Chef Sergio Ortega's Aspeti, which calls its cooking "Michoacán cuisine with a California touch & viceversa," is popping up at Silver Lake's Tabula Rasa on Wednesday, December 6 at 5pm. Dishes include potato taquitos with Oaxacan cheese mashed potatoes, kohlrabi, and melted leeks, plus mezcal-cured steelhead trout tostadas, and chicken confit enchiladas with mole Moreliano. For dessert: Mexican key lime pie with Maria's cookies and guava jam.
5125 Hollywood Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90027. Closest Metro lines and stop: Bus Lines 180, 206, and 217 - “Hollywood/Normandie” or Metro B Line - "Hollywood/Western Station."
Drips Cheesecake is now open in Long Beach, serving handheld, chocolate-dipped, candy-dusted and confection-drizzled cheesecake slices, as well as cocktails, draft beer, hot dogs, pastrami-and-carne asada-topped French fries, hot dogs, tacos, and boozy versions of fresas con crema and other desserts in a space meant for hanging out and snacking.