Tableau Kitchen & Bar closed recently at South Coast Plaza.

The restaurant — located in the Macy’s wing adjacent to the main retail center — left a note on its website thanking its guests “for the memories.”

“While this chapter comes to an end, our passion for great food and community continues at Toast Kitchen & Bakery,” the restaurant’s goodbye states.

Chef John Park opened Tableau Kitchen and Bar at South Coast Plaza in 2022 with Wahoo’s Fish Taco co-founder Ed Lee. Park also founded Toast Kitchen Bakery in Costa Mesa, which remains open. (Photo courtesy of Tableau Kitchen)

The restaurant opened in 2022, a creation of chef John Park and Wahoo’s Fish Taco co-founder Ed Lee. The pair touted a giving table at the restaurant where proceeds went to local causes. Park and Lee also vowed to hire veterans, formerly unhoused people, foster youth and victims of abuse. Park also owns Toast Kitchen Bakery in Costa Mesa and previously Fill Bakeshop.

In 2023, Jason Abo and Holly Sao took over running Tableau.

Readers let us know that in addition to the restaurant closure, the stationary shop Paper Source next door also is closing.

We reached out to representatives at South Coast Plaza for a comment on what’s coming next for that space.

Goodwill of Orange County celebrated the opening of a donation center at the Costa Mesa Farmers Market. The drop location is at the Orange County Fairgrounds at 88 Fair Drive, Lot D. It’s open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursdays. (Photo courtesy of Goodwill of Orange County)

Goodwill drop off opens at OC Fairgrounds

Goodwill of Orange County recently opened a donation center at the Costa Mesa Farmers Market.

The drop location is at the Orange County Fairgrounds at 88 Fair Drive, Lot D. It’s open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursdays.

“Donations are the lifeblood of our organization; they provide the fuel for our mission work to connect people with meaningful career opportunities,” said Nicole Suydam, president and CEO of the nonprofit.

The Costa Mesa Farmers Market Donation Center is Goodwill OC’s 27th donation outpost in the community, and another step toward its bold goal to double impact and footprint in Orange County.

Costa Mesa will soon get a new Goodwill store. The organization said it will open a shop in May on Harbor Boulevard in a former ACE Hardware.

Advanced Veterinary Specialty Group Internal Medicine & Urgent Care in Tustin recently expanded its services to 24/7 emergency and critical care. The hospital also got a new name: AVSG Internal Medicine & Emergency/Critical Care. (Photo courtesy of AVSG)

Tustin vet hospital pivots to 24/7 care

Advanced Veterinary Specialty Group Internal Medicine & Urgent Care recently expanded its services to 24/7 emergency and critical care.

The Tustin’s hospital’s mouthful of a name also shrunk a bit to AVSG Internal Medicine & Emergency/Critical Care.

The urgent care facility at 2965 Edinger Ave. cares for ill or injured dogs and cats throughout the Orange County, “any time of the day or night.”

The hospital, which features a dozen veterinarians of various specialties, is managed by April Summers, a board-certified veterinary specialist in emergency medicine and critical care.

AVSG also offers internal medicine appoints from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday.

For more information, call 949-653-9300 or go to avsgemergencyvet.com

Costco in late Feb. expanded pump time at its gas stations. Most membership clubs will allow customers to pump until 10 p.m., Monday through Friday. (File photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Costco expands gas pumping hours

Costco in recent weeks expanded its hours to pump the big-box retailer’s cheap gas.

The members-only gas stations are now open from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., Monday through Friday. On the weekends, the pump times are 6 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Saturday and 7:30 p.m. on Sundays. Previously, pumps closed at 8:30 p.m. on weekdays.

The media-shy company announced the change on its Instagram account, where a lot of fans offered their thumbs-up. A few still took their chance to chide Costco for replacing their beloved churros with chocolate chip cookies.

Costco’s gas is usually priced lower than traditional gas stations. Its ability to buy in bulk and sell great quantities of gas daily mean it can sell all grades at lower prices.

New stores

VooDoo Barbershop opens this week 9119 Garfield Ave. in Fountain Valley. A ribbon-cutting takes place at 1 p.m. on Friday, March 28.

New ventures

Kris Reddaway, a wealth adviser based in Newport Beach, and his team have joined Citizens Financial Group Inc. While at Merrill Lynch Private Wealth Management, Reddaway and his team managed roughly $900 million in client assets. Citizens Private Wealth offers financial planning, investment management, deposits and lending, estate and trust planning and more.

On board

Nishtha Mohendra recently was named vice chair of the Continuum of Care board of directors governed by the county and chair of the Emergency Food and Shelter Program, operating under Orange County United Way. Mohendra is the chief program officer at Families Forward, an Irvine-based nonprofit working to keep families from becoming homeless.

Project Youth OC recently named its 2025 board officers. They include President Wesley K. Polischuk, attorney at Robinson Calcagnie Inc., President-elect Anthony C. Modarelli III, a personal injury litigator, Treasurer Miguel P. Prietto, Jr., a transactional attorney, and Kristin L. Gomez, a lawyer and senior group manager of Regulatory Strategy and Eco-mobility at Hyundai Motor North America.

Good works

Foundation for Jewish Camp recently received $5 million from the Samueli Foundation. The money will go toward increasing the number of Orange County children participating in the camp. The four-year grant will back the organization’s One Happy Camper program, middle-income access grants, and need-based scholarships.

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Correction

Pasta Sisters operates one ghost kitchen in Costa Mesa and two restaurants in Los Angeles County. Because of a reporter’s error, the dine-in classification for the LA-based Pasta Sisters’ restaurants was incorrect in last week’s Status Update column.

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