Annual “I Love Poke Festival” To Happen On June 30th

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • June 27, 2014
These are the days of poke. There are more and more places that sell the Hawaiian foodstuff of legendary deliciousness–including the Costco in Tustin, and the recently opened Pokinometry in Anaheim–that it proves mainlanders are finally warming up...
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