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  • Blogs

    May 23, 2012

    Neat Bar's Tequila and Sangrita

    Glendale's Neat Bar, a bare-bones watering hole located in the shadow of the Verdugo Mountains, serves what could be best described as the anti-cocktail. Sure, the bar's well-lit back wall is filled with an impressive selection of spirits -- the variety of single-malt scotches alone is enough to mak ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2012

    Raul Ortega: The Truck Stops Here

    One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. The most remarkable clue that you have arrived at Mariscos Jalisco, a lonchera parked on Olympic Boulevard in Boyle Heights, is in the air. A few blocks away, the climate is no ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2012

    10 Best Tacos in Los Angeles

    Los Cincos Puntos, one of our favorite places for a taco, is located right near a cemetery. This is fitting, in a way: After all, in Los Angeles, nothing can be said to certain, except death and tacos. Indeed, we're willing to bet that if you peeked in backyards across town during Memorial Day week ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2012

    Tamales at Guisados

    If you're going to Guisados, the Boyle Heights eatery that, along with Mariscos Jalisco, just won LA Taco's epic Taco Madness 2012, you undoubtedly are going for one, or two, or three of its famed stewed and braised tacos. But tear your eyes away from the long list of available taco fillings chalke ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2012

    Two Winners in LA Taco's Taco Madness 2012: This Way Madness Lies

    LA Taco's Taco Madness 2012, an annual NCAA-style tournament to determine who reigns taco supreme in Los Angeles, concluded last night, and madness it was. The exciting finale between Mariscos Jalisco and Guisados was so close that it required multiple recounts and caused a temporary bit of confusi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2012

    L.A.'s Idea of Mexican Food vs. What Mexicans Really Eat

    In this episode of Squid Ink's Venn Food Diagrams, we study Mexican food. Why? Well, because deep down, every single person in this city has a soft spot for the stuff. Whether it be Americanized or not, fajitas or tacos de guisado -- a taco is the archetypal Angeleno meal. In this city, a taco is ea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2012

    Amelia Ceja of Ceja Vineyards on Wine With Mexican Food

    You've picked out a good Cabernet. What should you serve with it? Beans -- Mexican beans. That's what Amelia Morán Ceja would do. Ceja is the first Mexican-American woman to head a wine production company, Ceja Vineyards. "People never thought to pair wine with Mexican food until we came along," s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2012

    Voting Begins in LA Taco's Taco Madness 2012: Help Crown the Next Taco King or Queen

    If your March Madness brackets are already looking pretty dismal, look, as you always should, to tacos for your saving grace. LA Taco kicked off Taco Madness 2012 last week, its annual NCAA-style tournament that pits our favorite taquerias against one another to determine the king or queen of the t ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    November 10, 2011

    La Casita Mexicana: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

    If your March Madness brackets are already looking pretty dismal, look, as you always should, to tacos for your saving grace. LA Taco kicked off Taco Madness 2012 last week, its annual NCAA-style tournament that pits our favorite taquerias against one another to determine the king or queen of the t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2011

    Downtown L.A. Halloween Bar Crawl [Photo Gallery]

    Guzzle & NoshPunch from Broadway Bar (top), the scene at Las Perlas (bottom), angry Scottish Highlanders from Seven Grand (right).​In Los Angeles, even the bars get dressed up for Halloween. This year, all eight of the downtown L.A. bars owned by Cedd Moses -- Casey's, Cole's, Las Perlas, Tony ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2011

    LA Street Food Fest: Photo Gallery

    Carmageddon? Where? The traffic-nightmare-that-never-was (westside to Pasadena in under 30 minutes!!!) may have kept cars off the road and eaters from attending LA Street Food Fest, but their loss was our gain. With few lines, we managed to sample from EVERY vendor at the festival. Yes, every v ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    Ask Mr. Gold: Señor Bayless Where To Eat Regional Mexican Food in L.A.

    Anne Fishbeinthe invisible restaurant critic​ Dear Mr. Gold: Chef Rick Bayless has continuously told the media that he thinks L.A. is a "timid" food city and that we do not have as good regional Mexican cooking as what he can find in Chicago. He seems to think that we only have "California" Me ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2011

    Ask Mr. Gold: Top 10 Pico Boulevard Eats

    Anne Fishbeinthe invisible restaurant critic​ Dear Mr. Gold: Have you published a list of the 10 best places for L.A. street food and/or "dives"? I'd like to tour them on bicycle, so if they are concentrated in one general area, that would be best -- and hopefully a slightly more urban area l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2011

    ¡Viva Sangrita! Contest at The Edison Tonight

    ​Largely unknown outside of Mexico, sangrita is a tart, red, spicy drink not to be confused with sangria. Customarily served with a shot of tequila, the classic Mexican cocktail whose name means "little blood," finally gets its due. Tonight at The Edison, a trio of high-flying bartenders know ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2011

    Last Night: Top 10 Quotes from KCRW's Global Street Food Panel

    Guzzle & NoshCrowds wait in fron of the Nom Nom Truck (left); a taco from Mariscos Jalisco (right).​If you've been to some of the apallingly oversold food truck festivals of the past couple years, the sight of lines snaking around food trucks outside the Broad Stage on Sunday morning should ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2011

    Mexicali Crowned Taco Madness 2011 King: Probably Scored More Than Butler

    T. Nguyen​ This was far, far more exciting than UConn v. Butler: this past Friday, the Baja-style meat tacos of Mexicali Taco Company bested the seafood tacos of Mariscos Jalisco in LA Taco's NCAA-March Madness style Taco Madness 2011 and was crowned king of LA taco-dom. At times, the spread ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2011

    Evan Kleiman Talks Global Street Food - Tickets on Sale Tomorrow

    ​Street food existed long before the myriad of Twittering food trucks took over Los Angeles. Evan Kleiman (chef/owner of Angeli Caffe, host of KCRW's Good Food) reminds us of that on May 1st, when she moderates the Global Street Food event featuring OC Weekly Managing Editor and food contribut ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    March 3, 2011

    L.A.'s Best Cocktails

    Our 55 favorites and where to find them

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2011

    The Cocktail Issue: Border Grill's Sangrita A Recipe

    Anne FishbeinBorder Grill's sangrita​ This week's cover story is the cocktail issue, or L.A.'s Best Cocktails, in which Jonathan Gold considers, as you can probably infer from the title, the best cocktails in Los Angeles. To celebrate the happy event, we're giving you a cocktail a day here on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2011

    Esteban Navarrete Shot at SoCal Restaurant Following Argument Over Which Mexican State is Best

    A fight over Mexican supremacy ended up with a man shot.​Updates: Oh boy, this only gets better. Police told KNX 1070 Newsradio that the suspect was en route to (you guessed it) Mexico when he was arrested and noted that he had never been. Authorities allege his father was taking him there. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2011

    Tequila Can be as Bad For the Environment as it is For Your Hangovers

    A shot to the environment?​Tequila, as we all know, is the new vodka. And it's good for you if you like wake up in strange places, wipe your memory clean or get arrested. But maybe you didn't know that it's also starting to wreak havoc on the environment where it's made, in the Mexican state ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2011

    Remembering Jose "Pepe" Rodriguez: La Serenata In Santa Monica And His Happy Hour

    Yelp user Joan S. La Serenata Santa Monica, Never A Glass Wall​Most weeknights, the Santa Monica outpost of La Serenata, the "other" Mexican restaurant on 4th Street in Santa Monica, resonates with a post-tequila calm that pales next to the constant laugh track and cocktail shaker buzz at Bord ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 23, 2010

    AWAY IN A DOROTHY CHANDLER PAVILION

    Yelp user Joan S. La Serenata Santa Monica, Never A Glass Wall​Most weeknights, the Santa Monica outpost of La Serenata, the "other" Mexican restaurant on 4th Street in Santa Monica, resonates with a post-tequila calm that pales next to the constant laugh track and cocktail shaker buzz at Bord ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2010

    Holy Mole: "Taste of Mexico" Coming in December

    Guelaguetza.com​There's been much to say recently about what constitutes authentic Mexican food in Los Angeles, and who's bringing it. But perhaps we'll get our answer at next month's Taste of Mexico event, which celebrates Mexico's bicentennial via its cuisine. Four L.A. restaurants - ... More >>

  • News

    July 29, 2010

    City of Bell Corruption

    The people yell over the smell in the hell that is Bell

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2010

    Here Comes Another Taco Truck: Free Tacos That Taste of Tequila A Recipe

    ​Ho hum, another taco truck is rolling out. But wait until you hear what this one has to offer -- free tacos and taco fillings that are laced with tequila. The truck will travel all over Los Angeles and environs, starting with a launch in Glendale today, June 1st. During the next two months it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2010

    La Casita's Latino Goodie Baskets

    Barbara HansenLa Casita Mexicana chef-owners Jaime Martin del Campo and Ramiro Arvizu​ A tisket, a tasket, what's in that basket? Obleas, glorias, chiclosos, alegrias, pepitorias, ates, cajeta, piloncillo, tamarindo, canela and much, much more. Even if you don't know what these are, you can e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2010

    Under the Radar Cinco De Mayo Suggestions by Tijuana's Nortec Collective

    ​When it comes to Cinco de Mayo, you need to go where the pros go. Jorge Verdin, graphic designer and member of Tijuana music troupe Nortec Collective, could have a degree in torta-ology. Growing up in La Mesa neighborhood in Tijuana and touring all over Mexico (and the world) with Nortec Coll ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2010

    Top Ten Musicians Who Cannot Tour Arizona Without Proving They're "Legal"

    Carlos Santana: Papers please!​We don't know if you're aware of this, but Arizona has recently passed a little law demanding that every cop, security guard or random person in some kind of uniform and in possession of a Tazer stop anyone "suspected" of being an illegal immigrant and demand tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2010

    Top 10 Worst Potential McFood Ideas

    Chris SaulitWhat can we get for you?​ Sometimes fast food restaurants come up with menu ideas that really make your brain hurt. Amazingly, they could be doing a lot worse. For every KFC Famous Bowl, P'Zone, Volcano Taco and Nacho Crunch Burrito, there are hundreds upon hundreds of far more te ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    December 17, 2009

    Drowning, Not Eating

    L.A. is awash in tortas ahogadas

  • Eat+Drink

    December 10, 2009

    EL PARIAN WILL GET YOUR GOAT

    A kid-friendly restaurant that brings Guadalajara home.

  • LA Life

    September 17, 2009

    Mexican Pride and the Reconquista

    A kid-friendly restaurant that brings Guadalajara home.

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2009

    La Morenita Bakery Reopens in Cypress Park: Get Huaraches, Tostadas, even a Hamburger

    Barbara HansenLa Morenita bakery​Want a huarache? Mexican pan dulce? A chocolate mousse? A few pounds of tamale masa? It's all at La Morenita, a newly re-opened Mexican bakery, restaurant and market in Cypress Park. The neighborhood, which is heavily Latino, is delighted to get the place back. ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    June 4, 2009
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    November 1, 2007

    A Federal Case

    Eating D.F. style on both sides of town

  • Music

    June 21, 2007
  • LA Life

    June 7, 2007

    ¡Ask a Mexican! the Golden Screen

    Why do we always think Mexican men drink tequila and sing mariachi tunes, while the women are pretty señoritas?

  • LA Life

    May 10, 2007

    Argelia Atilano

    Think pink in the morning

  • LA Life

    May 10, 2007
  • LA Life

    April 26, 2007

    ¡Ask a Mexican! Brownie Mix

    The Taste of Nostalgia

  • Eat+Drink

    July 21, 2005

    Ask Mr. Gold

    The Taste of Nostalgia

  • News

    March 24, 2005

    Despiertese, Despiertese!

    Starting the day with Piolín

  • Music

    July 29, 2004

    El Toro!

    Starting the day with Piolín

  • Eat+Drink

    February 19, 2004

    Monster Burrito

    Starting the day with Piolín

  • Eat+Drink

    November 13, 2003

    Variations in the Key of Taco

    Starting the day with Piolín

  • LA Life

    May 29, 2003

    Girls Gone Ranchera

    An encounter with the Mariachi Divas

  • Eat+Drink

    October 28, 1999

    Mad Cow

    Where's the beef? Right here, baby

  • Eat+Drink

    September 24, 1998

    Birria Forever! And Ever...and Ever...

    Here's where to get your goat.

  • News

    September 24, 1998

    El Torero

    Man vs. bull in the village of Cherán

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