La Puente
A New Food Hall Just Opened at a Former Juvenile Detention Facility in Whittier
And a new Downtown pizza place from Issa Rae and friends, a Drag bingo night for Cinco de Mayo, and a promising new food hall in a former juvenile detention center now filled with murals and Estevan Oriol photos.
The Five Best Pescados Zarandeados in Los Angeles
Pescado zarandeado is a grilled, butterflied whole fish marinated in a mix of salt, chiles, citrus, and, in some places, achiote paste. It's a flavor bomb that is cooked in steel baskets over charcoal or wood fire. L.A. is the best city in the country to find this dish... if you know where to look.
What To Eat In L.A. This Weekend: Parisian Hot Dogs, Steak-Stuffed Eggrolls, and a New Nicaraguan Fritanga
Plus a beautiful shawarma sandwich in Sherman Oaks and a weekend-long celebration of a Chicano brewery in La Puente.
The Eight Best Burritos in the San Gabriel Valley
A juicy birria burrito, a slow-cooked carnitas burrito, and even a satisfying surf-n-turf shrimp-asada burrito for those who want it all, here are our favorite flour tortilla-wrapped masterpieces in the big bad S.G.V.
A Former Mexican Federal Cop Opened L.A.’s First Restaurant Dedicated to Comida Chiapaneca in La Puente
Without an extensive Chiapaneca population in L.A., former federale Francisco Reyes was understandably hesitant to be one of few, and especially the first, to feature food from Chiapas. So he made his menu accessible.
