Email AuthorGustavo Arellano
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Where Can Out-of-Towners Get Drunk for This Weekend's NCAA Men's Basketball Western Regional Championship?
March 24, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
?From Andrea and Chasen: So we should do something and tell all the people visiting Anaheim for our part of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament where to go eat and...
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Five Search Features Yelp Should Add Instead of 'Hipster'
March 23, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
?So news is going all around that Yelp added "Hipster" to its possible categories for a location's ambiance (which spelling is correct again?), and the first reaction that came to...
Evan Kleiman, Gustavo to Host Discussion on Street Food--With Street Food!
March 22, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
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Final Pho Round 2: Pho Dakao vs. Pho Nguyen Hue
March 22, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
Just like the marquee says!??Here we go, folks: Round 2 of our epic Final Pho tournament, where Dave, Edwin, Shuji, and Gustavo each picked four pho restaurants in a 16-team...
Carl's Jr., Hardee's to Sell Turkey Burgers--Chain Finally Going Healthy?
March 22, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
Santa Ana Council Members Michelle Martinez and Claudia Alvarez: Frenemies for Life?
Notes from the Banana Republic
March 21, 2011 in Navel Gazing
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Santa Ana Says It Has Third-Best Tap Water in the World
March 21, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
Flickr user Edgar Zuniga Jr.?I defend (and trash) Santa Ana more than most reporters, but one issue I thought both sides of any argument could agree on is the city's...
Cracker Barrel Releases Another Top-Selling Country Album, This Time With Kenny Rogers!
March 21, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
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Taco Bell Crime of the Week: Man Gets Angry at Higher Beefy Crunch Burrito Prices, Starts Shootout!
March 21, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
?What happened in San Antonio over the weekend just might qualify as the Taco Bell crime of the year, and just for the obvious reasons. It's San Antonio, for chrissakes,...
This Week in Food: Italian Holiday, Final Pho and Arrested Development Pub Quiz!
March 18, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
Final Pho Round 1: Pho Hien Vuong vs. Pho Nguyen Hue
March 18, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
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Diet Coke Now Outselling Pepsi--Are the Cola Wars Finally Over?
March 18, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
Flickr user joyosity?AdAge is reporting (via the subscriber-only Beverage Digest) that "a historic shift for the beverage industry" has occurred: Diet Coke is now outselling longtime second-place holder Pepsi. Last...
Bobby Joyce, OC Prep Hoops Legend and Former UNLV Runnin' Rebel, Arrested for Robbing Disabled Vietnam War Vet
March 17, 2011 in Navel Gazing
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Robert Schuller Reiterates Crystal Cathedral Loves the Gays, as It Always Has
March 17, 2011 in Navel Gazing
?Poor Robert Schuller--in a way. The founder of the Crystal Cathedral, one of the architects of modern-day American Christianity, has seen his heir apparent split, donations to his church fall...
Ask a Comida Critic! Where to Spend St. Patrick's Day Today?
March 17, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
Guess Where I Ate, Win a Prize!
March 16, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
Yost Theater Whitewashes Its Own History When Not Telling Outright Lies
Notes from the Banana Republic
March 16, 2011 in Navel Gazing
Santa Ana's Lonchera Lane Gets the Good Food Treatment
March 16, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
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Tapatio-Flavored Fritos Making Nationwide Debut IN TWO WEEKS!!!
March 15, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
?See that bag of Tapato-flavored Fritos? It's now half-gone because I've limited myself to a daily fistful of the manna ever since we broke the news earlier this month they...
Taco Bell Crime of the Week: Harassing, Repeated Phone Calls to Employees!
March 15, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
Profiles In OC Pioneers Who Were Klan Members: Henry W. Head, OC Founding Father
March 14, 2011 in Navel Gazing
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Final Pho Round 1: Pho Dakao vs. Kim Loan
March 14, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
Kim Loan's pho of comfort??First match in our 16-restaurant tournament to determine once and for all who sells the best pho in Orange County. Tune in tomorrow for Shuji's showdown!My...
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Five Great Brawls at Taco Shops, Complete With Videos
March 14, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
Flickr user grantlairdjr?Fights involving grievous injury or even death--like what happened last month in Santa Ana, in which two groups at a Mexican restaurant fought over which Mexican state was...
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Final Pho: The Participants!
March 11, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
Jay Brockman/OC Weekly?Behold, the 16 lucky pho shops that Dave, Edwin, Shuji and I have selected to participate in Stick a Fork In It's inaugural Final Pho, the tournament to...
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Santa Ana Man Popped for Hiding Cocaine in Napkin Dispensers at His Pizzeria
March 11, 2011 in Stick a Fork In It
Flickr user Kazanjy?In 2009, Santa Ana police served a search warrant on Alfredo Ruvalcaba Lariz, owner of Alfredo's Pizza, which is best known in the city for serving humongous pies....
