Chaparosa Grill: The District in Tustin Loses a Restaurant

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • November 8, 2011
Chaparosa Grill at The District in Tustin has closed. When it was open, the place was noted for its Caribbean totems, color-splashed walls, and numerous ceiling fans that swoop the air as if the place was in the tropics. A large framed photo of...
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