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Guerrilla Tacos loves the cops
Wes Avila chatted with Vice Munchies about the start of his Guerrilla Tacos empire. From getting bounced around at various jobs to the time he got shut down by the cops (and what it was the best thing to ever happen to him), it's a really entertaining read.
Orange County's restaurant boom
Things are ticking upward for Orange County, as a mini restaurant boom has taken hold. Per this OC Register story nearly 600 new restaurants have emerged since the end of the recession, and there are starting to be some strong trends emerging within that field. If you spend time eating south of the Orange Curtain, it's worth a peek at what's to come.
Happy hour deals for BierBeisl
Chef/owner Bernhard Mairinger is debuting some new happy hour deals at his Downtown Austrian spot inside the Spring Street Arcade.
Too new, for now
LA Mag drops a list of places that might well have made their Best New Restaurant list for 2015, except they were deemed 'too new' to properly critique. One notable place? Baroo, of course.
High end beef in 90210
Yakiniku Yazawa, that high end Japanese tabletop barbecue, has been open for a few months now in Beverly Hills in the former Bierbeisl space. Here's an early report on LA Food Talk Central, and the early word is very, very positive.
The start of it all at Yuca's
In this really amazing interview with the L.A. Taco team, Dora and Socorro Herrera of the famous Yuca's in Los Feliz shed light on their own personal origin story, and the James Beard Award that gave them legitimacy, but never changed who they are. It's a good one.
Bourbon Steak launches lunch
Glendale dinnertime spot Bourbon Steak is getting into the lunch game, and fast. The new daytime menu drops as of this Monday, and probably can't come a moment too soon, what with lunchtime spot Lemonade now in the mix, as well as Shake Shack's impending arrival later this year. The full menu is below.
