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Question: When Arthur Treacher's, the once proud but somewhat faded fish-and-chips chain, offers a bugolgi with rice special for $6.99, does that mean that Korean cuisine as a hot trend has jumped the shark? (Let's hope not.) On a related note: Has anyone tried California Tortilla's newish Korean BBQ taco special? Y&H was afraid to [...]

The non-descript doorway off an alley near Dupont Circle looks like a fallout shelter left over from the Cold War, and it isn’t always easy to find. But in its heyday, you knew you were on the way to Well Dressed Burrito if you followed the lunchtime trail of people carrying bright yellow bags out [...]

Eat 'Til You Vomit: There's a taco eating contest at District Taco in Arlington tonight. Contestants will have "to consume four different varieties of tacos, in the following rotating order: breakfast taco, pollo asado, carnitas, carne asada." Tempting, certainly. [ARLNow] Free Stuff: Speaking of tacos ... Capitalizing on enthusiasm for Korean-style tacos that come from [...]

As far as promotions go, this one is pretty simple: Wear your smug "I Voted" sticker (one that you got at a polling station, not one that you tore off your co-worker's chest in anger) and get a free taco today at California Tortilla. It's a promotion with a civic mind. Well, to a degree. [...]

You have to hand it to California Tortilla, the Rockville-based chain, for developing a two-pronged promotional plan that gives the recently unemployed a free burrito while simultaneously grooming them as future diners. I don't know if I should applaud or take a shower. According to this small item in the Washington Business Journal, California Tortilla [...]