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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jul 30, 2009 - 09:20pm PT
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Best damn food I've ever had that close to a gas pump!
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dirtbag
climber
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Jul 30, 2009 - 09:27pm PT
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Seconded.
Beats the hell out of dollar hot dogs slowly rotating for hours on a dogs grill.
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Swami Jr.
Trad climber
Bath, NY
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Jul 30, 2009 - 09:27pm PT
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High octane food is the best. Love the mobil.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Jul 30, 2009 - 09:33pm PT
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Sheesh! Another sign of the apocalypse is climbers waxing poetically about sheeshy food! Didja wash it down with Olde English like a real climber? Gotta run, the wife needs some things from Bristol Farms and Whole Foods; guess I'll pick up a sixer of "Fin du Monde" while I'm there.
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F10
Trad climber
e350
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Jul 30, 2009 - 09:43pm PT
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I always got a laugh at the sign on the 99 south of fresno
EAT
GET GAS
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Salamanizer
Trad climber
Vacaville Ca,
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Jul 30, 2009 - 09:51pm PT
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Not only good food, but the nicest staff and service to boot.
We showed up late one night after a long epic day, tires screeching to a haute in the parking lot. No beer, no food, if the place is closed we're doomed.
We bolted through the door just as the open sign was turned off. The register was closed and the food court had taken it's last order and was preparing to shut down, but did they turn us away... Hell no.
We were given...yes! "given" the leftovers from the pizza by the slice counter, sans charge. More than enough for two hunger stricken climbers back from a long day on a long route having gone a long time without nourishment.
The register was already closed out, so no sales could be made, that much was clear. Seeing what must have been an obvious look of shock and disappointment on our faces, the nice lady at the counter asked, "you guys wanted beer too, right?".
YES!!!
The register is closed, but I can sell you any beer in the cooler for $10 bucks a six pack, just keep it quiet.
A fair price to pay if I do say so myself.
Karma must have been on our side that night.
Long live the (Whoa Nelly Deli) Mobile!
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BurnRockBurn
climber
South of Black Rock City
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Jul 30, 2009 - 10:01pm PT
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Hell Russ I thought the Woodfords thread was the first sign of the Apocalypse. Do you have anything positive to say? I have never typed a negative thing about anyone on this forum but damn Russ!!
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.html?topic_id=897105&tn=20
Here is me after enjoying a Mango Margarita at the Mobile and thus finding out I was allergic to Mango's
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Russ Walling
Gym climber
Poofter's Froth, Wyoming
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Jul 30, 2009 - 10:17pm PT
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Relax Burn... I think the place blows.... nothing wrong with that, as that's my opinion. That's what we do here, hand out opinions.
I say nice things when I think something is nice. Whaddya, on happy pills or something? Go ahead, say something bad.... it just might make your day better.
Burn edit: I DO like the grass they have out front. Very nice!
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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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Jul 30, 2009 - 10:21pm PT
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I do greatly enjoy a meal there. TPR is a great resource too, but the food at the Whoa Nellie Deli is better. Pricey yes but the portions are large and the service is really fast. And let's not forget the large, clean bathrooms with HOT WATER!
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 30, 2009 - 10:21pm PT
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Russ you sound like a McDonalds kind of guy.
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Russ Walling
Gym climber
Poofter's Froth, Wyoming
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Jul 30, 2009 - 10:26pm PT
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donini: yeah... I'd do a burger right about now, even with byproducts.
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David Wilson
climber
CA
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Jul 30, 2009 - 10:46pm PT
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I agree it's good food near a gas pump, but a lot of places in LA and Oakland are even better. That station should have never been allowed IMO. It is a small example of urban sprawl, any town USA, somehow escaped from the compact town of Lee Vining. Fish tacos aside, I have no idea how they got approval for that station - it was a zoning failure IMO.
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Jul 30, 2009 - 10:56pm PT
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I agree, David. You and I are both builders and developers and can't believe the discontinuity of the planning there. Amazing oldschool situation there for sure. Meanwhile it's there and I will have to ck out the food (lol).
Oh, and here's a bit of levity. I picked this up at the gas station:
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David Wilson
climber
CA
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Jul 30, 2009 - 11:06pm PT
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I don't want to run the place down, not that it would matter, but the food is just OK IMO in an extremely sanitized environment that has little apparent connection to the local Lee Vining community. To me that place could be anywhere, a little touch of Fresno or Manteca on the east side. I've thought that since first seeing the sheepish MOBILE sign emerge, dry stack rock clad, over the ridge as you drive south on 395. I don't even think the rocks they made the sign with are local...
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Enzo
climber
California
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Jul 30, 2009 - 11:07pm PT
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Watched the World Cup final in '06 with a crowd of Euros there.
What's the zoning for that?
It can't help the biz in L.V. though.
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drunkenmaster
Social climber
santa rosa
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Jul 30, 2009 - 11:15pm PT
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whoa nelly! hell yeh the mobil rocks - fish tacos, mango margaritas and some sort of bar b q asian chicken pizza - damn good sh#t with outdoor heaters and live music. im trying to enjoy the frkn apocalypse!?
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Jul 30, 2009 - 11:37pm PT
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"for $10 bucks a six pack, just keep it quiet."
way to keep it quiet
heh
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Jul 30, 2009 - 11:37pm PT
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Best food you've ever had that close to a gas pump?
Obviously you never had to bivy with Redfern.
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east side underground
Trad climber
Hilton crk,ca
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Jul 30, 2009 - 11:43pm PT
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Hey Russ, here's how it works- Go to Mono cone for double cheeseburger(best on east side),hit Lee vining market for beer of choice, head to Mo-mart for relaxation on nice lawn and maybe some music- Cheers!!
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caughtinside
Social climber
Davis, CA
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Jul 30, 2009 - 11:45pm PT
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The mobil has the mono county planning department by the balls!!!111666 UNHOLY111!
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Jul 30, 2009 - 11:49pm PT
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Make mine a Mono Kone!
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Russ Walling
Gym climber
Poofter's Froth, Wyoming
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Jul 30, 2009 - 11:54pm PT
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Between ESU and his fine recommendations and the TPR pies.... I just might have a nice day!
Thanks!
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Jul 31, 2009 - 12:12am PT
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the food is good even giving it credit for being a gas station...
my picky eating SF living old friend Richie raved on about the pork chops one night, he thought they were much better then what he had a Chez Panisse a week prior...
I think it is a least a bit more interesting than a cheese burger, my opinion, of course.
The beer is sorta expensive there... last Monday on our way over to Mammoth Jaybro and I stopped off to look at #2 Diesel prices, check out the cost for IPA 395 and use the bathrooms... the fuel prices were too high, the 22 oz. bottle cost a dollar more than up in at the Tuolumne Meadows store (!) but the bathrooms were nice... one out of three is a good batting average (at least in baseball).
We stopped off in the Meadows on the way back and bought some beer, then got #2 Diesel in Oakdale on the way back (423 miles into the trip, could have made it back to Livermore except the diesel prices are cheaper in Oakdale)...
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David Wilson
climber
CA
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Jul 31, 2009 - 12:17am PT
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convince these hombres to drive up and we could put that mobile station right in the meadows...they'd have to fix their sign...
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BurnRockBurn
climber
South of Black Rock City
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Jul 31, 2009 - 12:31am PT
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Sorry Russ thats about as mean as I get. As you can see I was still smiling as I was giving myself Epinephrine to keep me breathing. I'll try to say meaner things when my pills wear off.
Do have to give props to the Mono Cone though. If you like greasy burgers, them and Walker burger are as greasy as they come.
Russ Edit
I like the grass too!!
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MisterE
Trad climber
One Step Beyond!
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Jul 31, 2009 - 12:44am PT
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I'm going home
And when I want to go home, I'm going mobile
Well I'm gonna find a home on wheels, see how it feels,
Goin' mobile
Keep me moving
-The Who
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hossjulia
Trad climber
Eastside
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Jul 31, 2009 - 12:47am PT
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I love the music, I love the people and the owners, but the prices are outlandish and the fish tacos a farse. Not to mention the lobster ?? taquitos. $15 bucks for a bowl of gumbo? Give me a break.
(Tufa special man, just ask when you order a beer on tap.)
Besides it gets to be a zoo and that's not why I'm here.
I never even get a buzz off 1 mango marggy and 2 is too much sugar.
No soap in the wash bucket is right, bugs the crap outta me.
(Can't get the bug crap off the windows.)
Of course I'm biased, but I HAVE eaten the food at TPR for 6 years now, and still like it well enough to eat it every day. :)
It takes mind control not too eat too much pie or cake. It is that good.
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Russ Walling
Gym climber
Poofter's Froth, Wyoming
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Jul 31, 2009 - 01:36am PT
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BRB: good on ya.... you are a better man than me.
That Walker Burger is a gem.... hope to see it soon and partake.
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BurnRockBurn
climber
South of Black Rock City
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Jul 31, 2009 - 01:43am PT
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Hell Russ I'll met ya there and buy you one. Going next week. Cant eat at the Mobile anymore anyway cause of all the Mango crosscontamination. Have this thing about breathing.
Shawn
Edit...I am no better man than anyone
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Russ Walling
Gym climber
Poofter's Froth, Wyoming
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Jul 31, 2009 - 01:50am PT
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I can't get out until the next big holiday.... working on the Manzeer for FatTrad for like two years.... got to finish at least that up before I go anywhere.
Done the anaphylaxis a couple times myself.... not a good time. Nut allergy of sorts, mostly to nuts on the chin but also cashews and sunflower seeds. Cashew Chicken is certain death.
Standing bet... if either of us are in the Walker Burger we'll flip to see who buys.
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BurnRockBurn
climber
South of Black Rock City
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Jul 31, 2009 - 02:00am PT
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Sounds good Russ. Its all good and for now no hard feelings. Buy me a Mango smoothie and Ill buy you a nut dipped icecream cone. We will throw the one epi pen in the middle of us and see what happens. Let the games begin
SHawn
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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Jul 31, 2009 - 02:58am PT
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Speaking of music at the Mo-Mart, who books the music at that joint? I think my band needs a gig there.
Walker Burger's phoning it in these days. I much prefer that BBQ joint next door. Mountain View? Something like that.
Mono Cone = Good 'n Greezy. Top shelf.
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apogee
climber
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Jul 31, 2009 - 02:59am PT
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How's the bacon?
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Minerals
Social climber
The Deli
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Jul 31, 2009 - 12:31pm PT
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Well, being within .50 cal range of the Mo-Mart and just over pistol range of Mono Cone right now, I’ve got to say…
Chef Boyardee Mini Ravioli last night for dinner! Yum, yum and it didn’t come with crappy music and a bunch of damn HIPPIES!!!!!!!!!
Haven’t set foot in either place yet this year… A Monorito sounds more like it!
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Nefarius
Big Wall climber
Fresno
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Jul 31, 2009 - 12:42pm PT
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Used to enjoy it there. Not so much anymore. Never was a fan of the mango margs. They tatste pretty crappy, IMO. The prices have gotten worse and worse and it's too crowded. I still stop in for a burger, occasionally, and it's good to run into people I haven't seen in a while there. Other than that, not so much.
Really, I think their reputation comes from weekend warrior types braving the "harshness" of a trip up Conness or Cathedral, whom are so incredibly worked by the time they get down, that *anything* would be the best meal they'd ever had. Kinda like that gallon of Hi-C and box of Twinkies my partner had in the car after our first wall. Or that McDonalds, near the Cairo airport after a couple of weeks of Egyptian food...
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tarek
climber
berkeley
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Jul 31, 2009 - 12:43pm PT
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The food is so good at that dang mobil, well, I'm lickin' my chops now, here in berkeley thinkin of it. Only wish they'd made it a bit larger. Bit more of a footprint, and all. Shoot, mebbe they should expand upwards towards tioga with a drive-in as well. Bed bath and beyond would look nice next door. Heck, let's widen 120 so as we can get there faster from the west...
Place is a ungainly, multi-colored eyesore serving comfort food that only a snob would rank above the typical greasy spoon because of its presentation and the other people around them clucking and fluttering about “the food.” Shoulda been built down 395, if at all.
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burp
Trad climber
Salt Lake City
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Jul 31, 2009 - 02:11pm PT
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What's TPR? Got to expand my horizons next trip! I need to try the two burger joints mentioned ... I do like burgers (! too much unfortunately).
I like the buffalo meatloaf at Whoa Nelli ... but I like buffalo. A little pricey though and have to talk myself in to buying it, but not sure what one would expect? Is everywhere else in town a lot cheaper?
burp (excuse me)
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burp
Trad climber
Salt Lake City
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Jul 31, 2009 - 02:23pm PT
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Thanks IC. I'll definately stop and check TPR out next time through (late September'ish).
burp
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Dolomite
climber
Anchorage
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Jul 31, 2009 - 02:40pm PT
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The place is an abomination on the landscape, opposed by probably close to 100% of locals during planning, and pushed through zoning by $$$$. It's a shame climbers support the joint.
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mucci
Trad climber
The pitch of Bagalaar above you
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Jul 31, 2009 - 02:51pm PT
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Many a lady have had the fortunate experience of staying at the MOBIL HILTON on the Hill.
Touron season is like high school but your older and more drunk.
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rwedgee
Ice climber
canyon country,CA
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Jul 31, 2009 - 02:51pm PT
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"an abomination" TPR, Mobil, or Lee Vining?
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Nefarius
Big Wall climber
Fresno
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Jul 31, 2009 - 03:22pm PT
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"working on the Manzeer for FatTrad for like two years...."
What's the big deal, Russ. I know it's a BIG project, but a couple of big, racing sails, like these:
And a number of climbing ropes and the Manzeer is done. Fatty can even have anything he wants digitally imaged into the Mylar membrane of the sail.
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mooch
Big Wall climber
The Immaculate Conception
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Jul 31, 2009 - 03:50pm PT
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I always got a laugh at the sign on the 99 south of fresno
EAT
GET GAS
Or off the 395 in Lone Pine:
Laudromat
Burgers and more
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Jul 31, 2009 - 04:12pm PT
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Probably a good thing that they don't also offer phyllo salmon.
It might be hard to fill a climber with salmon.
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hossjulia
Trad climber
Eastside
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Jul 31, 2009 - 05:21pm PT
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minerals, roflmao
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Jul 31, 2009 - 05:35pm PT
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The jambalaya is not too bad, not as good a mine, but not bad. Goes good with a PBR draft.
The first time I went there, back in '01 or so, the girl at the cash register leaned over and gave me an eyeful. I've had fond memories of the place ever since.
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NotIt
Trad climber
Malaga Cove
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Jul 31, 2009 - 05:56pm PT
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My final analysis:
Good business strategy (or strategies):
*Employ relatively friendly dudes and girls that are good looking enough that you want to come back, but not so good looking as to seem unattainable to the average climber. [An entire thesis could be written about the general theme of attractiveness optimization in hospitality.]
*Comp people a drink every now and then.
*Hammer INCESSANTLY the word "gourmet" in all publicity, ensuring that it is inevitably the word chosen to describe the food when one person is describing it to another. This place has a lock on the viral use of the word "gourmet". Truly unbelievable.
*Create a cult of personality around your chef. We live in the era of TV-chef fame, and if someone has a brand they must be good. The simple idea of having a dude (with his own caricature, no less!) called TIOGA TOMMY is a selling point to people who generally sit home watching Food Network and HGTV, and for whom this trip, passing through or near Lee Vining, is a BIG DEAL (tm).
But the reality (realities):
*The service is whack, and gets more so every year. They are at a disadvantage given that their front of house and back of house collide spectacularly from a pure proximity perspective (alliteration!). At this price point they need a system whereby I get a table tent with a number and I get my food delivered. While their cashpeople are fairly consistent, the dude calling orders is always a flavor of the week/month and is inevitably cracking under the pressure of trying to push a backlog of 20 plates out.
*The prices are unconscionable, except when location is considered. Still no excuse. Their margins have to be very enviable.
*The produce is an shamefully less than fresh, again, at the price point and "gourmet" self-promotion, considering their proximity to farmers in the Owens Valley that can/could provide everything that they use on a near-daily basis.
*The food is QUITE average, relying heavily on salt for flavor.
*Most pertinently, I still eat there a fair bit.
I tried the BBQ joint in Lee Vining (on the West side of 395) for the first time a few weeks back, and as a person who eats meat infrequently and thus insists on quality when I do, I was really pleasantly surprised. The onionn rings are also taystee. The salad bar, though, gets a pass.
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dsqrd
climber
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Jul 31, 2009 - 06:04pm PT
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Had the guys from WND cater my wedding on the Eastside last winter - best idea I ever had (other than proposing to my wife).
Also got to meet Nellie the namesake in the offseason once upon a time - what a sweetheart.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Jul 31, 2009 - 06:22pm PT
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I didn't realize there was a real Nellie, whoa.
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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nice view
good live music last Sunday - free supertopo subscription to the one who can id the famous climber first
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L
climber
34.040236 lat by -118.450547 lon
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Yuuummmmmmmmm...Mobile Station fish tacos...best I ever had...
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Rich Cashner? (The drummer.)
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Nefarius
Big Wall climber
Fresno
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K. Rick
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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that's a free ST subscription to Mighty Hiker--feel free to read the posts or post yourself. Rick is looking good and sings a pretty good low harmony in addition to banging on the drums.
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Zander
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Nicelys.
I just prefer to eat with the locals. The food is as expected. I like that it is open at 6:30 in the morning.
When I did the North Ridge of Conness, we stopped at TPR and had a good meal. I was so tired. I remember the food being pretty good and the nice bottle of wine went down pretty well too.
Someday I may try the Mobil station, but, I mean, it's a gas station.....
Zander
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powderdan
Social climber
mammoth lakes
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Aug 10, 2009 - 06:43pm PT
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the mobile mart is far from perfect but it certainly doesnt deserve the fact less slander and flimsy accusations that some have posted here.
the domaille family risked everything, built the place with there bare hands, and continue to work there butts off to maintain what has become the most iconic summer business in mono county. there story exeplfies the american dream. who ever thinks they have the "planning commision by the balls" should ask dennis domaille about the hoops he had to jump through in order to open for business. im sure he would be happy to tell you.
-the domailles recently gave away 600 coupons for free fish tacos during the recent inyo-mono county blood drive which by the way, tripled the previous years donations.
-i have personaly witnessed dozens of tired and hungry tourists fed left over food for free long after the store has closed.
-over a dozen locals enjoy steady seasonal employment there.
-they could easily prohibit camping on the vista point but instead allow it.(please dont blow that)
i can go on and on about the contributions the domailles have made to the local community. instead i will finish with one final thought.
IF ITS GOOD ENOUGH FOR FRED BECKY, THAN ITS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME!
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Aug 10, 2009 - 06:45pm PT
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-I have been the recipient of the gift of extra food there. the place rocks.
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Splater
climber
Grey Matter
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Aug 10, 2009 - 09:54pm PT
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If you want to complain about sprawl along 395, start with the Victorville thru Adelanto section that lasts about 18 miles and takes 36 minutes at an average speed of 30 mph including the dozens of new stopsigns and lights added in the last 15 years.
The Inland Empire - bringing wasteland to a desert near you.
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Morgan
Trad climber
East Coast
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Aug 10, 2009 - 09:56pm PT
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Lobster Taquitos, Yum!
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Dapper Dan
climber
Menlo Park
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Aug 10, 2009 - 10:01pm PT
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Just to preface , I've spent plenty of my hard earned money there and will probably continue to do so in the future.
That being said , SOME of the workers there are dixs . They have an attitude like , "Hey we're the Mobil" , deal with it . it's kind of a bummer , some of the employees are nice . Just seems like the jerky ones stick in your mind more than the nice ones .
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Ray-J
Social climber
east L.A. vato...
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Aug 10, 2009 - 10:30pm PT
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I'll stick to my fave on LaBrea lunchtime valet parking only 5 bucks...
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 10, 2009 - 10:44pm PT
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PowderDan,
There are a number of people on ST who won't post in less they can think of something negative to say. This forum is beginning to get old for me.
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susu
Trad climber
East Bay, CA
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Aug 11, 2009 - 11:19am PT
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This place is extremely climber friendly and the food and drinks are great!
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Roman
Trad climber
Boston
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Aug 11, 2009 - 11:55am PT
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Nefarius: While I totally understand your point.... slagging those of us who save up all year to get out there and have Cathedral as a main objective by calling us weekend warriors is pretty lame. I can assure you that many of us out east climb several times a week and are hardly weekend warriors just because we want to climb one of the most famous peaks in Tuolumne and want to eat a f^%$&*% fish taco afterward.
PS: TPR is the sh#t.
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sully
Trad climber
CA
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Aug 11, 2009 - 12:12pm PT
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Too expensive, Ceasar salad has tasteless dressing, too many Mexican guys yelling orders in Spanglish throughout dinner, RV crowd now frequents the place, plenty of dead flies and dust on the window next to my table...
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Nefarius
Big Wall climber
Fresno
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Aug 11, 2009 - 12:22pm PT
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Roman - I'm pretty sure that east coast guys aren't the majority of the traffic at the mobil. I'd wager they're barely a percent of the minority - regardless of your weekend warrior status.
I think sully is on to something too tho. RV crowd. Yup.
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pyrosis
Trad climber
Flagstaff, AZ
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Aug 11, 2009 - 12:36pm PT
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Mmmm I miss me some fish tacos.. And happy hippies gyrating on the lawn.. :)
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Trad climber
San Francisco, Ca
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Aug 11, 2009 - 12:37pm PT
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My wife and I pulled in to the playground in Mammoth to let our kids stretch their legs. The owners of the MM place were there with their kid. Totally nice and apparently hard working folks.
I often drop by for a beer and a taco, sit on the grass, hear some music. What's not to like?
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The Wolf
Trad climber
East SF Bay Area
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Aug 12, 2009 - 11:57am PT
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Worst sandwich I ever had at the Mobi. I'll stick with the unhealthy but satisfying menu of Nicely's
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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
Boise....
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Aug 12, 2009 - 12:22pm PT
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Anybody can make 1 bad sandwich.
It gets better..........I like those guys, myself.
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Srbphoto
Trad climber
Kennewick wa
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Aug 12, 2009 - 01:50pm PT
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I've been once. Wasn't that impressed. It seemed overpriced. Maybe my mood. Was supposed to go to Conness but ripping thunderstorms started at about 4 am. By 8 am gave up and went there to have breakfast. Had heard good things so we bypassed TPR. The owner(?) was walking around the eating area killing flies with a fly swatter. Very appetizing! Ended up at the Gorge. Got a few pitches in and got slammed with a cloud burst. Just dumping. Chased everyone out except us and one other party across the Gorge. Had the place to ourselves the rest of the afternoon. Hmmm. maybe the food wasn't that bad after all :)
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Feb 20, 2019 - 11:26am PT
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Just my own opinion.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Feb 20, 2019 - 12:32pm PT
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Not an affishyanado of the fish taco.
Just an innocent question from a concerned citizen.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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Feb 20, 2019 - 05:59pm PT
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thanks mouse....now everyone knows about my secret swimming hole...
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 20, 2019 - 06:25pm PT
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<rim shot>
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WBraun
climber
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Feb 20, 2019 - 06:29pm PT
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Overpriced, cliche-infested place, tourist trap.
Never go there and avoid the place......
I eat at the little park behind the school bring own food and so much nicer there.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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Feb 20, 2019 - 06:42pm PT
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that park is nice until the wind sends the settling ponds fragrance westward...
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Feb 20, 2019 - 06:56pm PT
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Although the area was previously a sanctuary from other states plagued by the drug wars, by mid-summer Baja California Sur had the fifth highest murder rate of Mexico's 32 states, even as homicides in the country as a whole hit record levels.
The population in Los Cabos—the municipality encompassing San Jose del Cabo and Cabo San Lucas— was about 44,000 in 1990. By 2015 it had risen to about 288,000.
This was the latest imposition of the cartel-fueled violence in Los Cabos. Of the 232 homicide investigations opened by the middle of last summer, those that garnered the most attention were not those in the colonias occupied by Mexican citizens, but those that had spilled into the tourist zones and resort areas. One month earlier at Palmilla resort, a mile up the beach from Zippers, three men had been killed in a grisly shootout with automatic weapons. News reports, even in the Mexican media, focused mostly on these three killings and not the other six that had occurred elsewhere in the state that same weekend.
Following the Palmilla shooting, the managing director of the Los Cabos Tourism Board, Rodrigo Esponda, assured the Los Angeles Times that "unlike the recent terrorists in Europe, Mexico's gangsters rarely purposefully target general society." And yet just two months earlier, the Mexican newspaper Reforma had reported that a mass grave of 18 men and women had been discovered on the road between San Jose del Cabo and Cabo Pulmo National Park on the East Cape—a reminder that these killings are not always so neatly targeted. A number of reports on the Palmilla beach shooting that made their way into the English-speaking media also omitted the fact that, in addition to the three people killed, two bystanders had also been shot and rushed to the hospital.
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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Feb 21, 2019 - 02:12am PT
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Food is good, but pricey. I prefer a blue cheese burger and a shake from Mono Cone.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 21, 2019 - 07:55am PT
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Remember hula hoops? I’ll stick with the Still Life in Independence. I guess I’m just partial
to crotchety owners and genuinely good food. Last we were there she had been slow cooking her stew for 2 days.
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10b4me
Social climber
Lida Junction
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Feb 21, 2019 - 09:36am PT
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Overpriced, cliche-infested place, tourist trap.
Tend to agree, but they do serve a better breakfast than Nicely's.
Safest thing I found to eat at Nicely's is the oatmeal.
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Ryan K
Gym climber
the pit
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Feb 21, 2019 - 09:44am PT
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Mono Mart biscuits, burritos, or pastries for breakfast, Mono Cone Western Bacon Cheeseburger, Mono Mart burritos, or Epic Cafe (a little pricey but delicious) for lunch and dinner!
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