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Here we go. San Juan Capistrano joins, well, just about every other city on the Restaurant Week bandwagon. But a deal's a deal. Spurred by the city's Chamber of Commerce, this week (from May 16-22) about twenty San Juan Capistrano restaurants will offer a special three-course meal at the fixed price of $15, $25 or …
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The past decade has seen nonprofits, government officials and foodies across California do everything possible to get poor people off their junk-food- and processed-food-heavy diet and eat healthier. And the push seems to be working: A report sponsored by the California Endowment shows that one of the programs it helped to fund helped change the …
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UPDATE, MAY 16, 4:56 P.M.: Moments after the Weekly posted the news that Jesse Cheng resigned as the UC Student Regent, he contacted us about a full statement he made about his decision. It's in “an open letter to students of the University of California,” and in it, the Asian Studies major concedes the controversy …
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When we featured Tara Simon's business, The Sticky Pig, on Food Profiling last month, she was dying to squeal an announcement. “I'm working on something BIG, but I can't tell you just yet,” she told us, graciously waving off our pleas for more deets–something to do with disclaimers and liability, or whatnot. Jump to last …
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Not to be outdone by the frappuccino mixologists at Starbucks, rival Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf will one-up them with absolutely free Ice Blendeds this afternoon. Their open house hours are even reasonable enough to swing by after work, so why not check them out? Three featured concoctions will be offered between the hours of …
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This week's edition of OTL poses the question: what can one do with 100 square feet of space? Peter Stavros not only created a restaurant kitchen, he did it inside a Valero Gas Station! Gustavo scooped this hidden gem back in November, and now we're back to check in on Peter's Gourmade Grill. Check out …
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When surf legend Kelly Slater isn't riding a wave, the brah is working on his professional image. He's teamed up with the retooled San Diego-based chain we might never refer to as Daphne's California Greek to try and convince people it's no longer the pita of horrors it was for so many years. ] “I …
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CLICK HERE FOR UPDATE ON KAMRAVA LOSING MEDICAL LICENSE Kamrava UPDATE, MAY 5, 1 P.M.: The California Medical Board should revoke the license to practice of Dr. Michael Kamrava, the fertility doctor for La Habra single mother of 14 Nadya Suleman, the “Octomom,” a state prosecutor urged today. State Deputy Attorney General Judith T. …
We already know The Lime Truck and Seabirds are in the midst of competing in the second season of The Great Food Truck Race at this very moment. Seabirds' website has a picture of Stephanie Morgan and her two gal pals pre-race, along with this not-so-cryptic message: “ATTENTION OC: The Seabirds Truck has been called …
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Happy Star Wars day to you, too! Here are some musicians who've geeked out to the greatest movie of all time. 1. Freddie Mercury In this photo, he sits on Darth Vader's shoulders during Queen's tour to promote their album The Game. In his 1978 Queen song, 'Bicycle Race,' he sang, “I don't like 'Star …
Debbie Lee and Danny Gonzalez of Cypress are the spokespeople for Sacramento-based pro-troops organization Move America Forward. To reach Lee, a Gold Star mother who tours the country on behalf of the group, you go through Gonzalez. Late last night, the mother of Marc A. Lee, a Navy SEAL who was killed in Iraq in …
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Introducing a new column I'm starting up to showcase tequila master Chuy Tovar's eclectic food wisdom he acquired while working for Patina (in Orange County!) for two years. For this week's Las Mamadas de Chuy, he bailed me out of Weekly world headquarters to show me his old dive for slimy, esoteric (for gabachos and …
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