaurant purveyors pay tribute to the past, with Bosscat厨房 & 酒 restoring World War II pilot Rod Fraser’s old 1949 liquor store into the city’s hottest brunch and whiskey destination.

到达后 查普曼大学 in the 1950s, 橙色 became a college town. 的 Hilbert Museum of California Art, located on campus, is a real gem, showcasing an enviable collection of California Scene paintings, which are distinguished from earlier works of California Impressionism by the portrayal of people going about their everyday lives in settings as diverse as cities, 港口, 和牧场, or in cars and trains; the style can also include dramatic landscapes.

What would a college town be without a few local watering holes and cafes? Chapman Crafted Beer is a family-owned favorite. Down the road, the owners of Smoqued California BBQ 打开 1886 Brewing Company, serving up award-winning beers and brewpub fare in a refurbished antique shop space. Coffee connoisseurs can head over to 反咖啡 & 茶 to build their own tasting flights in a bookstore filled with literary journals and works from independent presses.

附近的 Irvine Regional Park, the oldest in 橙色 County, is an outdoor escape with short hiking trails, 野餐的理由, and a lake for paddle boating. Families can climb aboard the Irvine Park Railroad for a 12-最小值ute scenic ride led by an overall-clad conductor or check out the OC动物园’s exhibits featuring animals and plants native to the southwestern states. For a deeper trek into nature, adventurers can also take a guided horseback tour of the three-mile equestrian trail offered by 国家落后 & 骑术学校.

Visitors planning a trip over Labor Day weekend can partake in a time-honored tradition: the 橙色 International Street Fair. 的 city hosted its first street fair in 1910 and revived the event in 1973 for its centennial celebration, complete with live entertainment and dozens of food booths.