June 24: Roma Market 918 N Lake Ave, Pasadena Here during the Summer of Sandwich, it’s fair to wonder if maybe you’ve heard of the chicken sandwich wars. Chick-fil-A, the Christian purveyor that’s faithfully closed every Sunday, made its bones with a solid but overrated chicken sandwich: it’s not particularly good, it was just better …
Padua Pasta Makers: 300 E Arrow Hwy, Upland We’re loving the Summer of Sandwich. It’s not always perfect—sometimes those train tracks lead only to heartbreak, or shitty sandwiches, anyway. But more than simply delivering unto us good food, it’s had the ancillary effect of forcing us to do something we do far too rarely: the …
Plaza Produce June 15: 303 W Foothill Blvd # 7, Glendora Plaza Produce is a great little market near downtown Glendora, a market we’d never heard about until we started this sandwich quest. It was recommended by friends—a cute market, good meat and sandwiches, quality produce, excellent wines. And it really is that: a nice …
Sunday June 13: 1034 Arrow Hwy b, San Dimas Another return visit! Though this one held a little less excitement than going back to Bánh Mì My-Tho. Papa’s Best is a sandwich place we ate at … wait … wait … just checking Google … because who doesn’t want technology to know more about us …
Friday June 11: 9011 Garvey Ave C, Rosemead When we decided to spend the Summer of Sandwich stuffing our faces with sandwiches, one exciting impetus was that we’d get to go back to Bánh Mì My-Tho, a fairly simple but well-loved (hey, it’s Aziz Ansari! wait, where did Aziz Ansari go?) bánh mì, broken rice, …
(you can read our overview/prior entries here) The Old German Deli Thursday June 3: 40645 Village Dr, Big Bear Lake Look! Big Bear! Last weekend we headed up to Big Bear, where I was dropped off for a semi-annual (meaning totally random) leadership conference. On the conference agenda: boating, axe throwing, bobsledding, and much more. …
(you can read the overview of/find prior entries to our project here) Wednesday June 2, 2021: 923 Decatur St, New Orleans, LA Until getting an allowance and access to the school snack bar in seventh grade, far and away my most common school lunch was a simple salami and cheese sandwich. We’d buy loaves of …
(you can find other entries & read the overview of our “project” here) Holdaak: Friday May 28: 1948 N Tustin St, Orange, CA So this was unexpected! We ended up caught deep behind the Orange Curtain on Friday, not really on a sandwich expedition so much as spending an afternoon with friends. But, you know, …
2125 Wright Ave # C6, La Verne, CA (as always, you can read the overview of this “project” here) A sandwich shop in walking distance? Sure, and if you follow the currently defunct railroad tracks, you shorten a little of that distance and get to feel a little Stand By Me. So today we tried, …
Sunday May 23: 1208 W 9th St, Upland, CA (you can read the overview of our “project” here) The Sand Witch is—wait for it!—a witch-themed sandwich shop. Is this an imaginative leap? No! Do they at least lean into the theme? They do. The interior has a variety of witchy tchotchkes, and the menu boils …
March 27, 2020 LOS ANGELES, Ca. – After unlikely occurrences in their first- and second-round games, Arizona players and coaches might have even been more pleased with what didn’t happen on the Staples Center court Friday night than they were with what did. “Just basketball,” said Arizona coach Sean Miller. Riding key three-point shooting and …
March 21, 2020 SACRAMENTO, Ca. – Sometimes it takes a body blow to wake a team up. Sometimes it takes a concerted effort from its fans. If you get both? Chances are, you’re moving on. “That’s two. Four more to go,” said Arizona coach Sean Miller. “But we take each game one game at a …
No. 7 seed Arizona squeaks past No. 10 seed Texas Tech 70-69 behind familiar freshmen trio—and one surprise contributor March 19, 2020 SACRAMENTO, Ca. – In the opening game of the Midwest Regional, it was a battle of big versus small—and, finally, the littlest guy of all came through. Led by Zeke Nnaji and his …
Today’s we woke up a little tired. We thought, What should we do? Of course we didn’t ask ourselves–we’re trying to get away from ourselves, after. Enter The I’M KEITH HERNANDEZ Experience™ . So we asked again: What should we do? The I’M KEITH HERNANDEZ Experience™: Have a beer, friend! We were like, okay, sure. …
Less than a year ago, as we were driving home down Arrow Highway (probably from Costco – we might be the record holders for annual Costco visits), we passed the same nondescript neighborhood market we’d passed hundreds of times, the one that sells beer, lotto tickets, has a faded Corona girl cut-out leaning a bit …
A few years ago, all of two miles from our house, a carnicería opened up, or reopened, or was bought and reopened–something, anywat. We aren’t much for meat grilling at home, so we never had much reason to go inside. A few *months* ago, they started advertising a new item: 99¢ tacos. Still, for some …
“WHAT IS THE BEST CHEESE CRACKER” is not really a question reasonable people care about … or is it, or at least: should it be? Because come on people: the point is to bring your mindful attentiveness to everything. As the man said, the unexamined life just ain’t worth living. (So for example we plan …
As everyone knows, Easter is a great time to give – and, even better – to receive gifts. Since gift-giving and gift-receiving can be a little fraught, even during such an ordinary gift-giving holiday as Easter, I thought it’d be helpful to share a few pointers for both you amazing givers and, maybe more importantly, …
I went on a trip across Los Angeles last week/end and “realized” myself in a really nifty place where some – only some – of Gandhi’s ashes are scattered. Then I went to the Getty Villa, an amazing recreation of a Vesuvian something. Then a winery in Malibu. I was with two of my high …
Friday, June 8th | Hilltop’s Jamaican Market & Restaurant | 1061 E. Holt Ave, Pomona, CA 91767 We are sad. We are sad. We are sad. And, still, hungry. Today: comfort food. Early afternoon, we take White Avenue down to Holt (odd avenue-on-avenue action), and there hook eastward on Holt, passing many of …
Tuesday, June 12th | Mariscos Jalisco | 753 E. Holt Ave, Pomona, CA 91767 We wonder if part of this recent sad poke fad* is that in eating fresh seafood, there’s a sense of nourishment, of eating (supposedly) tasty food, guilt-free. Maybe, too, there’s a feeling of being at one with Pacific Islanders and their …
Thursday June 14th | Pinnacle Peak Steakhouse | 259 Foothill Blvd, San Dimas, CA 91773 I grew up in Tucson, where, as I understand it, Pinnacle Peak Steakhouse & Saloon came into existence. Quintessential Tucson institution: fake Old West, lots of grilled meats, tons of booze. (Sort of like Chase’s in La Verne, though with cheesy charm.) In …
Saturday June 16th |Donahoo’s Golden Chicken | 1074 N. Garey Ave, Pomona, CA 91767 Meh. It’s not a chain, at least. Go Back <— Tearing into the Local Stew
Tuesday, June 19th | The Jelly Donut | 2097 N. Towne Ave, Pomona, CA 91767 As everyone knows, it’s nigh impossible to find a donut shop in Los Angeles. The dearth of popo-breakfast joints here is about as sad as the southland’s now almost decade-long drought. Well … guess what happened today? (Hint: not rain.) …
