The Taco Tuesday Series

Being a lover of Mexican food and tacos at anytime of the day has allowed me to appreciate living in Downtown Fullerton that much more. Fullerton has great taco Tuesday deals for anyone that is interested. Whether they are interested in bar like atmosphere, a taqueria, or a Mexican home-stlye joint that serves up favorite traditional classics.

Fullerton loves tacos!

I have already posted about "Matador Cantina" in Downtown Fullerton, but if you are interested in tacos, food trucks, and taco trucks you only need to venture a little of the beaten bath to find that mouth-watering taco al pastor or carne asada torta.

Thus starts my Taco Tuesday series in Living Fullerton Downtown.

Brookdale: A Charmingly Haunted Street

After taking a walk around town on Halloween night, I now know that Fullerton has some great trick-or-treating spots. Just north of Chapman Avenue there is a street where all the gremlins and goblins come out on a dark night in late October. Brookdale Place.

The street is a few blocks north of downtown in a family neighborhood with small houses filled with character. The neighborhood is a safe, bustling with kids eager to stock up with candy, and has a few unique and scary surprises along the way.

I strongly reccomend driving your children here to enjoy Halloween, rather than braving some of the more rough neighborhoods in the area. The houses are close together allowing the kids to get more bang for their buck, and their are fun ghosts in the trees waiting to scare you. There is even a house with a 8-foot-tall ghostly face that sings classic Halloween-themed songs.

My favorite place in Fullerton on Octeber 31, is definitely Brookhurst Street and the surrounding neihborhood.

Gladiators on the Streets: Live Post

I should be more careful where I walk on a Saturday night.

My brother, his friend, and I are walking back from his birthday celebration at a local restaurant near the train tracks. The patrons walking from bar to bar downtown are becoming more visibly drunk and more obviously beligerent. As we walk past a group of men, one goes out of his way and bumps into me with his shoulder. He turns around and yells, "was it your fault or my fault?"

Now I am telling the drunk man that there is no problem, just so he does not pick a fight. As we walk in front of one of the main bars a fight spills out onto the sidewalk and two men try to land a blow on eachother's face. One of the fighters is pushed towards his girlfriend and knocks her to the floor. Before anything else can happen, to undercover police officers jump out of an undercover car and start breaking the fight up.

This is what you get when every weekend the bars in town attract the low-lifes that have nothing better to do than get in a drunken brawl.

Fullerton Uncorked! Arrives this Weekend

A food and wine tasting extravaganza is taking place in Fullerton this weekend!

Fullerton Uncorked!

Fullerton Uncorked is a wine tasting, micro-beer brewing, local-cuisine tasting good time! Or so that is how I imagine it. I myself, have not yet been. The Fullerton Arboretum, which is on the campus of CSUF, hosts the event every year.

This year, the event's website boasts that fifty of the Fullerton's best restaurants will be sampling their best foods. To top it all off their will be door prizes an live music. All of this for $55 dollars per person. If you think of it, that is a cheap price for all the food, wine, and entertainment you want.

This is a bucket list item for any Fullerton resident.

http://www.fullertonuncorked.com/

Living Art

The first Friday of every month Jim and Ann Thacker showcase, view and discuss art.

No, the couple are not at a ritzy home in residential Fullerton, discussing art while sipping wine and tasting cheese with other hill dwellers. The two are the owners of Village Art Center, a custom framing business and gallery on Chapman and Harbor, and are part of a community event that brings art downtown.

Downtown Fullerton Art Walk takes place the First Friday of every month from 6 to 10 p.m. The monthly event features 26 art galleries, most of which are shops and restaurants that have been transformed from their day time gigs.

This is one of the great features of living Downtown. The town transforms from business and shopping to culture, art, and a downtown scene during the night.

Jim and Ann Thacker know it best, as they have owned a local business in the community of Fullerton for several years. According to Jim Thacker, Fullerton itself has undergone a transformation. In the 80's and 90's the town was run down and lacking a personality, but the renovation of Downtown is breathing life back into Fullerton.

The Thackers are working to help bring back Fullerton to its full potential.

Every small town or city should embrace the arts and follow Fullerton's example.

http://fullertonartwalk.com/

The Local Feel

Fullerton Downtown is local.

What is meant by that is that the information, the vibe, and the thoughts found on this site are homegrown. Downtown Fullerton's outer limits span only 3-4 city blocks away from the epicenter of the town. The town is small, yet millions have heard of it. Its name packs a lot of punch.

As a community it deserves a place where the information and stories are focused on what it has to offer. Whether it be the Fullerton Farmer's Market, the night life and delicious dining spots, or the social movements within the town that are making noise news all over the United States. Fullerton is unique, and there is a niche for Fullerton stories.

Every day there is something to talk about Downtown.

Fullerton Downtown

What is the first thing that comes to other's minds when you tell them you work, study, or live in Fullerton, California? Orange County crowd? Lots of bars and restaurants? The college scene? Community? As one who has worked, lived, and studied in Fullerton I will be your guide to what Fullerton has to offer, what is happening in the town, and what part of the town's culture you can connect with.

50 years ago, Fullerton was a vast expanse of thousands of orange trees. Today it is a town with a thousand different scenes one can connect with. The Los Angeles sprawl has a special small-town-feel area called Fullerton, California.

My name is Lance Morgan.
I live Downtown, just north of the tracks.
And this is Living Fullerton Downtown.