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Small building with a tile roof, walls painted bright yellow. A red awning over the door proclaims EL TARASCO MEXICAN FOOD. Next to the door is a garage-sized roll-up glass door, with a patio area in front of it. There are no tables out - this was shortly before they opened. Cactus, succulents, and those weird orange fingery plant whose name I keep forgetting line the patio and the building. A sidewalk separates it from the street surface, where you can see room for one car to park between red-painted curbs, and someone has written HULK on the side of the curb. It's a bright sunny day, with a clear blue sky. One palm tree is visible behind the building, and an old, rounded-style car is parked around the corner. (There's a repair shop across the street.)

★★★★☆ Small local Mexican fast food chain in the South Bay area. Great for takeout. Lots of outdoor seating at Artesia and Hermosa locations.

The Empanada Shop

The front of a low building with an extremely shallow gabled roof, right off the sidewalk, with room for two storefronts. On the full-height windows in white, and hanging from a smaller, red sign facing the sidewalk, are the words THE EMPANADA SHOP. Two small white tables, each with a pair of orange chairs, sit in front of the window, and you can see several stools inside.

★★★★★ Great selection of both meat and veggie fillings, plus desserts (the chocolate one is intense).

Entradero Park Loop

Small lake or large pond. At the near end is large pillar-type drain. A baseball field is visible at the far shore, next to some thicket of plants, unidentifiable from this distance. Beyond that, brown-green hills with houses on top and dirt trails winding along the hillside.

★★★★☆ Relaxing walk through scrub habitat around a basin with restored wetlands. Not much shade, good for spotting birds.

Hopkins Wilderness Park

Narrow dirt trail curving out of sight among green-leaved trees and smaller plants. A small metal sign can just be seen saying Native Habitat Restoration Area.

★★★★☆ A good place to bring your kids or just take a shady walk in something that feels like nature. Lightly wooded, some hills, trails, a stream and a duck pond, plus picnic areas and camping.

The Press Espresso ★★★★★ Good coffee with a wide range of flavored drinks. Small but inviting.

Pure Bean ★★★★★ An indie coffee shop and roaster that opened in a space vacated by CBTL a few years back.

Redondough (bakery/cafe)

Corner storefront with a few tables beneath the overhang on one side and neon signs featuring a coffee cup with a face, a fried egg on toast, and an astronaut on a croissant -- excuse me, a *crescent*.

★★★★★ Bakery with coffee, tea and sandwiches. I usually get one of their cream cheese and fruit-filled croissants. Breakfast sandwiches are also very good.

Taishi Hainan Chicken ★★★★★ Variations on chicken and rice, all of them good.

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