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Yucatan

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2012

    98: Chichen Itza's Cochinita Pibil

    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. 98: Chichen Itza's Cochinita Pibil. You know the drill. Wind your way down the 110, past the concrete universe of downtown L.A., LA Live and USC, and into the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2012

    Top 5 Places to Eat off the Metro Expo Line

    If you ride the Metro regularly, or more likely, tell yourself that you should be riding the Metro regularly, the recently opened Exposition line should come as exciting news. Culver City residents now have the western terminus of L.A.'s rail system at their doorstep (somewhat), which means a journe ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    May 17, 2012

    Finally: L.A. Gets Mexican Food Worthy of Mexico's Grand Tradition

    If you ride the Metro regularly, or more likely, tell yourself that you should be riding the Metro regularly, the recently opened Exposition line should come as exciting news. Culver City residents now have the western terminus of L.A.'s rail system at their doorstep (somewhat), which means a journe ... 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

    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

    February 23, 2012

    Jeremiah Tower's Cookbook Collection

    JeremiahTower.comJeremiah Tower on the beach​Cookbook collectors, get moving. Speed is necessary if you're going to snag a choice book from the collection that celebrity chef Jeremiah Tower has sold to Omnivore Books on Food in San Francisco. "They've gone fairly quickly," says rare book exp ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    December 29, 2011

    Jonathan Gold's 10 Best Dishes of 2011

    JeremiahTower.comJeremiah Tower on the beach​Cookbook collectors, get moving. Speed is necessary if you're going to snag a choice book from the collection that celebrity chef Jeremiah Tower has sold to Omnivore Books on Food in San Francisco. "They've gone fairly quickly," says rare book exp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2011

    Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 12/19-12/23

    Flickr/Lauren Manning​ In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "When properly cooked, its texture becomes less like rice than a kind of fluffy, chewy couscous, brilliant at absorbing flavors from dribbles of fish sauce and random splashes of oil." Night of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2011

    Chichén Itzá's New Cookbook a Recipe for Sopa de Lima

    ​If you're a fan of the Yucatecan food at Chichén Itzá in the Mercado La Paloma, you can now make your favorite dishes yourself. No kidding. All the recipes from the restaurant, and many more, are in a just-published cookbook by Chichén Itzá's founder, Gilberto Cetina (read the Weekly's Q ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2011

    Cheeseburger Week in Pasadena: Coming in January

    J. Cabralcheeseburger at Biergarten​Pasadena will be hosting a "Cheeseburger Week" starting on January 15th and going until the 20th. It will feature various renditions of the cheesy meat sandwich by a handful of popular places, even a sushi restaurant. According to the press release (and Wik ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    November 10, 2011

    Chichén Itzá: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

    J. Cabralcheeseburger at Biergarten​Pasadena will be hosting a "Cheeseburger Week" starting on January 15th and going until the 20th. It will feature various renditions of the cheesy meat sandwich by a handful of popular places, even a sushi restaurant. According to the press release (and Wik ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2011

    Cochinita Pibil Taco Fight: La Cabanita vs Chichen Itza

    B. MesirowLa Cabañita's Cochinita Tacos​The versatility of the taco is well-documented, on these pages and countless others. There are as many potential taco fillings as there are kinds of food in the world, but not all of them are equally wonderful. (We know that Korean BBQ works but Taco Be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2011

    Cookbook Review: Vegan Family Meals From Real Food Daily's Ann Gentry

    ​For the omnivore, the problem with so many vegan cookbooks is they can be so heavy with specialty vegan ingredients and/or laden with so many other health claims (gluten-free, low cholesterol), that they can read -- and taste -- more like a medical prescription than potential weekend palate e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2011

    Where to Eat Near the Natural History Museum's new Dinosaur Hall

    Kathy A. McDonaldA T. rex is poised to munch out at the Natural History Museum's new Dinosaur Hall​ Three Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons are posed dynamically, hovering over a skeletal carcass -- this is the dramatic centerpiece of the Natural History Museum of L.A. County's new Dinosaur Hall, wh ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    June 2, 2011

    Jonathan Gold Reviews Spice Table

    Kathy A. McDonaldA T. rex is poised to munch out at the Natural History Museum's new Dinosaur Hall​ Three Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons are posed dynamically, hovering over a skeletal carcass -- this is the dramatic centerpiece of the Natural History Museum of L.A. County's new Dinosaur Hall, wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    Q & A With Gilberto Cetina: Chichen Itza, His New Cookbook, The Scoville Scale The Happiness of Chowhound Guys

    Facebook/Gilberto CetinaGilberto Cetina​Anyone who loves cochinita pibil, the Yucatecan dish of pork roasted in banana leaves, knows the well-traveled route to Chichen Itza in the Mercado La Paloma near USC just south of downtown, which also houses Ricardo Zarate's Mo-Chica. Chef-owner Gilbert ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    A Recipe From the Chef: Gilberto Cetina's Tikin-Xic

    A. ScattergoodTikin-Xic at Chichen Itza​ If you read our interview with Chichen Itza chef-owner Gilberto Cetina, you will have been reminded that the chef, besides running one of L.A.'s favorite restaurants and writing a soon-to-be-published cookbook on Yucatecan cuisine, makes a mean bottle o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2010

    Tlayudas & Tequila at Taste of Mexico

    Guzzle & Nosh​ Los Angeles, which seems to offer every iteration and regional culinary specialty of Mexico, may not need a festival like Taste of Mexico, but between need and desire lies a vast gulf. In this case, it's filled with tequila. And mescal and beer. And Oaxacan tlayudas, Guerreran c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2010

    Q & A With Alex Moreno, Part 2: Turduckenizo Albondigas, Taking The Goat Out Of Birria, Moving Beyond Happy Hour

    CASATacos de Camarones Fritos at CASA.​ In the first part of our interview with Alex Moreno, CASA's newish chef talked about his attempts to bring updated versions of other taqueria's dishes onto the menu. In part 2, Moreno gives more details, including his spin on classic dishes like birria ( ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2010

    Casa Downtown: Your Disney Hall Hangout Where to Go For Light Mexican Food

    Valli Hermanchicken tacos at Casa Cocina y Cantina​ It wasn't so long ago that the idea of having a quick bite before a show at the Music Center or the Walt Disney Concert Hall meant eating a protein bar while you circled for a parking spot. Ladies and gentlemen, that is no way to start an ev ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    October 14, 2010

    ALAMAR

    Valli Hermanchicken tacos at Casa Cocina y Cantina​ It wasn't so long ago that the idea of having a quick bite before a show at the Music Center or the Walt Disney Concert Hall meant eating a protein bar while you circled for a parking spot. Ladies and gentlemen, that is no way to start an ev ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2010

    Where Kabobs and Tortas Meet: Armex in Lincoln Heights

    D. GonzalezPork kabob torta at Armex​ "You should open a restaurant." It's one the highest compliments talented home cooks everywhere can get after sharing their dishes with friends and co-workers. For Marianella Robles, the compliment rung in her head. And when she saw an opportunity to ope ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2010

    A Snack Without Borders: Kibbeh

    D. GonzalezKibi at Mariscos Yucatan​ One type of appetizer, many different spellings. Kibbie, kibi, even quibe. Through migration and trade, kibbeh, a Middle Eastern meze standard, has integrated itself into the cuisines of Brazil, and Mexico's state of Yucatan. And since Los Angeles is hom ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2010

    Q & A With Dan Aykroyd: Why He's Making Crystal Head Vodka, Tomorrow's Bottle Signing A Cocktail Recipe

    Crystal Head vodkaDan Aykroyd, with head​If you're the sort of person who has lost count of the number of times you've watched Dan Aykroyd's Julia Child SNL skit on YouTube, find yourself lurking at House of Blues to try and catch a glimpse of the actor, have seen Driving Miss Daisy an otherwi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 5/10-5/14

    In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "The bar side of the brasserie has superb cocktails; the crowd oozes and expands and breaks off into little budlets like the amoebas in documentaries you may remember from fifth-grade science class, and the cheese list, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2010

    Squid Ink Food Fight: The Pork of the Yucatan, Cochinita Pibil

    If God exists, then His greatest gift to mankind may very well have been that delightful creature the pig (unless you're a member of one of the many religions that don't allow it, in which case it is God's ultimate cruel joke). It is a large, round being, packed to the brim with uncommonly flavorful ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2009

    Chichen Itza Closes Its MacArthur Park Location: Tonight's Last Supper Will Be A Celebration

    Photo credit: Anne FishbeinSous-chef Jose Chan finishes a plate of cochinita pibil​Chichen Itza, the highly-regarded Mexican restaurant near downtown L.A.'s MacArthur Park that specializes in the food of the Yucatán, is closing as of tomorrow. It's the economics, said chef-owner Gilberto Ceti ... More >>

  • LA Life

    April 23, 2009

    Messy Shoppers, Guatemalans and Lebanese Wannabes

    Photo credit: Anne FishbeinSous-chef Jose Chan finishes a plate of cochinita pibil​Chichen Itza, the highly-regarded Mexican restaurant near downtown L.A.'s MacArthur Park that specializes in the food of the Yucatán, is closing as of tomorrow. It's the economics, said chef-owner Gilberto Ceti ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    March 26, 2009

    Rivera, John Sedlar’s return to the kitchen

    Tequila sunrise

  • Calendar

    February 26, 2009

    The Trial of the Catonsville Nine

    Tequila sunrise

  • Stage

    February 26, 2009

    Theater Reviews: Bohemian Cowboy, Tartuffe, Black Women — State of the Union

    Also, American Guilt, The Taming of the Shrew and more

  • Eat+Drink

    January 15, 2009

    Kris Morningstar's New Casa: Guac y Roll

    A mod Mexican lounge on Bunker Hill

  • Art+Books

    October 16, 2008

    Art Around Town: Korty, Grinnan and Butzer

    A mod Mexican lounge on Bunker Hill

  • Eat+Drink

    November 1, 2007

    A Federal Case

    Eating D.F. style on both sides of town

  • Columns

    July 5, 2007

    Stuck in Xtacumbilxuna’an

    Eating D.F. style on both sides of town

  • Eat+Drink

    February 15, 2007

    Seeking Chichen Itza’s Hot Spots

    A single drop of habanero salsa is enough to season a panucho. A small spoonful renders a vaporcito ­practically radioactive. And this isn’t even the hottest salsa Chichen Itza has to offer.

  • Film+TV

    January 25, 2007

    Decline and Fall

    A single drop of habanero salsa is enough to season a panucho. A small spoonful renders a vaporcito ­practically radioactive. And this isn’t even the hottest salsa Chichen Itza has to offer.

  • Columns

    November 16, 2006

    Viva Stilettos

    Postcard from Mexico

  • News

    June 16, 2005

    Chicanos and the Man

    Comedian Paul Rodriguez and his skateboarding son, Paulie, are rich and famous. But where would they be without Pablo?

  • News

    December 23, 2004

    Best Dishes of 2004

    Comedian Paul Rodriguez and his skateboarding son, Paulie, are rich and famous. But where would they be without Pablo?

  • Eat+Drink

    December 16, 2004

    Ask Mr. Gold

    Comedian Paul Rodriguez and his skateboarding son, Paulie, are rich and famous. But where would they be without Pablo?

  • News

    September 30, 2004

    Nickel and Damned

    Tales from the back of the house in L.A.’s hotel workers’ struggle

  • Eat+Drink

    July 15, 2004

    Post-Puck Generation

    Cooking in the Age of Anxiety

  • News

    September 25, 2003

    Welcome to the Concrete Jungle

    John Powers in the land of no culture, surreal Cancún

  • Eat+Drink

    February 21, 2002

    Little Bites

    Border Grill’s bocaditos

  • Eat+Drink

    March 9, 2000

    My Favorite Things, Part 2

    Imports and adaptations

  • Eat+Drink

    September 24, 1998

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

    Here's where to get your goat.

  • Eat+Drink

    September 17, 1998

    Liquid Diet

    In the beginning, there was beer...

  • LA Life

    April 2, 1998

    Los Zapatos de Yucatán

    In the beginning, there was beer...

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