{"id":277650,"date":"2026-04-21T00:07:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T00:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/277650\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T00:07:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T00:07:07","slug":"o-sea-in-orange-closes-earlier-than-planned-goodbye-party-announced-orange-county-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/277650\/","title":{"rendered":"O Sea in Orange closes earlier than planned; goodbye party announced \u2013 Orange County Register"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, that was fast: Less than a week after plans were announced to shutter later this month, O Sea has already served its final dish.<\/p>\n

The Old Towne seafood restaurant,\u00a0which had announced it would close at the end of April<\/a>, instead wrapped up service on Saturday, April 18., according to both a restaurant customer and a message posted to its Instagram account. The abrupt change was due to \u201cunforeseen staffing challenges,\u201d said owner Mike Flynn.<\/p>\n

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Opening in 2021 on Glassell Street, O Sea quickly built a following for its sustainable seafood focus and playful, globally-bent menu. Dishes like Oaxacan hot shrimp and ahi crispy rice helped the eatery carve out a niche in Orange\u2019s robust dining scene. King\u2019s Seafood Company, a Costa Mesa-based restaurant group, purchased the O Sea brand along with its intellectual property.<\/p>\n

ALSO READ: Old Towne Orange has nearly 50 restaurants. How did it become a dining destination?<\/a><\/p>\n

Though regular service has ended, the team is planning a pair of farewell events this week. A market sale featuring remaining seafood and wine inventory is slated for Tuesday, April 21 from 4 to 8 p.m., with items available to-go.<\/p>\n

O Sea will also host a one final gathering on Saturday, April 25 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. It\u2019s billed as a \u201cBYO Bottle party\u201d happy hour. Guests and former regulars are encouraged to bring along a bottle to share as the team toasts the restaurant\u2019s five-year run.<\/p>\n

In the farewell message, Flynn thanks the community for tis support and invited guests to stop by for a proper goodbye.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Well, that was fast: Less than a week after plans were announced to shutter later this month, O…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":277651,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164,944,580,420],"class_list":["post-277650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-restaurant-closures","tag-restaurants-food-and-drink","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}