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Downtown L.A. & adjacent Mexican Restaurants
3541 E 1st St., Los Angeles, CA, 90063
206 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA, 90012
Dive restaurants like Blue Cube used to be the norm in downtown L.A. But the terrain has slowly and subtly shifted as lofts and luxury apartments proliferate throughout the...
3914 Whittier Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90023
6307 Whittier Blvd., Montebello, CA, 90022
11 E. Olvera St., Los Angeles, CA, 90012
Top honors for most cavernous Mexican restaurant on Olvera Street have to go to El Paseo Inn. The restaurant also deserves accolades for having the longest front dining...
1104 S. Hoover St., Los Angeles, CA, 90006
Yes, El Taurino is “a nice place to eat.” At least, that’s what’s painted on every side of the building, probably in hopes of luring the gringo...
517 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, Ca, 90013
W-17 Olvera St., Los Angeles, CA, 90012
Olvera St. is located in the general area of the first settlement in Los Angeles. It’s only appropriate, then, that some of downtown’s oldest restaurants should...
3009 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA, 90007
Learn the joys of the mulita (steak, chicken, shrimp or al pastor pork with white cheese and guacamole between corn tortillas) or a woman kicking open the kitchen door in a...
118 W. 5th St., Los Angeles, CA, 90013
Though closed for regular business, this Mexican café-cum-art gallery serves up art and asada on downtown Art Walk evenings. Connected to hot dog purveyor...
2124 W. 7th St., Los Angeles, CA, 90057
Mama's Hot Tamales Cafe in a non-profit restaurant/community center in MacArthur Park dedicated to helping local residents learn to cook and sell tamales. One side of the...
1721 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90006
It's not fancy, but Rodeo Grill is the prototpyical Mexican-American greasy spoon, serving up tacos, burritos, tortas and the like for very reasonable prices. But where Rodeo...
422 E 1st St, Los Angeles, CA, 90012
In a city swimming in fish tacos, it’s hard to decide on the best place to cast your net. Senor Fish, located on the corner of 1st and Alameda, is a downtown...
4619 E. Cesar E. Chavez Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 90022
On a budget but hungry for homestyle Mexican cooking? You'll want to stop at Lilianas, where the fluffy and moist tamales are divine. The chilaquiles -- sliced tortilla...
3826 E. 1st St., Los Angeles, CA, 90063
I'm eating a glorious dish of pork ribs in chile negro. It's Mexican, but I have never tasted anything like it before, not even in Mexico. The sauce for these remarkable...