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  • Music

    March 1, 2001

    Now Sample Free!

    Drum-and-bass perfectionists. Roni Size/Reprazent get real.

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2006

    Police Put the Smackdown on Mexican Kids

    Getting calls from my various Chicano yaktivist pals, and they're saying the kids are marching out of Westminster, Garden Grove, and Anacrime. Reports of police beating up kids on Bristol and Warner in SanTana, although the kids supposedly through rocks. Pendejos. Off to take pictures. . .

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2008

    SanTana Cruises into the Past

    News this afternoon that the SanTana police department will shut down most of northbound Bristol Street until tomorrow morning to stem off car cruising is about as breaking as that the city is mostly Mexican. The city has unsuccessfully battled cruisers on Bristol for almost 20 years. In 1989, the c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2008

    What You Missed Over The Weekend Part XV

    On Friday night, Dave Segal watched London duo, Black Ghosts, put on one of the better hipster-dance live shows he's seen in a while. Saying, "It was kind of like a combination of Daft Punk and Chemical Brothers, full of aggressive beats, filthy synth textures and sing-along tunes." Saturday found ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2008

    Off to Meet the Wizard of Irvine Co.

    Apparently there were 500 of them, a swarm of janitors in purple and yellow t-shirts making their way around the sprawling headache known lovingly as South Coast Plaza. They were scheduled to gather at noon on the corner of Sunflower and Bristol and then march to some undisclosed location and hold a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2008

    To Do This Weekend 5/23 - 5/26

    Memorial Day Weekend Sales at the LAB, Friday-Monday Sidewalk sales by Urban Outfitters, Harlow's, Carve & Blends and Habit The Lab 2930 Bristol St. Costa Mesa, CA 92626 Standing Up for Justice and Peace, Friday 5 p.m. Peacefully protest the wrongs of the world Outside South Coast Plaza Corner of B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 29, 2008

    Go Help the Saints this Weekend

    Since we're all staycationing this Labor Day weekend, make yourself useful and show up to Our Lady of the Pillar Catholic Church in SanTana. That's where SNAP (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests) members will be leafleting outside from 9 a.m. through 11 p.m. to protest the kid's-glove trea ... More >>

  • Columns

    September 13, 2001

    Flat Cat

    Since we're all staycationing this Labor Day weekend, make yourself useful and show up to Our Lady of the Pillar Catholic Church in SanTana. That's where SNAP (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests) members will be leafleting outside from 9 a.m. through 11 p.m. to protest the kid's-glove trea ... More >>

  • Columns

    December 20, 2001

    New War, Old Protest

    Where are the goddamned donuts?

  • Food

    March 13, 2003

    Ferdussi Fetish

    Santa Anas home for passionate Persian cuisine

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2008

    To Do This Weekend 11/21 - 11/23

    Coats for Cubs, until April 22 Bring in your real fur clothing, including trims, accessories and shearling to any Buffalo Exchange and let them know it's a donation for Coats for Cubs. Condition is unimportant. Donations will be given to the Humane Society to provide bedding and comfort to orphaned ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2009

    O.C. Restaurants With No Corkage Fees

    I got the following e-mail from a reader named Dorn: I know you are not an alcohol drinker, but I suspect many of your foodie fans love wine. I would love to see a topic covered on OC restaurants that do not charge a corkage fee. Considering that most restaurants mark-up their wines 200% - 300 ... More >>

  • Food

    March 19, 2009

    [Hole in the Wall] Say Mucho Domo Arigato to Wafu of Japan

    I got the following e-mail from a reader named Dorn: I know you are not an alcohol drinker, but I suspect many of your foodie fans love wine. I would love to see a topic covered on OC restaurants that do not charge a corkage fee. Considering that most restaurants mark-up their wines 200% - 300 ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 22, 2007

    Friday - 11/16

    The Rocky Horror Show at the Maverick Theater, Orange County Peace & Justice protest in Costa Mesa, “Shag: The World, the Flesh & the Devil” at Pure Color

  • Music

    June 8, 2006

    Get Out!

    June 8 - June 15: End of It All

  • Calendar

    January 12, 2006

    Politics

    June 8 - June 15: End of It All

  • Food

    September 1, 2005

    This Week in Pork

    June 8 - June 15: End of It All

  • Food

    July 28, 2005

    Burger Safari

    Ground beef well-done with a side of amnesia

  • Culture

    May 19, 2005

    Art for Arts Sake

    Graffiti is the real deal

  • Food

    April 14, 2005

    This Week in Weekling Haunts

    Graffiti is the real deal

  • Food

    February 10, 2005

    Ramen Wars!

    Slurping through Orange Countys steamiest Ramen bowls

  • Columns

    September 16, 2004

    Eight Days

    Slurping through Orange Countys steamiest Ramen bowls

  • News

    June 3, 2004

    FDA FUs Plan B

    Plan Your Unplanned Sex Accordingly

  • Columns

    March 4, 2004

    No Blood for Wesson Oil!

    The futures so fried youve gotta drive green

  • News

    April 3, 2003

    Anti-War Fun

    The futures so fried youve gotta drive green

  • Columns

    April 3, 2003

    What Are We Doing There?

    How to fight the war from home

  • Columns

    March 13, 2003

    We Must Be Butter Cause Were on a Roll

    How to fight the war from home

  • Columns

    February 20, 2003
  • Features

    October 24, 2002

    T

    How to fight the war from home

  • Features

    September 26, 2002

    Get Involved

    How to fight the war from home

  • Music

    October 4, 2001

    New Music

    How to fight the war from home

  • Food

    June 1, 2000

    Where Is Nozolle?

    St Capriccio Italiano

  • News

    May 27, 1999

    Cracks Back

    Or perhaps it never really left

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2009

    Kogi BBQ Truck Scheduled To Do Costa Mesa This Saturday Night

    Keith May​In case you haven't noticed, Kogi has been making routine weekend stops in O.C. this month.Two Saturdays ago, it was Fullerton.  This past Saturday, it was Orange.  This coming Saturday, it will be Costa Mesa, at the Holiday Inn on Bristol near the 405, from 6 p.m.-midnight.When I rend ... More >>

  • Columns

    August 13, 2009

    Letters From OC Weekly Readers

    Keith May​In case you haven't noticed, Kogi has been making routine weekend stops in O.C. this month.Two Saturdays ago, it was Fullerton.  This past Saturday, it was Orange.  This coming Saturday, it will be Costa Mesa, at the Holiday Inn on Bristol near the 405, from 6 p.m.-midnight.When I rend ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2009

    The ampm on Bristol and Red Hill Sells Expired Kit-Kats

    ​Yes, the title of this blog is a serious charge. I realize that. But it's one that I'm able to back up.Last week, I went to the ampm (that's the "official" way to spell the name of the place, I know it looks weird all lower-case, but take it up with them) on the corner of Bristol and Red Hill on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2009

    Crime Time: Methed Mom, Nitrous Oxide, a Full Moon, a Gutted Black Cat and a Skateboarding Giant Ax Carrier

    It's our weekly Weekly roundup of Orange County police calls--with suspect mugs!TUESDAY, JULY 7Courtesy of Cypress Police DepartmentAlison Le Anne EbertAt Least She Left the TV On Officers responding to an anonymous, 4:45 a.m. report of child abuse in a home in the 8500 block of La Homa Street in Cy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2009

    Santa Ana's Yogurt Bar Offers a Taste of the Caribbean in a Cup

    ​So you didn't manage a vacation (or even a staycation) this summer? Try a taste of this froyo café's pineapple and coconut flavor. As you take your first spoonful, you're transported (mentally, at least) to a palm-fringed island--Antigua, perchance--the water lapping at your toes. You can almost ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2010

    Kogi Truck Sighting Out OC Weekly's Window!

    Spencer KornhaberThis looks vaguely familiar...​Just goes to show you, if you write ninety hellazillion stories & blog posts about them, they will come. Yes, that is the Kogi Korean BBQ truck. And yes, that is the parking lot of the John Wayne-adjacent cluster of battleship-gray office buildin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2010

    Good Shrimp/Fish Tacos, False Advertising at Baja Cachanilla

    Cachanilla is also a plant...​I've always enjoyed the shrimp and fish tacos at Baja Cachanilla in SanTana--each juicy, plump, on handmade tortillas and topped with one of the thicker, sweeter fish taco creams you'll find. It's better than Baja Fresh just a couple of blocks down Bristol, and Wahoo' ... More >>

  • Food

    May 20, 2010

    The Goat That Stares at Men

    [Hole in the Wall] The La Cascada truck in Santa Ana offers birria at its best

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2010

    #1 AKA The Best Dish in Orange County RIGHT NOW: Taco Acorazado at the the Two Alebrije's Grill

    Photo by the Elmo Monster...​This is it, cabrones: the best dish in Orange County! Want the best restaurant? You'll have to pick up our Best of OC issue next Thursday. Gracias for all the comments, the criticisms and other randomness. 'Til next year, or the next mass list of something or other!Som ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2010

    Is It Wise for Chick-Fil-A to Donate Their Chicken Sandwiches to the Poor?

    ​Far from me to criticize charitable efforts in these hard days but forgive me for being a bit cynical with a recent press release announcing that the Chick-Fil-A on Bristol and Macarthur in SanTana wants you to donate $5 so they can, donation by donation, give 30,000 hungry people in Orange Count ... More >>

  • Columns

    November 25, 2010

    The Mexican Debated Tom Tancredo, and No Chingazos Were Thrown!

    [¡Ask a Mexican!] Also, why Mexicans should learn how to dance to tropical music

  • Food

    May 5, 2011

    Dos Chinos Are Chinitos Chidos

    [Hole In the Wall] This Asian-Latino luxe lonchera represents the present-future OC

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2011

    OC's Only Blimpie Closes

    Flickr user mokolabs​Orange County's only outpost of the Blimpie sandwich-shop chain, located at 840 The City Dr. S. in Orange, has closed its doors, part of a reshuffling of businesses that has seen the departure of a doughnut shop, a cell-phone store and a flower shop.Management for the Orange C ... More >>

  • Food

    September 29, 2011

    Sushi Box Is Teriyaki-rific

    [Hole In the Wall] Elevating the placing of grilled meat on top of rice to an art form

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2011

    Portishead's Geoff Barrow On Touring Third, Misconceptions About Dummy and His Upcoming Hip-Hop Record

    ​Thirteen years after their last North American tour, pioneering British trio Portishead are back to finally make the rounds in support of their latest album, Third, released in 2008. It's been a while, but for good reason; between having babies and working on new musical projects, they've been qu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2011

    Sabores Mexican Grill Shutters; Bella Cuba Moves In

    Photo by JB​It used to be a Carl's Jr. Then Lani Grille moved in around 2006, trying its best to fill the grand space, the biggest dining room in a restaurant-heavy island at the northwest corner of Bristol and Sunflower. Lani offered Asian-inspired Polynesian food, something the South Coast Plaza ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2011

    On the Line: Gretchen Beaumarchais of Honda Center, Part One

    Photo by Meranda CarterShe caters to evvvvvverybody!​It's one thing to serve hundreds of guests per day, but how about thousands in a single night? That's the monumental task Gretchen Beaumarchais prepares for during hockey season and concerts. Amidst cameras setting up for UFC and Ducks skating t ... More >>

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