For years, small plates have gotten guff from the bigger plates, endlessly picked on for their diminutive size, lack of matching serving bowls, and their inability to hold enough meat and gravy to make food comas an inevitability.

But now, small plates are having the last laugh as the preferred flatware of choice for the gastronomic delights served at The Royal in Placentia, where, with this DoubleTake Deal, you’ll get $40 worth of their fine tapas cuisine for only $20.

• 909 E. Yorba Linda Blvd., Placentia, 714-528-6222