Email Author GUSTAVO ARELLANO

Awards

• 2011 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc.

  Ask a Mexican

• 2010 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club

  "Ask a Mexican!"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards

  "Ask a Mexican!"

• 2008 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club

  Ask a Mexican!

• 2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards

  "Ask a Mexican!"

• 2007 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club

  Ask a Mexican

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 7, 2006

  "Ask a Mexican, 12-7-06"

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published November 16, 2006

  "Ask a Mexican, 11-16-06"

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published August 31, 2006

  "Ask a Mexican, 8-31-06"

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published January 6, 2005

  ¡Ask a Mexican!, January 6, 2005

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 14, 2005

  ¡Ask a Mexican!, April 14, 2005

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published October 7, 2005

  ¡Ask a Mexican!, October 7, 2005

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2012 Stories by GUSTAVO ARELLANO

• Van's Restaurant Is Off the Wall

  published August 9, 2012

  Van's Restaurant is the Vietnamese version of a greasy-spoon diner, the type of place parents would force their kids to go and now take their... More >>

• Why Do Mexicans Rape So Much?

  published August 9, 2012

  DEAR READERS: The Mexican is on a cross-country trek and unable to answer any questions right now. In the meantime, enjoy this... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  The Little People's Park Riot of 1978

  published August 2, 2012

  Little People's Park is a tiny slab of grass near downtown Anaheim, just down the street from police headquarters and two blocks from City... More >>

• Mangi Con Amore Is a Fellini Fantasy Come True

  published August 2, 2012

  Mangi Con Amore looks, feels and sounds as though it's an imposter. A checkercloth-style Italian restaurant in Laguna Niguel. Owner Stella... More >>

• Why Do Gabachos Complain So Much?

  published August 2, 2012

  DEAR MEXICAN: I'm a Mexican-American high-school student and just as patriotic as the Joneses who live next to me. One of my neighbors... More >>

• Anaheim's Tragic Kingdom

  published July 26, 2012

  I knew something was horribly amiss in Anaheim—my beloved hometown, where my family has lived on and off for more than a century—a... More >>

• KoKo Chicken and BBQ Is a Better KFC

  published July 26, 2012

  Slowly but surely, Orange County is learning the superiority of Korean ways. We've already assimilated kalbi tacos; the Korean spas, where old... More >>

• How Can a Gabacho Illegal Live in Mexico

  published July 26, 2012

  DEAR MEXICAN: I know I might sound like a gabacho borracho, but I'm really just a gringo... More >>

• Savori Is the Next Burger Generation

  published July 19, 2012

  Starting this Monday on our Stick a Fork In It blog, Edwin, Dave, Shuji and I will... More >>

• Can Mexico Ask for Its Artifacts and Gold Back From Spain?

  published July 19, 2012

  DEAR MEXICAN: I was wondering about the Spanish going into Mexico and taking the gold and artifacts away from the... More >>

• MaDee Thai Kitchen Is the Lou Gehrig of Thai Cooking

  published July 12, 2012

  Of all the categories of ethnic restaurants, Thai eateries tend to be the most beautifully decorated: Every one seems to host paintings of... More >>

• Should We Deport Illegal-Immigrant Gang Members Back to Mexico?

  published July 12, 2012

  DEAR MEXICAN: Magdalena has worked for me many years—15, to be exact. She came over as a... More >>

• Carlos Bustamante: The Great Brown Flop

  published July 12, 2012

  Even in the notoriously low-expectation world of Orange County politics, Carlos Bustamante should've never had a chance. He was a man of... More >>

• Potzol den Cano Has Querétaro Power

  published July 5, 2012

  Ever heard of Querétaro? It has next-to-no name recognition in Orange County, unlike so many of the other Mexican states: no mass... More >>

• Should We Create a Marshall Plan for Mexico?

  published July 5, 2012

  DEAR MEXICAN: Suppose the United States government and the American public were as progressive and conscious of our country's true... More >>

• Al-Omda Lets You Eat Like an Egyptian

  published June 28, 2012

  Anyone who thinks the cuisine of the Middle East is uniformly healthy—the freshness of tabbouleh, the lightness of hummus and... More >>

• Can President Barack Obama Be Blamed for Mexico's Woes?

  published June 28, 2012

  DEAR MEXICAN: Barack Hussein Obama, how dare you deprive Mexico of its young, educated people! These illegal aliens in the U.S. are the... More >>

• Canton Restaurant Likes it Hot

  published June 21, 2012

  Everything at Canton Restaurant is hot in one way or another, literally or figuratively—and both in almost all cases. One of the dac... More >>

• Are Chaperons Still Required When Courting a Mexican Woman

  published June 21, 2012

  DEAR MEXICAN: In anticipation of the upcoming Reconquista, I've decided that I need a... More >>

• Ole Spain Delishop Is Beyond Spanish Rice

  published June 14, 2012

  Santa Ana is rightfully known as one of the most Latino big cities in the United States, the type of place where a simple request for Mexican... More >>

• Why Are More Mexicans Starting to Migrate to Canada?

  published June 14, 2012

  DEAR MEXICAN: I'm in this country illegally, but I have a current passport from the country I am from, and I have an international... More >>

• Mexican Food Defeated America. Now, Mexicans in America Will Defeat SB 1070

  published June 7, 2012

  A couple of years back, I helped to put four white supremacists in prison. They had made the mistake of going into the Slater Slums of... More >>

• Jasmine Offers Syrian Specials

  published June 7, 2012

  Jasmine Mediterranean Restaurant in Anaheim is far from the confines of Little Arabia, in a section of the city I remember more for the K-Mart... More >>

• Mexicans Will Be the New White Race in the U.S.

  published June 7, 2012

  DEAR MEXICAN: I work in construction in Texas. The mojados at work call me "Chicano" (which... More >>

• Renata's Caffe Italiano Offers a Roman Holiday

  published May 31, 2012

  More than a decade ago, I had dinner at Renata's Caffe Italiano in Old Towne Orange while a student at Chapman University. I don't remember the... More >>