Slapfish Truck Stops Here

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • June 14, 2012
Have you had an oyster from Carlsbad Aquafarms yet? Grown not more than an hour's drive from OC, in the briny Pacific coastal waters of the town usually known for factory-outlet shopping and Legoland, these oysters can be found at the Orange...
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