Yesterday, RonTopofIt and I joked that an alternate “evil” version of The Sac Rag might lament the fact that the Rag’s favorite taqueria, La Fiesta, would be closed in deference to the massive protest/walk-out. Well, if any of you enjoyed yourselves some “24” last night and stuck around for the Fox 40 newscast, you may have caught Joe Orlando’s reporting on the day’s events, which included as a jokey closing remark that the protests had hit too close to home because his own favorite taqueria, La Favorita was closed for the day. 😦
On a side note, CoolDMZ would like to give a big thumbs up to El Novillero on Franklin Blvd for making their own way in the world. Owner Jose Davalos decided to stay open yesterday against the wishes of nameless thugs who tried to intimidate his staff over the phone:
“The callers were trying to intimidate us into closing. When my son and other employees said that yes, we would be open, the callers said that was bad.”
El Novillero’s employees, most of Mexican descent, didn’t want Monday off, Davalos said.
“They wanted to work,” he said. “That’s why they came to this country.”
The Sac Rag 
El Novillero is Spanish for “Too much cheese”.
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“Day without immigrants” should have been called “freeways without immigrants.” Driving around Monday was WONDERFUL! Maybe we could just do a regular “Rush hour without immigrants”?
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Hahaha, yes I agree the traffic was nice. Thanks for the info on El Novillero. I will make sure I go out of my way to give them some of my business.
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t’s funny with all the mess you guys (above comments) talk about.. You guys always seem to show up to the places you most criticize like “La Favorita” and other restaurants. Moreover, “US LEGALS” love to visit Mexico and want special treatment!
I guess you guys missed pre-school where they teach:
“If you don’t have anything nice to say.. Don’t say anything” or “Treat people how you want to be treated”
Do yourself I favor.. Clean up conscious “LIVE AND LET OTHERS LIVE”
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Brenda: What mess are you talking about? The part where stickie criticized the cheese use at El Novi? Or the part where SnarkFinSoupConesuer said it was nice having no traffic? I dare you to find a single instance of criticism of La Favorita anywhere on sacrag.com.
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