The First Ruby’s Diner / Balboa Pier on Newport Beach - Southern California Take Out Food Review
A visit to the very first Ruby's Diner located on the Balboa Pier . Southern California take out food review .
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welcome everyone Adam made the whoo here
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to date number six of this current
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temporary series where I go around to
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Southern California eating
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establishments that are open for
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take-out
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walk up or drive-through I'm heading to
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the coastline to the beach I'm inviting
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you to join me shall you putting a
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little something extra in the bag today
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that cap to shield myself from the Sun
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it's pretty fancy oh I totally agree big
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the foot not a bad commute at all just
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sipping down the 55 some good news the
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parking lots are open and accessible
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wasn't like this a couple weeks ago
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little progress
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this gazebo
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is closed off
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and a slight teaser of where I'm heading
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to you could see the signage there I've
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met up with Jay and I'm noticing that
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Orange County we might be the only ones
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out here that have these on at the
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moment it appears that none of people
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like wearing them or there's there's a
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few I saw wondered it's a low percentile
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here in say Bria yes so we're just gonna
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play it by ear will keep them on when we
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order a food but obviously we eat we'll
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take these off and you know a little bit
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about rubies you want to give a little
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detail a backstory a little bit I used
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to work for rubies for about six seven
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years I met the owner Doug Kavanaugh
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which ruby was his mom so we started the
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restaurant her namesake and here on the
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island did you work at this location or
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a different location but the beach which
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other way just up the way a few miles
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two-story building which now the top
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story is a I think we gotta check that
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out at some point my press a button and
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it might so it might happen no that's
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not this one this is Balboa
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are we on Balboa Island or just on the
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coast on the coast so we're on Balboa
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proper correct and you were mentioning
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about the mom of the owner Doug that's
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where the that's where the logo came
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from the Rubies girl yeah her name was
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Ruby Ruby yep it had delicious food and
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burgers and breakfast so your hunger
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you're saying you're hungry I'm hungry
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let's eat this plaque commemorates the
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opening of the original Ruby's diner
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December 7th 1982 they have shakes
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another I got a question though
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we need to burger a shake and coffee who
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orders that a coffee and a burger to
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give a little layout of the land this
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guide map is shown here you are here so
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we are right there where that icon is
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we're gonna traverse out onto the wooden
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dock or the pier as it's called no dogs
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diving jumping skating bicycling
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skateboarding it's a little gusty we are
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incognito I got my glasses I got the big
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hat getting rid of Wednesday try to blow
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it off I got this little strap holding
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it on and and this who are these masked
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men gates are unlocked and wide open and
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as you can tell there are more than a
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few folks there on the sand and in the
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water
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this guy's going up the surfer
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you call it the OC or do you call it
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Orange County so I'm getting it I've
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been taking a poll lately County you saw
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Orange County say I live in Orange
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County but if someone says the OC is
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that frowned upon or is that is that
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okay I would say it's frowned upon all
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right you're gonna beat residents oh
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okay but no one can see your frown
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because you have that turn that frown
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upside down
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Jack and let it loose we're in the OC
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oh yeah I can already smell the food
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from here
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you got all the chairs stacked up and
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tables stacked up
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this used to be a bait shop before was
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converted into a restaurant that sound
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about right about right and then the
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owner said that would make a heck of a
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good business opportunity let's turn a
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bait shop and do a little seaside
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restaurant yeah such a cool vibe you
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just stand out here normally you could
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sit but you can just stand out here
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enjoy the ocean breeze swing by a mega
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pod of dolphins yeah is that it's like a
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large cluster a huge cluster they would
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swim by let's see whales went by when
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hurry eating is crazy
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as so often
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the menu is as follows they have deluxe
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shakes whoa malts fountain sodas burgers
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chili seafood sandwiches just a plethora
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of choices all right I just got a take a
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look here got omelets got items hot off
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the griddle exactly what we were looking
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for
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Deluxe corned beef and hash I've had
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that at the other location I'm gonna try
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it here it is pretty you gonna get
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breakfast salsa I'm still undecided
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you're still undecided either maybe the
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burrito
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or a burger well I could get breakfast
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and you can get yeah yeah we get the
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best of both worlds going on here and
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they they serve ala carte stuff on the
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side plenty of options and look at that
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view
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not too shabby each party's name so each
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party gets their own one yeah yeah
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because yeah there see they're standing
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on once that makes sense
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that kind of makes sense yeah I'm
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thinking about when the theme parks open
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like Disneyland etc if you're in a group
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of four do you have to all be distant
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from each other or can you all stand on
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one key so these are the questions that
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hopefully will be answered soon sooner
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than later hopefully they will hopefully
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you'll find out soon
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look closely you can see some dolphin
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fins out there oh yeah it'll look very
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closely though
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they're like swimming around those birds
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that are also perched there in the water
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they're tough to see but there's lots of
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dolphins out there
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it's a medium medium-well well done
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medium well okay so you want to hear
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when it died or whatever in life how
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they get more done please
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well done I believe they call that thank
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you
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got that taking care I'm going to have
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to be patient while it cooks off in the
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distance you can see that's the
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Huntington Pier way down there right I
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think that's how you can beat that -
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Jack Newport Newport that's Newport I
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don't know one after that is something
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so Huntington will be way past that down
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that correct okay yeah so three piers in
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a row within kind of veritable I shot
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yep
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usually the roof is is also accessible
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sit up there and add so the experience
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not it's not happening today but just
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letting you know for future reference
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the roof is normally open a couple of
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boats out there approaching
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there are a couple of fellows in there
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sitting those are employees and here's a
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little a little better you shot of that
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roof I was referring to so relaxing out
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here the weather's nice nice breeze one
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could say almost perfect
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got some cutlery cutlery and napkins yes
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so this teller inside we got the napkins
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here if you want to just grab a few for
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sure yeah awesome thanks all right thank
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you all right thank you thank you off to
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the side
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oh yeah the dolphins oh you're just
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jumping having a little jumper ooh out
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there
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let's try me like a half a dozen or so
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picnic tables are being utilized
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okay this is happening
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time for the unveiling pull back that
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plastic and this is what we're dealing
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with okay I went full breakfast mode
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even though it's pretty much lunch time
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and you went full full burger is it a
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burger or the pack up an email right
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there wait that's the burger
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okay sourdough parmesan bread nice I
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asked for a super burger which is the
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beach burger without avocado I think I
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would it wrong I'm supposed to order the
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beach burger not to super burger you
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don't like avocado I guess today I'm
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gonna love it do you like guacamole
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but even though guacamole is made from
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avocados smooshed and you put pico de
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gallo there's a mind you like it all the
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kind of a mixture of it I order two
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extra Alucard eggs for the total of for
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the special came with two and I got some
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home fries you guys call these home
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fries in California in Florida they call
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them home fries but what would you call
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this grab the potatoes just potatoes
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maybe I don't maybe they're not called
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home fries and then we got I'm drawing a
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blank what was this called corned beef
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hash which you have recommended this
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before and I had this a couple years ago
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and another Ruby is so spot and I
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excellent
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the plane going over oh right through
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then right over the Sun I'm really happy
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out of all these all these series of
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days I've been doing these take outs
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this is the first table that's that I've
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had to do a picnic on the ground we'll
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bring the chairs out of the back of my
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car is it the first table something it's
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possibly a historic occasion to
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celebrate hmm that's a burger wait there
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that's a burger knew that but that's a
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burger right there and these are eggs
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those are eggs I do this I go always get
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sunny-side up something about the fun
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factor of being able to have the yolk
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the yolk or the yolk spelled yolk but
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you know so yolk you know make it kind
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of runny could do a little smiley faces
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and play with the food
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there's that corned beef hash
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oh yeah that's legit corned beef hash
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well there's two kinds of corned beef
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hash there's a fresh kind where they
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cook it like made there that really
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corned beef E mm-hmm and then there's
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the type I call well from a can in a can
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i grocery store for me that that's
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what's that that's my favorite that's
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what reminds me of that is that corn
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that's your favorite yeah so this
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reminds me more of kin style yeah really
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yeah so fresh corn beef hash is like
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more open almost more media cheering it
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feels like shredded beef yeah it has a
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weird has a totally different taste to
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me then so you prefer this style oh yeah
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I think this is kind of like a halfway
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point it's almost like it's not like
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prefabricated can but it's not the
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full-on ringing it's good mixture
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how's the burger it's actually really
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good I didn't think the avocado woof I
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don't think I tasted it either which is
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a great thing
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maybe maybe during all these tedious
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times avocados growing on you where now
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this is nice this is this is a good day
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the weather like probably 70 degrees
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yeah
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no clouds and no clouds in the shade the
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beaches are pretty much open businesses
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around here at least in Orange County a
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lot of them are opening slowly but
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surely getting back to normal that's not
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I'm gonna go in on this that's gonna do
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I just realized there's also a menu here
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you're gonna have to walk out the way
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out on the pier you can decide before
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you even go up there a classic
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experienced diner style see you later
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