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Your Fountain Valley guide
Brookhurst Street is where Fountain Valley eats — it is one of the best food corridors in Orange County. For phở and Vietnamese, start with the guide’s Brookhurst listings; for sushi, look at the Japanese counters on the same stretch. Here are the pages with every address, phone number and hours:
Fountain Valley Restaurant Guide
All 35 restaurants — phở, sushi, Thai, bakeries, diners
Where Fountain Valley Eats
The Brookhurst corridor story, with four local favorites
Meet your guides. Our illustrated host and Gizmo the chihuahua greet you at the lake in Mile Square Park — the same friendly faces you’ll see across the site.
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The Fountain Valley guide
Everything on this site lives in plain, readable pages — the same pages the guide above searches, and the same pages search engines index. Start anywhere:
Restaurants
Phở, sushi, bakeries and diners along the Brookhurst corridor and beyond.
Hotels & Stays
Places to stay near Mile Square Park, the 405 and the beach cities.
News & Events
Local stories, city decisions and things to do around town.
Parks & Outdoors
Mile Square Park, the Sports Park, trails, fishing lakes and golf.
Real Estate
Thinking of moving to Fountain Valley? Start with a local agent.
City Services
City Hall, police and fire contacts, permits, and resident resources.
Local Questions
Skate parks, beach distance, schools and other everyday answers.
Near the Beach
Huntington Beach pier and surf are about 10–15 minutes west.
Mile Square Regional Park’s lake from above. Photo via CA Hiking Adventures.
Mile Square Park: 640 acres in the middle of town
Few suburbs have a park like this. Mile Square Regional Park — an Orange County park bordered by Euclid, Warner, Brookhurst and Heil — holds two fishing lakes, three golf courses, an archery range, nature trails and wide picnic lawns, all inside Fountain Valley.
- Two lakes stocked for fishing, with pedal boats in season
- Fountain Valley Sports Park — the city leases ~65 acres for ball fields and recreation programs
- The 2026 Parks Master Plan recommends studying a skate/BMX pump track in the Sports Park expansion
Where Fountain Valley eats
The Brookhurst Street corridor is one of Orange County’s great food streets — a walkable run of Vietnamese phở houses, Japanese sushi and kappo counters, Thai cafés, bakeries and old-school diners, minutes from Little Saigon. Our restaurant guide now lists 35 local places, each with address, phone, hours and a link.
Kappo Honda
Japanese kappo · Brookhurst St
Phở Bánh Mì & Chè Cali
Vietnamese · Brookhurst St
85°C Bakery Cafe
Bakery & coffee · Brookhurst St
Paul’s Coffee Shop
Classic diner · a local institution
Phở on the Brookhurst corridor — the dish that built this food scene.
Latest from the Fountain Valley desk
New local stories and guides are published on the site every day. Recent pieces:
GUIDE · OCTOBER 2026
Skate Parks Near Fountain Valley
Fountain Valley has no public skate park of its own — yet. Where local skaters actually ride, and what the city’s new master plan says about building one.
FOOD · OCTOBER 2026
The Restaurant Guide Grows to 35
Fifteen new additions — sushi counters, Thai cafés, bakeries and two Brookhurst institutions — join the FountainValley.com restaurant directory.
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Inside the Parks Master Plan
Adopted in August 2026, the Parks & Community Services Master Plan maps the next decade for the Sports Park — including a possible pump track.
Staying in Fountain Valley
Visiting family, a tournament at the Sports Park, or a beach weekend with a quieter home base? Compare hotels near Mile Square Park and the 405 — most within a 15-minute drive of Huntington Beach.
Looking for a home here?
Fountain Valley calls itself “A Nice Place to Live” — top-rated schools, the park, and the beach ten minutes away. Tell the guide what you’re looking for and we’ll connect you with a local real estate agent who knows these neighborhoods.
Huntington Beach pier at sunset — Fountain Valley’s front porch on the Pacific.
The beach is the backyard
Fountain Valley sits just inland of Huntington Beach — close enough for a sunset walk at the pier after dinner, far enough for quiet streets and easy parking at home. Warner Avenue runs straight from Mile Square Park to the sand.
- ~4–5 miles to Huntington Beach and Bolsa Chica State Beach
- 10–15 minutes by car, or ride the Santa Ana River trail corridor
- Surf City events, the US Open of Surfing and beach bonfire pits all season
City Hall & essential contacts
FountainValley.com is an independent community guide. For official city business, these are the City of Fountain Valley’s own numbers:
City Hall
(714) 593-4400
10200 Slater Avenue, Fountain Valley, CA 92708
Open Monday–Thursday; closed Fridays.
Police (non-emergency)
(714) 593-4485
Front desk, records and vacation home checks.
For emergencies, always dial 911.
Fire Administration
(714) 593-4436
Permits, inspections and community programs.
Recreation Center: (714) 893-8611 · Senior Center: (714) 593-4446
Questions people ask about Fountain Valley
The guide answers these on the spot — and because they live on the page as real text, search engines can send the next visitor straight here.
Does Fountain Valley have a skate park?
Not yet. The city’s own facility listings show no public skate park, and Fountain Valley appears on Orange County directories of cities without one. The Parks & Community Services Master Plan adopted in August 2026 documents a need for one skate/BMX site and recommends evaluating a pump track in the Mile Square Sports Park expansion. Until then, the closest parks — Vans in Huntington Beach, plus Garden Grove, Westminster, Santa Ana and Costa Mesa — are all about 3–4 miles away.
What is Mile Square Park?
A 640-acre Orange County regional park in the middle of Fountain Valley, with two fishing lakes, golf courses, an archery range, trails and picnic grounds. The city leases about 65 acres of it — plus a 16-acre expansion added in 2025 — for the Fountain Valley Sports Park, so the city runs the sports fields while OC Parks operates the rest.
How far is Fountain Valley from the beach?
About 4–5 miles. Huntington Beach and its pier are a 10–15 minute drive west, which is why so many residents treat Surf City as their front porch while living on quieter inland streets.
Where is the best phở in Fountain Valley?
Start on Brookhurst Street, the heart of the city’s Vietnamese food scene near Little Saigon. Our restaurant guide lists 35 local spots — including phở houses, bánh mì shops and bakeries — each with address, phone and hours.