Balboa Island is bursting with fun activities. Marine Avenue is the island's main hub for shopping and dining. Here, you'll find independently owned boutiques, shops and restaurants. This street ...

About 40 trees line both sides of Marine Avenue, Balboa Island’s Rockwellian main street of boutiques and cafes. Under their canopy, golf carts have designated parking outside the candy shop ...

BALBOA ISLAND, Calif. — On this tiny man-made island ... right? The main old-timey shopping district, Marine Avenue, has four eateries offering the "original" chocolate-covered banana and ...

Balboa Island demonstrates that no tourism town in ... like hanging out at the beach,” Deanna Young said. As for clothes shopping, she added, “you just buy what you need and wear it to the ...

“The island is mostly higher end boutiques these days,” says local ... The rivalry also includes the “Balboa Bar,” a slab of vanilla ice cream on a stick and also covered in chocolate.

Many visit the oceanfront area for a taste of opulence, but the best things to do in Newport Beach extend beyond the posh Orange County city’s tony shopping ... it's called Balboa Island ...

We ended up finding a spot on Coral Avenue, seven streets down from the main shopping street ... We followed the crowd. I got a Balboa Bar, the island’s famous frozen dessert.

(L to R) Shirley Pepys, founder and chair, board of directors, Balboa Island Museum; Katrina Foley, Orange County Supervisor; Lorraine Leavitt, associate professor, National University; Barbara Abbott ...