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Once upon a time, there was a little Oaxacan restaurant in far south Santa Monica. It closed in '97, then stealthily reopened about 20 blocks away in a nondescript mall just south of the Santa Monica Freeway. But it's a different Tlapazola Grill this time around. It still has chicken in mole negro and barbacoa de borrego, but now Celerino and Samuel Cruz are showing off their California cuisine experience -- they've worked at Rebecca's, 72 Market and Röckenwagner -- even more than down-home Oaxacan food. The specials are mostly non-Oaxacan, and if you see something on the menu that looks old-fashioned, it might be.
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