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Cinco de Mayo Food Drink Specials

Cinco de Mayo is on this coming Sunday, but some restaurants around town are offering specials in food and drink leading up to the day Mexico gained victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. We highlighted a few events in town for you to check out what's in store over the next ... More >>

Cemitas Poblanas Elviritas: 99 Essential Restaurants 2013

Skrillex Considered Having His 12/21 Party on the Moon

Every EDM DJ worth his wobbles is throwing a massive party on Friday, aka the winter solstice, aka the end of the world. The ambitious ones are doing it near Mayan ruins on Mexico's Yucatan peninsula. The even more ambitious ones are venturing to the Great Pyramid of Giza, which is where the Do Lab ... More >>

Dinner Tonight: Grab A Jar Of San Angel For A Quick Día de los Muertos Fix

The beauty of this time of year: we get to move straight from a candy hangover to spicy mole. Happy Día de los Muertos. If the idea of spending several hours making a batch of the traditional Mexican sauce isn't tops on your recovery agenda today, you can pick up a jar of locally made San Angel Mol ... More >>

Los Poblanos Cemitas: More Fun With Tacos Arabes

If there's a better way to spend a warm evening sunset than cruising down East L.A.'s Whittier Boulevard, armed with an appetite and a pocketful of dollar bills, I haven't found it. The night might start with a few suadero tacos served on freshly made tortillas and end with crunchy churros fried to ... More >>

Feria de los Moles This Weekend: Puebla vs. Oaxaca

Last year's Feria de los Moles (or Mole Fair) at L.A.'s Olvera St. drew 30,000 people -- and with good reason. The annual event, now in its fifth year and happening this Sunday, Oct. 7 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., celebrates this classic Mexican dish with food, music, dance, workshops, and even a friendl ... More >>

99: Cemita de Milanesa at Cemitas Poblanos Elviritas #1

Leading up to this year's Best of L.A. issue (due out Oct. 4), we'll be counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. No. 99: Cemita de Milanesa at Cemitas Poblanos Elviritas #1. There are sandwiches, and then there are sandwiches. The towering Mexican creation known as the ce ... More >>

Cinco De Mayo Celebrates Anti-Slavery?

There's been a lot of talk in recent years about how Cinco de Mayo isn't a big Mexican holiday, not like the 4th of July is in the United States. It's true. A just-released book from UCLA professor David Hayes-Bautista, El Cinco de Mayo: An American Tradition, argues that Cinco's prominence in Am ... More >>

Cinco de Mayo Myths Debunked, in UCLA Professor's New Book

When Dr. David E. Hayes-Bautista says the phrase "Drinko de Mayo," he is far from bitter. He doesn't rant about how Cinco de Mayo has been subjected to brutal commercialization and stripped of its authenticity. It is, after all, difficult to really critique the Mexican beer companies for divesting t ... More >>

Where to Eat on Cinco de Mayo in Los Angeles: Food, Drink, Party

Every year, we read articles revealing the true origins of Cinco de Mayo. Nope, not Mexican Independence Day, which happens September 16. Cinco de Mayo commemorates a minor battle in the state of Puebla in 1862 where an army of mostly Mexican Indians won against Napoleon III's French troops. The hol ... More >>

Cinco De Mayo DUI Checkpoints And Patrols Start Tonight: Here's Your Cheat Sheet, L.A.

Okay Drinko De Mayo fans, the LAPD is going to be on you like salt on a margarita glass --starting tonight. So don't get a DUI on the beer holiday that Mexico doesn't even consider to be that important. The weekend will really just be an extended amateur hour out there. And there's going to be a ma ... More >>

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 >>

The Story of How Lalo Alcaraz's Cinco De Mayo Cartoon Cost Brentwood Patch Editor Dennis Wilen His Job

We once said that Patch, that national network of "hyperlocal" news you can snooze to, just doesn't get it. And this completely proves our point. The ex-editor of Brentwood Patch today published the story of how he was fired last year for running a cartoon that the company's New York editors found ... More >>

Elvirita's: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

Simmering Mole Rivalry at 4th Annual La Feria de los Moles

While some of our blogger brethren headed down south this weekend to celebrate the regional cuisine of Baja California, those who hung tight had the opportunity to taste distinct moles from Oaxaca and Puebla. Over 30,000 people turned out for Sunday's Feria de los Moles at Plaza Olvera, where snakin ... More >>

2 Great Weekend Food Events: La Feria de Los Moles Oktoberfest at Lucques (Beer! Lederhosen!)

La Feria de Los Moles: The 4th annual Mole Fair is an all-day event, featuring 13 moles from the states of Puebla and Oaxaca, the two states known for the estimable sauce. Come prepared, as last year's event drew about 20,000 people. The fair is organized by the immigrant community of Puebla and Oax ... More >>

Top 5 Things to do for Cinco de Mayo in L.A.

​Is it already time to celebrate the anniversary of the Battle of Puebla, where Mexican forces soundly defeated the French under the direction of General Zaragoza? It certainly is (tomorrow)! What follows is a list of the best street parties, musical events, and other such activities in and ar ... More >>

10 Cinco de Mayo Alternatives to the Margarita 2 Cocktail Recipes

Espolón TequilaThe Varnish's Bebida de Puebla ​ Sometimes you just want a quiet place and a well-done cocktail to celebrate the Mexicans' victory over the French in the 1862 Battle of Puebla. Thankfully the cocktail-savvy need not fret, as the following L.A. bars have alternatives for those s ... More >>

The Top 20 Mexican Restaurants In and Around L.A.

B. Hansenchefs awaiting awards​ The latest list of best Mexican restaurants in Los Angeles comes from Sabores Auténticos de Mexico (Authentic Flavors of Mexico), a non-profit founded to promote authentic cooking outside of Mexico. The awards were presented Tuesday at a cocktail party and din ... More >>

New Location

Same old Pal Cabron

First Bite: New Location, Same Old Pal Cabron

Jonagold apple, portions missing​The original Pal Cabron was one of those pop-culture miracles we have come to expect in Los Angeles, a Huntington Park sandwich shop specializing in overstuffed versions of Puebla's beloved cemitas, run by a young Oaxacan woman, Bricia Lopez, and splashed with ... More >>

Tinga: New-Wave Tacos

The latest in a refreshing trend

Saul Melchor, L.A. Homicide No. 171: Innocent Man Gunned Down in Gang Crossfire in Van Nuys

​ A man who was shot to death in Van Nuys August 4 has been identified as 25-year-old Saul Melchor. Melchor was driving southbound around 8:45 p.m. on the 8100 block of Langdon Avenue in his truck when he got caught in gang cross fire. He was shot once in the head. The truck he was driving cra ... More >>

Happy 'Report An Illegal Day,' L.A.

nsm88.comThose people.​Sorry to be a Buzz Killington here, but don't blame the messenger: The group that staged a sparsely attended and beat-down-prone white-supremacist rally in downtown Los Angeles on April 17 has declared Cinco de Mayo "Report An Illegal Day."

Beware the Dangerous Cemita

It might just bite back — in a good way

Best of L.A.: Sandwiches

Garfield in a Sombrero: Mexican Bashing?

Mexican Pride and the Reconquista

Hey, Cabron! Clayudas, cemitas, cheladas and crushed grasshoppers in Huntington Park

And one awesome restroom

Sin Carne: Looking for Mexican Vegetarian Cooking

Finding the little-known Mexican herbs and vegetables at La Casita Mexicana in Bell

Ask Mr. Gold: Sin Carne, Looking for Mexican Vegetarian Cooking

Anne FishbeinCheese It: Moles La Tia's quesadillaDear Mr. Gold:       Would you happen to have a Mexican restaurant recommendation for the unemployed vegetarian librarian's budget? Gracias, Emily, Silver Lake  

Messy Shoppers, Guatemalans and Lebanese Wannabes

Where to Eat Now

Keep On (Taco) Trucking

Notes from the taquero resistance

Top 10 Dishes of 2007

Hummus replaced foie gras, Southern Thai was hot and cheese shredded

¡Ask a Mexican! Taunting Task

Having been called a gabacho, I couldn’t help being interested in the etymological root of that word.

A Federal Case

Eating D.F. style on both sides of town

Mac Daddy: Las Nuevas and Cemitas Poblanas Elvirita

The big tastes of Puebla on a sesame-seed bun

Independence Day in Gaza Park

Jaime Martin del Campo and Ramiro Arvizu

The Taste of Nostalgia

¡Ask a Mexican! Brownie Mix

Clearing the Case

Ham-handed LAPD has trouble getting witnesses to talk in murder cases

Super Swank

Social Hollywood

Ask Mr. Gold

Keep on Trucking

The Push for a Living Wage in Mexico

Independent unions challenge economic elite, but victories are rare and hard-fought

Mexico and Y2K

The U.S. stands to lose if millennium bug strikes south of the border

Return of the Mole People

Santa Monica's Tlapazola Grill