(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.) …
Sunday, July 8th | Rail Side Cafe | 322 S. San Dimas Ave, San Dimas, CA 91773 The Rail Side Cafe in San Dimas is near one of those “village walk at fill-in-the-blank-town-near-you” new condo complexes, and, as such, it’s part of a relatively new mixed-use strip mall of supporting businesses. Looked at though the lens of urban …
Monday, July 9th | Pescaderia Mr. Fish | 3109 N. Garey Ave, Pomona, CA 91767 And we’re back! And just in time for fish! Though, fair warning, if you go to Pescaderia Mr. Fish (just south of Foothill on Garey), it’s best to call ahead: we arrived at a little before 2pm on a Monday …
Tuesday, July 10th | Dino’s Chicken and Burgers | 770 E. Arrow Hwy, Pomona, CA 91767 You can forget the burgers. So … full disclosure, we’ve been to Dino’s before. Our first time was something like ten years ago, when we were just barely learning the brilliance of Jonathan Gold (who has described …
Wednesday, July 18th | Corazón Urban Kitchen | 1637 N. Garey Ave, Pomona, CA 91767 Corazón Urban Kitchen is an enigma; a month or so back, as we were compiling our list of not-logically-aligned-therefore-aligned-by-illogic restaurants to eat at/write up this summer, we turned to the usual research avenues of Yelp and Google Maps. Many restaurants that we came …
Friday, July 20th | SJ Restaurant | 1280 E. Holt Ave, Pomona, CA 91767 Maybe it only seems like everything good is on Holt. Friday afternoon we decided to give our favorite old standby taquería El Triunfo a visit, but, sadly, El Triunfo was closed due to repairs. Since we were on the far west …
Thursday, August 2nd | iCuisine | 3131 N. Garey, Pomona Have you seen iCuisine from the outside? Driving past on Garey, just south of Foothill? You’re an observant citizen— it oughtn’t to have escaped your notice: the grand white façade with its half-circle LED screen featuring the latest addition to the menu, galbi, and, in …
Friday, August 5th | Hi Family | 944 W. Foothill Blvd, Claremont Everything we know about Sichuan food we learned from two people—you know who they are, we don’t need to name them here. The traits that were shared by these two people are traits we consider aspirational, complex, and deeply human: critical yet patient; …
