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Barbacoa-less Gish Bac Still Makes a Great Weekday Lunch
L.A. Times’ “The Find” column has sussed out some pretty amazing lunches over the past few months. In March it was all over the completely under-appreciated Flavors of Belize on La Brea. Then came...
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El Jacalito Brings Oaxacan Home Cooking to Culver West
Last month’s lunch at the Bill Esparza approved Gish Bac on Washington near Crenshaw gave me a serious craving for mole. Ordering mole in L.A. is always a crapshoot, but Gish Bac’s red and black...
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All Lunch Spots Should Have a Guisados Style Sampler Platter
Obviously we here at ML believe that lunch is the most important decision you’ll make today, and I often get asked how I decide where to go. I can’t divulge all of the complex algorithms that...
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Hollywood & Highland Doesn’t Deserve Komida’s Tacos
Say what you want about Yamashiro, the crazy almost 100 year old Japanese palace turned restaurant perched on a “Mountain” just above Franklin Ave. in Hollywood, but their chef makes some freakin’...
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Where To Find California Burritos in Los Angeles
What do falafel sandwiches, chicken parm sandwiches, gyro pitas, and burritos all have in common? Answer: They are all made infinitely better when stuffed with french fries. Don’t agree? Then you’re...
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Mexciali Taco & Co Might Be The Biggest Lunch Opening of 2012
Last year Mexicali Taco & Co. shocked the world by defeating Mariscos Jalisco in the finals of LA Taco’s Taco Madness 2011. Ok, maybe “shock the world” is a bit of an overstatement. But the...
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Mateo’s Ice Cream & Fruit Bars is Good For More Than Just Paletas and Shakes
Mexican smoothies, shakes, and paletas might be ubiquitous in some parts of Los Angeles, but in Culver City if you want a mamey shake, watermelon liquida, or mezcal & walnut ice cream there’s only...
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The Perfect 2 Hour Los Angeles Taco Crawl
Left: Starting Line. Right: Finish Line. Back in February, to celebrate the two year anniversary of Midtown Lunch: Los Angeles, I put together a list of the 21 best lunches in L.A. In addition to...
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Pastor Specialist Tacos Leo Finally Opens for Lunch
Finding al pastor during lunch is not an impossible task. Finding real al pastor? Now that’s a different story. Most taco trucks offer some kind of version of marinated pork, possibly topped with...
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Is Mexicali Taco & Co Serving up the Best Al Pastor in L.A.?
When I put together my Perfect 2 hour taco crawl of L.A. last year that started at Ricky’s Fish Tacos (RIP) and ended at Mariscos Jalisco, I included Mexicali Taco & Co. even though their tacos...
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Guerrilla Tacos Now Serving Breakfast Burritos (and They’re Pretty Amazing)
You can get a lot of good food news following our Instagram account @midtownlunchLA. Like, for example, this… If you haven’t been to the Guerrilla Tacos Truck recently (or ever), the gourmet taco...
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Taco Love on Sunset is Grossly Misnamed
I don’t know what you think you mean when you say the word burrito, but I know what I think of. I think of a tightly packed nugget of perfection. One that is wrapped in paper and/or tin foil and will...
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My Lunch at Flautas (and Your First Look at the Inside of Jamie & Ramiro’s...
It’s no secret that I’m obsessed with food courts, a passion that dates back to my childhood. So I was excited to hear the news that the famous chefs behind La Casita Mexicana in Bell have just...
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