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Speaker 1: So we recently talked about the best taco list here.

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Speaker 1: We did French fries, tacos. We've done a lot of

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Speaker 1: these lists here, pizza and everything like that, and we've

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Speaker 1: had Gorilla Tacos here at the show. We've ordered them,

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Speaker 1: we've been there and we've talked to them before. And

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Speaker 1: Brittany is on from Gorilla Tacos. Maybe you saw this.

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Speaker 1: We mentioned them several times as I said they were

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Speaker 1: rob and the owner, Brittany Values, is on with us

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Speaker 1: now confirming that they had about what, Brittany, do you

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Speaker 1: have like twenty grand stolen in a safe from Gorilla Tacos.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we had a little bit less than twenty grand

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Speaker 2: in the safe, which is not atypical for us, because

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Speaker 2: it's not the smart move to make. But I was

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Speaker 2: out of town purchasing lethal in Mexico and I was,

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Speaker 2: you know, we've never been robbed. We've been here for

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Speaker 2: six years, and I had this false sense of like,

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Speaker 2: it'll be fine until I get back, and that was false,

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Speaker 2: and I think it was the kind of like a

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Speaker 2: really difficult lesson. But yeah, yeah, money, is.

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Speaker 1: This the second time you've been robbed?

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Speaker 2: So at my restaurant, Goerrilla Tacos is our first time ever.

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Speaker 2: My other restaurant, which is in Silver Lake, has been

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Speaker 2: robbed six times this year.

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Speaker 1: My gosh, it's devastating here.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's an independent, it's like kind of a building

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Speaker 2: on its own. There's nothing that of protecting it, and

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Speaker 2: it's got a lot of glass and we've gotten really

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Speaker 2: smart about making sure there is no money. In fact,

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Speaker 2: I always brought the money from there here because I

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Speaker 2: thought we were safer here at Gorilla Tacos. But yeah,

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Speaker 2: it's I heard a statistic the other day from a

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Speaker 2: fellow restaurant owner, Christi over at Casa Vega. She said

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Speaker 2: that restaurant robberies are up one hundred and nineteen percent

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Speaker 2: in twenty twenty three.

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Speaker 1: Oh, I mean Costa Vega is another one of my

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Speaker 1: favorite spots in the valley.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: So well, here's the thing. I know that you there

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Speaker 1: is risk here of going out of business. Is that

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Speaker 1: correct if business doesn't increase a little bit.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean we've already been slow, And to be honest,

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Speaker 2: I'm super involved in a local restaurant community and it's

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Speaker 2: not exclusive to us. I think a lot of independent

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Speaker 2: restaurants are struggling because our costs. We don't have the

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Speaker 2: benefits of being large, for we can negotiate prices and

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Speaker 2: race for insurance and this and that. So we've already

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Speaker 2: been slow. Everything is more expensive and everything is a

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Speaker 2: little bit harder, and Los Angeles is already kind of

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Speaker 2: difficult to run a restaurant in, so making sure that

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Speaker 2: business was haveable was already on the table as a question, like,

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Speaker 2: you know, can we still do this? Should I go

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Speaker 2: get a job at like Denny's Corporate or something instead

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Speaker 2: of trying right conwer out And that was like a

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Speaker 2: conversation we were having here weekly and then we get robbed,

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Speaker 2: and I was like, oh my gosh, this is fine

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Speaker 2: from the universe telling us that this is not we're

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Speaker 2: down the wrong path. But then the support that we've

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Speaker 2: seen is been like, so the sign is confusing from

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Speaker 2: the universe. I mean, something close is con.

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Speaker 1: Screwed with you here. Well that now I wanted to

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Speaker 1: get the story out on the air here at Kiss

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Speaker 1: because if you love award winning tacos and you want

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Speaker 1: to support a local business, Gorilla Tacos. It's on seventh

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Speaker 1: and Mateo, just west of the seventh Street Bridge, and

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Speaker 1: I think it's about ordering the food, right, It's about

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Speaker 1: just getting hungry and doing some ordering there. So one

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Speaker 1: of the things I thought we'd do is kick off

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Speaker 1: some of the ordering and order a one hundred and

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Speaker 1: two tacos for lunch today. If you can handle one

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Speaker 1: hundred and two for midday here.

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Speaker 2: No, I mean it's amazing. I was actually right before

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Speaker 2: doing this, I was in the weeds with them making

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Speaker 2: these tacos. It is. I don't think that you. I mean,

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Speaker 2: I don't think people understand how much something like this

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Speaker 2: matters to a small business. You know, like I craved

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Speaker 2: Panda expressed as much as the next person. I'm born

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Speaker 2: and raised here. The small business is like when somebody

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Speaker 2: orders one hundred and two tacos, it's like it cages

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Speaker 2: your whole day of like sales, and like it makes

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Speaker 2: the day go from in the reds in the vibe.

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Speaker 2: I just don't know that people understand for us, it's

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Speaker 2: so like pennies and dimes or pains and nickelsoma the face,

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Speaker 2: but so valuable to have orders come in. It really

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Speaker 2: can change, like the trajectory of a small business and

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Speaker 2: all the employees that are there versus when you know

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Speaker 2: you go somewhere a little bit larger. So even if it's.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we're we're listen, my stomach is growling knowing it's happened.

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Speaker 2: I'm ready for it.

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Speaker 1: We're thrilled to do it. And if anybody wants to

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Speaker 1: get one taco today and then go help out Gorilla,

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Speaker 1: that'd be great too. And what we'll do is, uh,

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Speaker 1: we'll check in with you. So please one hundred two tacos,

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Speaker 1: and would you mix it up a little bit? What

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Speaker 1: variety can you do?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we're sending like, we're sending you a pretty decent variety.

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Speaker 2: We're sending you. We we changed our tacos regularly. Sorry,

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Speaker 2: now we have six unique ones on the menu, so

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Speaker 2: we're sending a variety of them. Okay, so you know,

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Speaker 2: don't worry you want to have to eat like one

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Speaker 2: hundred and two sweet potato tacos because that could be

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Speaker 2: a bit.

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Speaker 1: Much, right, Okay, So we've got we're gonna do mushroom baja,

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Speaker 1: we'll do Chrispy Pork, We'll do Okay, got it. And

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Speaker 1: I'm saying this, and I'm saying this to you, Brittany

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Speaker 1: charge us in full want anything for free? Because we're

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Speaker 1: talking about it. Charge just in full, please, okay.

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Speaker 2: Charge, I love it. Yes, I'm on it.

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Speaker 1: Okay, and if Mark we check in and let's we'll

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Speaker 1: check back in because I don't know the staff cold.

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Speaker 1: Probably one hundred and two tacos again next week, That's

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Speaker 1: what I'm saying.

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Speaker 2: Ryan's bying.

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Speaker 1: So this is the regular thing, Ryan, whatever it takes.

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Speaker 2: I kind of like this.

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Speaker 1: But Brittany, listen, I hope that helps out. We will

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Speaker 1: stay close and we'll continue to help out if anybody's

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Speaker 1: hungry for a taco las made of these local businesses.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Taco Thursdays, I like it, Taco Thursday, Thursday, Taco Day, Taco.

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Speaker 1: Day, Brittany, we really appreciate and value you guys. This

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Speaker 1: is Brittany Vyas the owner of Gorilla Tacos and they

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Speaker 1: were robbed and they're just trying to get a little

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Speaker 1: bit more business so they can come back here and

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Speaker 1: stick around. That's on seventh and Matao, just west of

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Speaker 1: the seventh Street bridge. Let's figure it out in good luck.

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Speaker 2: Okay, thank thank you so much. Thanks for having me.

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Speaker 1: You got it. Did you see the list?

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Speaker 2: Mark?

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Speaker 1: You show me the list of the six different christieties.

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Speaker 1: Definitely I am not going on my regiment today. That's okay. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: the sweet potato ones sound really good too, and can

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Speaker 1: you not deconstruct it? I want you to actually eat

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Speaker 1: the taco, okay, I want you to eat I want

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Speaker 1: it all. Okay, I want it all too.

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Speaker 2: I stand by your decision.

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Speaker 1: Okay, Well, this is not the one to like fight for, Andre,

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Speaker 1: you gonna stand by a decision of mine. How about

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Speaker 1: making something like, not the taco going to eat? We're

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Speaker 1: buying the tacos anyway. I'm gonna eat it however you

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Speaker 1: want to eat it.

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Speaker 2: I stand by your choice.

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Speaker 1: Give me some sauce with it, though,