The Republic and its sister restaurant, Rockwell's Kitchen and Tap, opened in late May, and they're already attracting attention. The restaurants occupy the former Alma Latina restaurant, 45 S ...

Now a new restaurant called Kitchen Republic has moved in. Kitchen Republic bills itself as a “Tapas Bistro”, but it’s not exactly Spanish, nor French.

Kitchen Republic isn’t the first restaurant to attempt a small-plates-Asian-fusion concept in Huntington Beach. And as with others that came before it—such as Scraps, ...