Don't believe the hipsters: the true throbbing center of SanTana life is the corner of Bristol Street and McFadden Avenue. This is where wabs flock to whenever the Mexican soccer team wins a big game (which, nowadays, ain't often). This is where a massive shopping plaza hosts a Northgate González market, the county's best corn tortillas in La Flor de Mexicali, and a hell of a Bristol Food Court. And due to the area's massive parking lot, this also becomes Ground Zero every Easter weekend–but especially Easter evening–for one of the largest public-street, non-permitted cruising festivals in Southern California.
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Cruising down Bristol during Easter weekend is a legendary scene that goes back decades, that gets police out to set up all sorts of roadblocks to pick off cholos for all sorts of imagined crimes–and still, the cholos come, to pick up some heinas and show off their cars while blasting Chalino Sánchez and not speaking a lick of English. Here's just some video to give you a scene of the madness that ensues:
Maybe I should roll by with Coker's 1974 Cadillac Eldorado convertible…anyhoo, I'll have a historical tidbit to share once this year's madness is done!
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