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People looking for a new place to party on Taco Tuesday will be thrilled with the new alcohol and taco-serving restaurant on Durant Avenue — Berkeley’s very own Taco Bell Cantina.
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Recently, I’ve been on a journey to discover the best vegetarian burrito within easy walking distance from the UC Berkeley campus. I forwent any establishments that are large corporate chains — uh-um, Chipotle — in order to support our local businesses and community. The three Mexican restaurants I visited were: La Burrita,
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My trip to Gordo Taqueria on Telegraph Avenue was one I wanted to save for last because I wasn’t expecting much from the experience. Although I constantly hear great things about Gordo’s burritos, one bad experience long ago made me hesitant to go back. But, as some say, curiosity killed the cat.
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We tried Gordo’s. We tried La Burrita. We got desperate, and we even tried to make our own. But here we are, shaking like we’re going through a withdrawal and waiting for our fix. Gordo’s put up an absentee effort. The sloppy burrito fell apart in our hands and left us with
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Street signs that usually say things such as “road closure” are reprogrammed to say “Go Bears.” Traffic along Piedmont Avenue becomes similar to that of LA’s 405 freeway. Bright-yellow and navy-blue rugby shirts are seen in packs running through the streets of Berkeley. Street vendors begin occupying every corner of Berkeley
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Yelp has, in a way, transformed the common pleb into a middling food connoisseur, endowing users with a power once known only to professional food critics and bringing worthy smaller businesses to the forefront. The people of Yelp are about choice, quality and overall satisfaction. Hailing from the opposite side
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California is one of the most cosmopolitan states in the United States, each region drastically different from the next. While people from other states see California as a whole in a certain light (If you haven’t seen it, watch this SNL skit “The Californians“) we think Californians as a whole
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Best Pizza, Best Meal Under $5 and Best Bakery: Cheese Board Collective It’s a Saturday afternoon. You’re hungry. You have little to no cash and you love cheese. Where do you go? You know the answer. It’s known by two glorious syllables: Cheese Board (formally, The Cheese Board Collective). Every
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Especially now that school’s up and running, it’s easy to eat whatever you can get on the go. We stop for a burger and french fries at Smart Alec’s or find ourselves at Gordo’s day after day — the faster and cheaper it is, the better. It’s not that we
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