JC Fandango

Comments (0) Thursday, Sep 22 2005

Photo by Jack GouldI can spend just one week leaning against the marbled bar at JC Fandango and see the entirety of the human experience pass: metaleros with enough steel on their torn jackets to warp a compass; nervous gabachas overdressed for their first salsa lesson; skanker misfits dressed in the postmodern Chicano wardrobe of Chucks, a Che T-shirt and Buddy Holly glasses; hip-hop heads in FUBU and pink grinding to the latest reggaetón smash; Mexican immigrants decked out in Stetsons and epidermally tight jeans; Asians, blacks, whites, Jews—all Latinos. It all depends on the date, as JC Fandango remains the country's pre-eminent Latin music spot, with nights devoted to salsa, merengue, hip-hop, rock en español—if the lyrics are in Spanish and involve heartbreak and drunkenness, JC Fandango plays it. I hear the JC Fandango bartenders mix great drinks, but I wouldn't know—my booze here is double Cazadores tequila on the rocks, pounded always with owner Javier Castellanos, who has yet to talk to a customer for more than five minutes without also buying the next round. Great bar tacos too!

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J.C. Fandango

12361 Chapman Ave.
Garden Grove, CA 92840

Category: Restaurant > Italian

Region: Garden Grove

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JC FANDANGO, 1086 N. STATE COLLEGE BLVD., ANAHEIM, (714) 758-1057; WWW.JCF.COM. FRI.-SUN., 9 P.M.-2 A.M. CALL FOR SPECIAL EVENTS. 18+.

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