Located at 3411 High St. in Oakland, La Mejor sits in a tiny strip mall across the street from one of the more hyphy Walgreens of the Bay Area. Doña Maria Pardo has owned the small, all femme-staffed taqueria since 1998. Doña Maria came from Jalisco, and was waiting tables at another taqueria when the original owner of La Mejor offered to sell her the place.
Traditional, family-style meals and American-style plates. Our inviting bar completes the casual and comfortable ambiance for those looking for uniqueness.
The restaurant is now located on Maroa Ave. and Shields, between the Tower District and Fig Garden. This building has been home to “The Players” restaurant in the 80’s and 90’s and “Casa Canales” in the 70’s. It was the Canales’ residence during the 50’s and 60’s before it was transformed into a restaurant.
Stretching 4.5 miles into the Mojave Desert from Interstate 15 is what might be the best known mystery road in the west. Anyone who has driven I-15 between Las Vegas and Los Angeles has seen the signs for Zzyzx Road (pronounced Zye-Zix), but not many know what’s at the end of the road.
A 2,100-acre riverfront property once home to dairy pastures and vast almond orchards is slated to become California’s newest state park and will be regularly accessible to the public for the first time ever after Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday that he will allocate $15 million in the state’s revised budget toward the project.
“Walt Disney’s Storybook Mansion,” as those in-the-know call it, is a private residence. Once a month, it opens up for tours, led by Dusty Sage, a Disney expert who runs the Disney blog MiceChat and who was instrumental in saving and restoring Walt Disney’s Chicago birthplace.
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