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fromInsideHook
4 weeks agoProducts of the Week: Spicy Strawberries and a Salt & Stone Tequila Collab
Flamingo Estate just restocked their iconic, worth-every-penny strawberry fruit snacks. Made from Harry's Berries' truly perfect organic strawberries, the result is insanely addictive, sweet, tart and spicy with a delectable chew.
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fromMetro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley's Leading Weekly
2 months agoAleman & Gera MX in San Jose | Metro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley's Leading Weekly
Alemán, originally from Cabo San Lucas, has toured most of South America, bringing his Spanish-language rap to millions of fans. According to Spotify, Alemán is 2026's most popular Mexican rapper. Gera MX, originally started by freestyling on the streets of San Luis Potosí and then joined the collective, the Mexamafia. But it was his co-penned "Botella Tras Botella" that was the first Mexican single to break into the US Billboard Top 100.
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fromThe Oaklandside
2 months agoOakland's famous tostada is back. Cenaduria Elvira is opening near Jack London Square
Her backyard shop, which she started during the COVID-19 pandemic, has been closed since the end of December in order to focus on her new place, and the regulars have noticed. "They're eager to come in and have the food, and have been calling nonstop for the past few weeks," Varela told Nosh in an interview a few weeks prior to soft opening, as she was setting up her new restaurant.
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fromTasting Table
1 month agoThis Discontinued Taco Night Staple Is Returning To Shelves, And Boomers Will Remember It Fondly - Tasting Table
General Mills revived the discontinued La Tiara taco shell brand, returning it to Walmart shelves in April with original and new seasoning flavors.
fromEater NY
1 month agoCorima Goes Casual With a New LES Mexican Bar
Bar Chuco will debut on the Lower East Side on 37 Market Street, at Madison Street, starting on Wednesday, April 2. Co-owner Jesse Kranzler tells Eater the team sees Bar Chuco as a sister bar to Corima, which is just a five-minute walk away.
LA food
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fromSFGATE
1 month agoThe Calif. family that created the taco truck finally gets its due
King Taco, founded by Raúl and Lupe Martinez in 1974, invented the modern taco truck by converting an ice cream truck into a mobile kitchen, establishing the template for California's ubiquitous food truck culture.
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fromTasting Table
2 months agoLos Angeles Locals Swear By This Casual But Stylish Breakfast Gem - Tasting Table
Amara Kitchen is a Highland Park breakfast cafe offering artful, health-focused, globally influenced dishes with organic, regionally sourced ingredients and diverse dietary options.
fromEater LA
2 months agoSaucy Chick Goat Mafia Combines the Warmth of Indian and Mexican Cooking
Saucy Chick Goat Mafia began as two separate pop-ups at Smorgasburg that teamed up to run their businesses in a shared restaurant space in Pasadena (a previous co-residency in the Fairfax district ended in August 2023). Goat Mafia specializes in birria de chivo; Saucy Chick offers Mexican-Indian riffs that never feel forced. The result? A menu that effortlessly blends Indian spices and sauces over Mexican American classics. Think Chicken tinga masala tacos and lamb tamales.
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fromLos Angeles Times
1 month agoGrand Central Market's legendary Roast to Go closes, but a Oaxacan stall rises in its place
Roast to Go, a 75-year-old Grand Central Market institution, closed at the end of 2025, replaced by La Sandunga, an Oaxacan restaurant from Olio Wood Fired Pizza owner Michael Robles.
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fromLos Angeles Times
1 month agoIs L.A.'s best steakhouse a family-run, 1990s-era Argentine charmer?
Alto restaurant in Studio City uniquely blends Argentine and Uruguayan cuisines through its two chefs' backgrounds, featuring distinctive regional breads and the signature dessert torta rogel, while Carlitos Gardel represents traditional Rioplatense dining culture.
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month agoFusing Indian, East African and Mexican flavors - but don't call it 'fusion'
Though they were only serving in town for one night, the chefs and staff behind the Mexico City supernova Masala y Maíz managed to cause what felt like a temporary ripple in L.A. dining during their pop-up last week. It reminded this diner that despite the era's current dedication to culinary and cultural boundaries - you should only cook what you know, write what you know - a spirit of mixture and melding can actually lead to something extraordinary, and not cringey, in practice.
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