Friday, March 11, 2011

The best restaurants to be hidden in a strip mall 10 minutes from Webb


1. Pixie Doughnuts (in the Vons plaza down Baseline Rd)
   A dozen doughnut holes for one dollar? Seriously? Walking into Pixie Doughnuts is a trip into another era. People stop by for a chocolate with chocolate sprinkles, a glazed twist or a pink cardboard box of assorted cake doughnuts, all served up with a smile at rock-bottom prices. I bought three dozen donut holes (cake, cinnamon-sugar, and glazed) for my first period class this morning for less than the cost of a single Jamba Juice smoothie.


2. Bangkok Blue (by the Pet Depot at Fruit and Foothill)
   Why does the best Pad Thai so often reside next to an acre of parking lot? Bangkok Blue is the classic strip mall paradox – an incredible restaurant masquerading as a random hole-in-the-wall. Go and eat curry to your heart’s delight.


3. 21 Choices (at Mountain and Foothill)
   If you've been at Webb for a while, you probably already know 21 Choices. But if you only moved to the lovely land of Claremont recently, you might not yet have experienced the bliss of a sickly-sweet circus animal cookie chopped into vanilla froyo alongside chunks of cookie dough, or the crisp headache-inducing fruit flavors like “Snappy Blue Berries” or “Caramelized Banana.” The quest for the perfect combination of candy, fruit and yoghurt will never end…


- By Betsy Potash

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