{"id":12678,"date":"2016-04-01T09:41:11","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T16:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/?p=12678"},"modified":"2016-04-01T09:41:11","modified_gmt":"2016-04-01T16:41:11","slug":"april-5-2016-is-ralph-rubio-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/?p=12678","title":{"rendered":"April 5, 2016 Is Ralph Rubio Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ralph_Rubio\"The City of San Diego has named April 5, 2015 Ralph Rubio Day<\/strong> in honor of Carlsbad businessman (and Rubio’s Coastal Grill<\/strong> Co-Founder) Ralph Rubio<\/strong> (right) for “his entrepreneurial spirit, commitment to the community and contributions to the food industry.”<\/p>\n

A San Diego State University alumnus, Ralph brought his love of fish tacos to the United States after a college trip to Baja California, Mexico. 33 years after opening the first Rubio\u2019s restaurant \u2013 a walk-up fish taco stand in Mission Bay \u2013 Rubio\u2019s Coastal Grill has established a passionate fan base throughout the Southwestern United States and has largely been credited for starting the fish taco phenomenon in America. Cited by The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times as the country\u2019s top fish taco expert, Rubio\u2019s Coastal Grill has sold more than 200 million Original Fish Tacos\u00ae.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In honor of Ralph Rubio Day, Rubios is offering their\u00a0original fish taco for $1.75 at all San Diego County Rubio’s Coastal Grill locations (including the location at the Carlsbad Premium Outlets<\/strong>) all day on April 5, 2016. If you’re hungry, you might want to stop by. For the official word from Rubio’s please follow the jump.<\/p>\n

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April 5 Declared Ralph Rubio Day in City of San Diego<\/strong><\/p>\n

Co-founder of Rubio\u2019s Coastal Grill Honored for Contributions to the City<\/p>\n

SAN DIEGO, CA \u2013 In recognition of Rubio\u2019s Restaurants, Inc. Co-Founder Ralph Rubio for his entrepreneurial spirit, commitment to the community and contributions to the food industry, a proclamation will be issued on Tuesday, April 5 declaring it \u201cRalph Rubio Day\u201d in the City of San Diego.<\/p>\n

A San Diego State University alumnus, Ralph brought his love of fish tacos to the United States after a college trip to Baja California, Mexico. 33 years after opening the first Rubio\u2019s restaurant \u2013 a walk-up fish taco stand in Mission Bay \u2013 Rubio\u2019s Coastal Grill has established a passionate fan base throughout the Southwestern United States and has largely been credited for starting the fish taco phenomenon in America. Cited by The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times as the country\u2019s top fish taco expert, Rubio\u2019s Coastal Grill has sold more than 200 million Original Fish Tacos\u00ae.<\/p>\n

To celebrate the commemoration, and as a nod to the fist taco that started it all, Rubio\u2019s Coastal Grill will offer its Original Fish Taco\u00ae for $1.75 all day on April 5 throughout San Diego county. Following the proclamation ceremony, a special reception will be held at the Point Loma Rubio\u2019s location (3555 Rosecrans St.) where guests can enjoy giveaways, free fish taco coupons and a chance to meet Ralph. The reception will take place from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. and is open to the public.<\/p>\n

\u201cSan Diego has been my home for over 40 years, so it\u2019s a great honor to receive this distinction from the city,\u201d said Rubio. \u201cIt\u2019s remarkable to think how far Rubio\u2019s Coastal Grill has come from where we started as a small taco stand in Mission Bay. Our following of loyal fans in San Diego have been an important part of Rubio\u2019s success, and I can\u2019t thank our community enough for their support.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ralph\u2019s passion for protecting the ocean and giving back to the San Diego community is demonstrated through Rubio\u2019s Coastal Grill\u2019s annual CoastFest event, one of the largest organized beach cleanups in San Diego. Partnerships with local organizations such as the California Coastal Commission, I Love A Clean San Diego and Surfrider Foundation also demonstrate Ralph\u2019s commitment to supporting the San Diego community.<\/p>\n

For more information about Ralph Rubio and Rubio\u2019s Coastal Grill, visit Rubio\u2019s website: wwww.rubios.com. Guests can also join the conversation on Facebook at www.facebook.com\/rubios and Twitter at www.twitter.com\/rubiostweets.<\/p>\n

About Rubio\u2019s\u00ae Restaurants:<\/p>\n

Rubio\u2019s first opened in 1983, in the San Diego neighborhood of Mission Bay. Today, counting the ocean as a source of inspiration, Rubio\u2019s uses sustainable seafood in nearly all of its seafood dishes, and continues to expand its menu with innovative recipes ranging from seafood tacos and burritos to California Bowls and crisp, fresh salads. In addition, Rubio\u2019s offers grilled marinated chicken and steak, \u201cno fried\u201d pinto beans, handmade guacamole, a variety of proprietary salsas, and craft beer and sangria beverage options. The award-winning restaurant regularly receives accolades for its famous Original Fish Taco\u00ae. It was also recently ranked as one of Fast Casual\u2019s \u2018Top 50 Movers and Shakers\u2019 as well as one of its \u2018Top Five Most Loved Fast Casual Chains\u2019. Rubio\u2019s participates in a variety of community partnership efforts throughout the year including its annual CoastFest celebration and beach cleanup. Rubio\u2019s is headquartered in Carlsbad, Calif., has over 4,000 employees and currently operates nearly 200 restaurants in California, Arizona, Colorado, Utah and Nevada. For more information, visit http:\/\/rubios.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The City of San Diego has named April 5, 2015 Ralph Rubio Day in honor of Carlsbad businessman (and Rubio’s Coastal Grill Co-Founder) Ralph Rubio (right) for “his entrepreneurial spirit, commitment to the community and contributions to the food industry.” A San Diego State University alumnus, Ralph brought his love of fish tacos to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,32,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12678"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12678"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12680,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12678\/revisions\/12680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}