The LA Times Food Staff took their popular event, The Taste LA, on the road to Orange County. On Friday, Oct. 19, they held their inaugural event for their OC version of The Taste Costa Mesa. This is a three-day event for foodies and for people that enjoy tasty beverages. It seemed fitting that the…
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This Sunday at Grand Park: La Feria de los Moles
LA’s largest Mexican food festival returns for its 11th year to DTLA this weekend. Named La Feria de Los Moles, the name sounds much better in Spanish because the English translation is Mole Fair. The event takes place on Sunday, Oct. 7 at Grand Park in downtown LA. If you’re familiar with mole, it is…
Tolosa for Modern Mexican Tapas
The entrepreneurial spirit I once had is ignited when I see an experienced chef starting out on his or her own venture. While it is a status symbol to own a restaurant, there are plenty of owners that have gone down that road unsuccessfully. A restaurant named Tolosa recently opened in Boyle Heights and caught…
Anarchy Seafood Delivers Amazing Seafood Experience
Not long ago, I visited Smogasburg LA and there was one food vendor in particular that caught my eye. The booth had a nautical theme complete with a fishnet. Their name, Anarchy Seafood, amused me and the word anarchy conjured up all sorts of images in my mind. I watched some of the orders being…
HomeState Delivers True Tex-Mex Experience
While breakfast burritos are extremely popular in LA, it’s the breakfast taco that is pervasive across the state of Texas. There is a lively disagreement about whether they were first created in Austin or San Antonio. Texas expat, Briana Valdez, is the brainchild behind HomeState in Los Feliz. I paid them a visit last Saturday….
Good Food and Friendly Service from Maderos
Cinco de Mayo has come and gone. That day my wife and I weren’t feeling like battling the crowds at a local cantina and we decided to try Maderos, a restaurant that just opened in Redondo Beach. Maderos took over the space where Hostaria Piave was originally located in Redondo Beach. Despite being two blocks away…
Recapping the 2018 Latin Food Fest
The Latin Food Fest produces the largest annual multi-city destination event in the U.S. that showcases Latin food, wine and spirits. The LA event recently took place in Santa Monica and I felt fortunate to be there. The event kicked off on Friday evening with a party called “Mexico In 32 Flavors”. This was a small…
Mariscos Jalisco Opens a Brick & Mortar in Pomona
If you have seen the documentary, City of Gold, you will see LA Times food critic Jonathan Gold ordering from the Mariscos Jalisco food truck. The Mariscos Jaliscos food truck is an LA favorite and on the LA Times Top 101 Restaurants. Owner Raul Ortega recently opened a brick and mortar restaurant and I recently…
Madre Happy Hour Raises the Bar
Through a friend, I learned about Madre in Torrance and I recently visited them during Happy Hour. Madre took over the Buffalo Fire Department’s space and is directly across from Miyabi Uni in Old Town Torrance. The chicken taquitos were crispy and weren’t coated with cooking oil. Instead, a black bean paste coated the taquitos…
Carnitas El Momo – For Amazing Carnitas
If you frequent taco restaurants, you will almost always find carne asada (steak), pollo asado (chicken) and pescado (fish). What you may not always find is carnitas because they take much longer to prepare. Marinated pork is slowly cooked so that the flavors meld into the meat. One such establishment is Carnitas El Momo. Each…