DISCOVER ORANGE COUNTY

Looking for a new neighborhood to explore? Here are a few suggestions, culled from recent articles. Complete articles can be accessed through the archives at https://www.calendarlive.com/orange.

Downtown Fullerton

* Turning back time is as easy as turning a corner in downtown Fullerton, where more than a dozen buildings predate 1930 and where venerable businesses anchor just about every block. Living in the past has never been more fun than at the Reagan Years in an annex behind the Hub Cafe (124 E. Commonwealth Blvd., [714] 525-1984). It’s a throwback arcade that’s home to dozens of ‘80s video games. And Out of Vogue (109 E. Commonwealth Ave., [714] 879-6647) is a vintage department store, home to everything from clothes to housewares, wall hangings to guitars from the ‘40s, ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s.

For those nostalgic for another place, the Harbor Lights Bar and Grill (211 N. Harbor Blvd., [714] 680-3663) is one of Southern California’s favorite hangouts for transplanted Chicagoans.

A virtual walking tour of downtown is available at the Fullerton Chamber of Commerce Web site: https://www.fullerton.org.

Getting there: From the westbound Riverside Freeway, take Lemon Street north for two miles and turn left on Commonwealth Avenue to Harbor Boulevard. From the eastbound Riverside Freeway, take Euclid Street north to downtown. From the Orange Freeway, take the Chapman/Nutwood exit and go west on Chapman Avenue to Harbor.

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A new Discover Orange County feature will run in the Orange County Calendar page next Sunday.