Food anD Drink
Got a hankering for happy hour? By ALICIA ELIZARRARAS Daily Titan Staff
For some students the best hour of the day is when work or school ends and happy hour begins. Luckily for CSUF students there is no shortage of bars in Fullerton that offer reasonable happy hour prices that can fit in any college student’s budget. Banana’s Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge, located on South Raymond Avenue, serves up a good deal for less than five bucks. In this average dive bar, pool tables are available and the drinks are cold but don’t expect a very modern or hip scene. The bar offers its version of happy hour, called Monkey Hour, Monday through Friday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Two-dollar well
drinks, bottled beers and drafts, as well as free food including meatballs, ribs, wings and soup are available. 2J’s Cocktail Lounge, located on Houston Avenue off Harbor Boulevard, offers friendly service with entertainment to boot. They have pool tables as well as a jukebox and a pinball game. Happy hour at 2J’s includes $2 draft and bottled domestic beers, $3 import beers, $2.50 well drinks and $3 shots of Jagermeister or Firewater, Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Students in the vicinity of the Brea Mall may want to stop in to Red Robin or BJ’s Brewery for a drink and some good eats. Red Robin, located in the mall, serves free chips and salsa and $1 off all beers Monday through Fri-
day from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. BJ’s Brewery, located in the parking lot of the mall, offers $1 off all drinks as well as $1 off appetizers Monday through Friday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday through Thursday 10 p.m. to close. While visiting, try one of their house brewed beers and a Chicago style pizza, both are sure to please the taste buds. If students are in the mood for some chips and salsa with their drinks, they can head down to El Torito or Rockin Taco Cantina, where both blend up great margaritas at reasonable happy hour prices. El Torito, located at the corner of Harbor Boulevard and Orangethorpe Avenue serves happy hour Monday through Friday from
4 p.m. to 8 p.m. This well-known Mexican restaurant offers a variety of drinks including Cuervo Gold margaritas for $3.50, $2.75 well drinks, $3.50 house chardonnay and $2.50 domestic draft beers, not to mention half off appetizer prices. Rockin Taco Cantina, located on Harbor Boulevard in Downtown Fullerton, offers a great atmosphere, fun people and a full bar that is stocked with 110 premium tequilas. Happy hour is Monday through Friday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. with $2 draft beers and margaritas and 50-cent taqueria style tacos. With all of these options students can afford to have happy hour every day and stay within their budgets ... but it is not necessarily advised.
Daily Titan October 21, 2004
Redefining the rutabega By ANNA LOUSTAUNAU For the Daily Titan
Rutabegorz Restaurant is a college student’s dream with more than 100 excellent worldly dishes, affordable prices and a wide variety of coffee drinks, smoothies and alcoholic beverages. With three locations in Fullerton, Tustin and Orange, Rutabegorz has been serving happy customers since 1970, using the unloved turnip – the rutabaga – as inspiration for the restaurant. My favorite location is the Orange bistro, in Old Towne Orange next to Chapman University. It provides indoor seating and a romantic floral backdrop outdoors. Dining hours are Monday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Prices generally run around $1.50 to $11. The heart and soul of Rutabegorz lies in its ravishing and plentiful food entrees, ranging from bagels, soups, salads and wrapsandwiches to Mexican food, pizzas, crepes, fondue and homemade desserts. The restaurant offers a variety of ethnic dishes as well. The curry chicken wrap, Thai salad and spicy hummus are delicious. The restaurant aspires to make the tastiest food at the healthiest rate possible, offering original salad dressings, high-quality fruits and vegetables and low-fat content dairy products made especially for the unique vegetarian plates.
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