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California has a taco culture that runs deep, loud, and wonderfully hungry. It lives in truck windows, busy counters, and...
By Gideon Hartwell on Jun 30
What happens when breakfast starts behaving like it has roots, opinions about soil quality, and a strong commitment to being...
By Trevor Maddox on Jun 29
Some restaurants earn their place not by chasing trends but by simply staying true to who they are. In California,...
By Lenora Winslow on Jun 29
Some lunches make people work too hard. You stare at a menu, pretend to be open-minded, then keep circling back...
By Clara Whitmore on Jun 28
California gets plenty of taco glory. True. But its burger game deserves a loud, greasy round of applause too. Across...
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California knows how to make waiting feel suspiciously promising. You see a line curling outside a bakery, taqueria, barbecue counter,...
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