Category Archives: SCV Good Eats

A Meditation on Olive Trees

Posted on March 20, 2011 by Jeff

Last week, my wife and I took a stroll in Old Orchard park and she was beside herself with happiness that all of the olive trees there were in full bloom, with thick, hard olives hanging off a dozen or … Continue reading →

Posted in SCV Good Eats | 21 Comments

Restaurant choice for your out of town friends?

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Jeff

So, picture this. You are a businessman living and working in Santa Clarita. You have a potential prospect coming to visit you from LA and you want to take him to lunch. Obviously you want him to enjoy lunch, so … Continue reading →

Posted in Misc., SCV Good Eats | 103 Comments

Oh Chick-Fil-A!

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Jeff

The chicken fast food joint with crunchy, tasty chicken and lots of wholesome midwestern values has become one of the only fast food places I’ll eat at. It’s the only fast food place I know of where the food you … Continue reading →

Posted in SCV Good Eats | 30 Comments

Tesoro Pick-up Stix closed

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Venturan

It wasn’t long ago north SCV-ers lamented the closure of Starbucks in this very center.  Now Pick-up Stix, something of a bridge between the Panda Express and New Moon gap, has suddenly shut their Tesoro doors.  The Stevenson Ranch store … Continue reading →

Posted in SCV Good Eats | 8 Comments

The Food Snobs are changing SCV Culture…for the better

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Jeff

Something is afoot in the SCV. In a place once known as the paragon of American bedroom communities, the exurb against which other exurbs are judged, a place that’s experienced by many only when they are asleep and by others … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinion, SCV Good Eats | 21 Comments

That Epic Food Truck Thing

Posted on October 17, 2010 by Mike

“Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.” -Yogi Berra In the days leading up to this weekend’s Awesometown food truck festival, I had a sense that the crowds were going to be massive.  A lot of my friends are the … Continue reading →

Posted in Recreation, SCV Good Eats | 33 Comments

This is why we can’t have nice things!

Posted on October 17, 2010 by Jeff

The Awesometown Food Truck event was more popular than Newhall Land could have imagined. Event organizers expected only 3,000 people to show, but the event was so hyped and people were so excited about it that, for a few hours … Continue reading →

Posted in SCV Good Eats | 56 Comments

Under-appreciated SCV

Posted on September 28, 2010 by Jeff

A few days ago a commenter noted that s/he would like to see more talk on SCVTalk about interesting and perhaps not-well-known things and activities in the SCV. I aim to please and I’m always open to new ideas, so … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Opinion, SCV Good Eats, Shameless Newhall Boosterism | 28 Comments

SCV Culture Wars Round 1

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Jeff

Newly transplanted SCVer “Michelle” weighs in on my silly post about SCV food trucks going mainstream: Why would you want food trucks here? That’s part of the fun that you go down to LA for!! People here like home cooked … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinion, SCV Good Eats | 72 Comments

The Death of of our Underground Food Truck Scene

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Jeff

It’s a cold night in February and my wife and I and several friends are standing around in the darkened parking lot behind the failed Greens mini golf course restaurant on Valencia and McBean. The only thing we can really … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Humor, SCV Good Eats | 38 Comments