Amar Santana creates top new American cuisine in a chic ambiance.Amar Santana, longtime chef at Charlie Palmer at Bloomingdale’s South Coast Plaza, and other staff members left to open Broadway by Amar Santana in Laguna Beach. New York’s Broadway—as opposed to Laguna’s nearby main street—informs the decor. The menu offers new American cuisine and dishes include slow-braised lamb belly with cumin caramel, carrot “textures,” sour cream and pistachios; and butter-poached Jidori farm chicken with Brussels sprouts, acorn squash, hen of the woods mushrooms, black garlic and gizzards. 328 Glenneyre St, Laguna Beach, 949.715.8234. broadwaybyamarsantana.com