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Owners of Zapata Vive Mexican Restaurant and Bar Twist bar and grill will appeal the city's denial of their entertainment permits. Neighbors are upset about late night noise.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31208
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 2008
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 18, 2008
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Bar Twist
Entertainment permits
Kovalik, Joseph
Noise
Magdaleno, Brenda
Planning Commission
Restaurants, bars, etc.
Zapata Vive Mexican Restaurant
Item ID
31403AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Paco's in Arcadia is familiar, yet still fun. Food critic and writer Merrill Shindler reviews Paco's Mexican Restaurant.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35334
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 23, 2018
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 23, 2018
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Paco's Mexican Restaurant
Restaurants, bars, etc.
Shindler, Merrill
Item ID
35524AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Business spotlight on new owner of Matt Denny's Restaurant, Long Nguyen.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35182
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 17, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 17, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Downtown Arcadia Improvement Association
Nguyen, Long
Restaurants, bars, etc.
Item ID
35371AN
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Newspaper Index
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Rod's Grill, in Arcadia since 1956, fights City Hall's eminent domain proceedings. This article gives the history of the restaurant started by Rod Wellman and the history of current owner Romero's battles and City's negotiation efforts.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29985
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 9, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 9, 2006
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Rod's Grill
Romero, Manny
Wellman, Rod
Eminent domain
Diners
Restaurants
Business and Industry
Googie architecture
Item ID
30172AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Arcadia city staff is preparing an Exclusive Right to Negotiate with Emkay Development Co. to build a 7-story hotel, restaurant, and 3 office buildings north of Huntington Dr. in East Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1821
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 21, 1986
Pages
p. A-2
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 21, 1986
Pages
p. A-2
Subjects
Hotels, Motels, etc.
Item ID
1820AN
Collection
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Twenty-three year old Arcadia police officer Joe Cortez is lauded for saving the life of a 14-month-old toddler.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30269
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 7, 2006
Pages
p. Local News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 7, 2006
Pages
p. Local News 1
Subjects
Cortez, Joe
Heroes
Police officers
Item ID
30456AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Adam Chu is an entrepreneur opening a seafood grill restaurant in Monrovia on April 17, at 123 East Colorado Boulevard. It will be called Big Shrimps Fish Grill. His goal is to keep menu items reasonably priced because he is also the supplier. he imports seafood under the company he founded called Five Star Seafoods. Chu moved the operations of Five Star from Arcadia to the second floor of the new building that will house his restaurant.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32360
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 30, 2011
Pages
p. A10
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 30, 2011
Pages
p. A10
Subjects
Business and Industry
Chu, Adam
Entrepreneurs
Restaurants
Seafood
Item ID
32558AN
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Newspaper Index
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The arraignment of Gerardo Cortez, of Monrovia, has been postponed to October 25, 2013. He allegedly made a series of telephone threats to several San Gabriel Valley locations, including a shopping mall, a medical center, and several schools, including Arcadia High School. The caller said he had an AK-47 gun and threatened to shoot people. The joint police forces from Arcadia, Covina and Monrovia, the FBI, and the Los Angeles County Sheriffs had investigated.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33634
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 10, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 10, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Cortez, Gerardo
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
33829AN
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Newspaper Index
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Gerardo Cortez arraignment postponed to October 4, 2013. He allegedly made a series of threats to several San Gabriel Valley locations. He has a history of making false bomb threats.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33629
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 26, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 19
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 26, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 19
Subjects
Cortez, Gerardo
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
33824AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Gerardo Cortez, 26, of Monrovia, pleads not guilty in threats to shoot students in area schools. He is charged with 6 counts of making false criminal threats and 5 counts of falsely reporting an emergency.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33664
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 31, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 9
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 31, 2013
Pages
p. 1, 9
Subjects
Cortez, Gerardo
Crime and Criminals
Item ID
33860AN
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Newspaper Index
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An episode of cable television channel AMC's show "Mad Men," that was filmed on location at Rod's Grill on Huntington Drive in Arcadia, last October, was shown this past week on the network. The episode is called "Far Away Places" and stars Jon Hamm as Don Draper, and Jessica Pare, as his wife. In this period drama, they are supposedly at a Howard Johnson's motor lodge (motel and restaurant).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32960
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
May 5, 2012
Pages
p. 6
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Mountain Views News
Date
May 5, 2012
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
AMC Television series--Mad Men
Cable television
Hamm, Jon
Pare, Jessica
Rod's Grill
Item ID
33157AN
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Arcadia and the Derby Restaurant have come to a tentative agreement on a land swap that would allow a Souplantation Restaurant to be built just east of the Derby in East Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2386
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 13, 1987
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 13, 1987
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Restaurants, Bars, etc - Souplantation
Item ID
2340AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia may soon have a new Japanese restaurant at the Hughes Market Shopping Center on Huntington Drive. The Planning Commission approved a conditional use permit to operate a restaurant at 1121 and 1123 East Huntington Drive.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2380
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 28, 1986
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 28, 1986
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Restaurants, Bars, etc
Item ID
2334AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Mexican Mafia, also known as La Eme, has a stronghold on illegal drug trafficking in the San Gabriel Valley. Fighting within the gang is causing violence, even as some key members are in prison.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30918
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 11, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 11, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Crime and Criminals
Gangs
La Eme
Mexican Mafia
San Gabriel Valley
Item ID
31113AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Sushi Kiyosuzu puts sophisticated spin on Japanese. Restaurant review of Sushi Kiyosuzu by Merrill Shindler. It is at 921 S. Baldwin Avenue. This is figure skater and bronze medalist Mirai Nagasu's parents' restaurant.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35159
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 30, 2018
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 30, 2018
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Nagasu, Mirai
Restaurants, bars, etc.
Shindler, Merrill
Sushi Kiyosuzu
Item ID
35348AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Mentally ill man Gerardo Cortez, 26, of Monrovia, is arrested for allegedly making telephone threats to shoot adults and children at a hospital, a mall, and schools in Arcadia and Monrovia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33628
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
September 21, 2013
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
September 21, 2013
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia High School
Arcadia Police Department
Cortez, Gerardo
Crime and Criminals
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
Monrovia Police Department
Item ID
33822AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park restaurants and eateries cut back by limiting service. The FrontRunner will serve fewer items during satellite wagering period and the Turf Club and Club House will be closed entirely. Photos of Jay Cohen, trumpeter, Billy Malone and kitchen staff and counter.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32625
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 4, 2011
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 4, 2011
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
FrontRunner (Front Runner)
Restaurants, bars, etc.
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Item ID
32823AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia City Council approved a complex 4-party agreement between the city, a developer and 2 restaurants, thus paving the way for a new Souplantation Restaurant on Arcadia's east side.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2387
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 10, 1988
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 10, 1988
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Restaurants, Bars, etc - Souplantation
Item ID
2341AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Iconic Denny's windmill in Arcadia makes a grand slam through the roof. George Fasching says plans to rebuild are already underway. On Friday, December 29, 2017, the iconic landmark fell off and one blade sliced through the restaurant around 7:30 AM. The restaurant and windmill were originally built in 1967 as a Van de Kamp's Restaurant.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35040
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 4, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 10
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 4, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 10
Subjects
Denny's Restaurant
Fasching, George
Restaurants, bars, etc.-Van De Kamp's Restaurant
Item ID
35231AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Merrill Shindler, food critic, reviews Dongpo: restaurant at the Westfield Santa Anita mall. Roast duck is a specialty.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35149
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 8, 2018
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 8, 2018
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Dongpo
Restaurants, bars, etc.
Shindler, Merrill
Item ID
35338AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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