Mustang Munchies: Week 8

Every Tuesday, the Mustang staff eats lunch together at a local restaurant that falls in the price range of about $10 per person. For 2012, we’ve decided to try a new restaurant every Tuesday. Yep, that’s 52 different restaurants to try this year!

Letty’s Mexican Restaurant in Newbury Park was the place to be for Taco Tuesday! For a buck and a quarter, you can get a tex mex taco with your choice of beef, chicken, pork, pastor, or Michael’s favorite beef tongue!

“My Grandma would definitely approve of this place being ‘authentic’”, said Michael who gave the restaurant five “m’s”.

“It’s good,” said Randall who ate 9 tacos, “but the tacos from the market next door taste much better—we’ll save that for another Tuesday though.”

Overall, the restaurant received an average of 4 “m’s” from the team.

If you have any recommendations, please share!

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Mustang Munchies: Week 7

Every Tuesday, the Mustang staff eats lunch together at a local restaurant that falls in the price range of about $10 per person. For 2012, we’ve decided to try a new restaurant every Tuesday. Yep, that’s 52 different restaurants to try this year!

This week, we visited Freshii, a fast food joint that is all about using fresh, healthy ingredients so you can “eat and energize.” They have pre-made menu selections, or a build-your-own menu consisting of foods such as brown rice, tofu, rice noodles, and other healthy alternatives. Freshii recieved a steady 3 across the boards.

“There’s nothing wrong with it,” said Scott, “but it’s not a place that I would come back to.”

“It tasted healthy, and by that, I mean it had no flavor,” said Randall.

If you have any recommendations, please share!

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VCCU’s Co-Supported Blood Drive Featured in the Ventura County Star

Blood drive planned for Wednesday

By From staff reports

The Ventura County Credit Union will host a blood drive Wednesday in cooperation with United Blood Services from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at its office, 6026 Telephone Road.

The drive will support the needs of United Blood Services.

Founded in 1943 as the Salt River Valley Blood Bank in Phoenix, United Blood Services is a nonprofit that provides blood, blood components and special services to patients in more than 500 hospitals in 18 states, according to its website.

http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/feb/13/blood-drive-planned-for-wednesday/

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Mustang Munchies: Week 6

Every Tuesday, the Mustang staff eats lunch together at a local restaurant that falls in the price range of about $10 per person. For 2012, we’ve decided to try a new restaurant every Tuesday. Yep, that’s 52 different restaurants to try this year!

This week, we used coupons to try a new cafe that has been open for 6 weeks, Wicked Way Cafe. Don’t let the small size of the cafe fool you—the portions were huge, and the price exactly the opposite. With funny and provocative names across their menu, we realized the cafe was named appropriately. Overall, the cafe received a glorious 5 “m” rating!

“This has to be the best Philly cheese steak I’ve ever had, and I’ve been to Philadelphia,” said Scott.

Randall had the 10in hot dog labeled “Magnum.” It was piled high with pastrami, bacon, sweet potato fries, barbecue sauce and of course, ketchup and mustard.

“I can’t believe I ate the whole thing. It was the best hot dog I’ve had, if you can call it that,” Randall said.

“I can’t believe Randall ate the whole thing,” commented Michael.

If you have any recommendations, please share!

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