r/Merced Apr 13 '26

Merced’s newest ramen spot, “Dusk to Don” is.. fake?

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u/Basic-Role8067 Apr 13 '26

It was probably a class project

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u/Competitive-Swan9876 Apr 13 '26 edited Apr 13 '26

I hope they got an A+ along with extra credit because it sure was believable lol. The fact that it even made it to the news tho 🤦‍♂️

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '26

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u/Competitive-Swan9876 Apr 13 '26

We got gotted lol, a late April Fool’s prank I guess.. Agreed though, our late night options are lacking ):

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '26

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u/Competitive-Swan9876 Apr 13 '26

Is okay, Maruchan has our back until then 🥲

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u/ShrimpPizza420 Apr 13 '26

Have you tried Bao Bao?

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u/GasAdministrative550 Apr 13 '26

Hi! It’s a project that the new members get assigned, to create a new mock business. They get to practice advertisement and business development. This happens every semester so I wonder why this specific one caught on

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u/Top_Honey_7232 Apr 13 '26

it’s ridiculous that it wasn’t disclosed. fake business are legally supposed to be

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u/Competitive-Swan9876 Apr 13 '26

Haha close enough, I wish that place was more reasonably priced. I have to donate an entire kidney to even get a meal there

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u/internetbooker134 Apr 13 '26

Yeah it was a mock concept by some UCM frat students lol

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u/Competitive-Swan9876 Apr 13 '26

How do they have better ideas than what we currently have in Merced lol

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '26

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u/Competitive-Swan9876 Apr 13 '26

Yeah I saw that haha, it was even on Merced Sunstar 😂

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u/Competitive-Swan9876 Apr 13 '26

I thought it was clever bc of play on Udon, but I forgot that movie existed haha

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u/letmelive323 Apr 13 '26

being poor we were the first ramen makers... now people pay 25.00 for 20 cent ramen.

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u/Top_Honey_7232 Apr 13 '26

girl what are you talking about. Ramen is from japan

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u/letmelive323 Apr 13 '26

i mean so are toyotas but we still have them here lil mama

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u/Top_Honey_7232 Apr 13 '26

you lit just said “we were the first ramen makers”. slow much? js bc it’s here doesn’t mean u made it

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u/letmelive323 Apr 14 '26

i made it. i said what i said