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A backcountry comeback: Julian''s annual apple days taking a bite out of last year''s firestorms.

Publication: San Diego Business Journal
Publication Date: 27-SEP-04 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: A backcountry comeback: Julian''s annual apple days taking a bite out of last year''s firestorms.(Tuning Up For Tourists)(Julian Bluegrass Festival)

Article Excerpt
One morning during the Julian Bluegrass Festival, Clarence Arroyo pushed a multi-tiered cart filled with unbaked apple pies along Main Street, swerving to avoid the steady stream of motorcycles and cars bringing tourists to the mountain community for the traditional kickoff of the fall harvest season.

It was no marketing gimmick. The oven at his namesake eatery, Clarence's Cafe, broke down and the owners of a nearby bakery came to his rescue by agreeing to share theirs.

"Only in Julian," Arroyo said, stressing how the generosity of friends and neighboring businesspeople, whom pitched in their talent, time and some spare equipment, helped the insurance agent-turned-chef realize his dream of restaurant ownership in the mountain community about 60 miles northeast of San Diego.

Ironically, the cafe's biggest moneymaking day was Oct. 24, less than a month after it...

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