CORONA DEL MAR TODAY

Wahoo’s Taco Headed to Big Corona Beach

Wahoo’s Fish Tacos will be the temporary food vendor at Big Corona State Beach, city officials said this morning.

“Wahoo’s will be there Saturday, Sunday and Monday, weather permitting,” said Tara Finnigan, the Newport Beach spokeswoman. “They are helping us temporary basis until the City can get a seasonal or permanent vendor in there.”

Wahoo’s will sell tacos and other snacks, likely using a truck for food preparation because the concessions facility is lacking refrigeration, an oven and other items that Fuji Grill’s owner had purchased and removed when it closed in November.

City officials tried and failed this spring to find a replacement for Fuji Grill. A request for proposals to take over the space yielded just one applicant, so officials plan to revise the terms of the deal and try again in the fall.

The City Council on Tuesday unanimously voted to allow the city manager to approve the temporary food vendors and to revise the terms of a longterm lease.

Details about Wahoo’s short-term agreement with the city were not available, and it is not known whether other vendors might fill in over the summer season.

Both Big and Little Corona beaches will be staffed with tower lifeguards during the holiday weekend, said Jennifer Schulz, a Newport Beach Fire Department spokeswoman.

Read our earlier stories here and here.