Category: Mexican

  • L.A. Weekly The Essentials 2015

    L.A. Weekly The Essentials 2015

    L.A. Weekly‘s “The Essentials” event took place this past weekend at the California Market Center in Downtown Los Angeles, the same week that their 99 Essential Restaurants 2015 list was released.  This was just the second “Essentials” events, with the inaugural one just last year after a break in 2013, coming off of four years […]

  • Mariscos El Cristalazo

    Mariscos El Cristalazo

    Since Tacolandia 2015 tickets just went on presale this week, I thought I’d put up a quick report on Mariscos El Christalazo in La Puente.  They’re a participant at Tacolandia this year, and they’ve only been opened a little over a month! At the end of January, I attended a preview event for El Cristalazo […]

  • Guerrilla Tacos Revisited

    Guerrilla Tacos Revisited

    Having my sister visit in October gave me a chance to introduce her to Night+Market Song.  It also gave me a chance to explore Grand Central Market.  One other “place” that she wanted to try while she was out, based on a previous post of mine, was Guerrilla Tacos.  Even though I only wrote them […]

  • b.o.s. (Beef. Offal. Sustainable.), a review

    b.o.s. (Beef. Offal. Sustainable.), a review

    In a cozy, 24-seat space next to venerable Sushi Gen in Little Tokyo, b.o.s. (beef. offal. sustainable.) has been trying to entice potential diners to experience their beef-centric, nose-to-tail concept since late 2013.  Despite positive reviews by press, blogs, and customers alike, business never really picked up, and, unfortunately, b.o.s. will be serving their last […]

  • Tacolandia 2014

    Tacolandia 2014

    LA Weekly‘s and Bill “Street Gourmet LA” Esparza’s sophomore Tacolandia food festival took place on Saturday, June 28, 2014, in the Plaza Park at El Pueblo de Los Angeles, adjacent to historic Olvera Street, a change from the parking lot of the Hollywood Palladium last year.  Anticipation had been building recently, with the inaugural event […]