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Tacos Tu Madre Serves Gourmet Tacos with Traditional Flare

When it comes to tacos in Los Angeles, there’s an unlimited selection of places to get your fix. You can go to any Mexican restaurant and order a couple, get a few from the guy outside of Union Station, and there’s about a 150% chance that at least one of your friends has the number

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Solita Tacos & Margaritas in Valencia

What do you do with your free time? By “free time”, I don’t mean the 2 minutes you have when you walk out of the office and to your car. I mean free time. When I think of the question, my answers are: explorations with my friends, boxing classes, watching I Love Lucy marathons, and

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Mercado in Santa Monica

I’ve always liked tacos–pretty much everyone does, especially around Cinco de Mayo. But I now like them even more thanks to the Downtown Santa Monica Taco Trek. Menu tastings at Border Grill and Copa d’ Oro offered great Mexican inspired dishes and drinks, and now I was at Mercado ready to see what their chef

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Copa d’ Oro in Santa Monica

Along the trek for tacos, one of the stops was to Copa d’Oro. Unlike my visit to Border Grill where I filled up on tacos, the trek went to Copa specifically for drinks. That doesn’t mean they don’t have a food menu—they do—but they were giving us on the trek a peak into their signature

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Border Grill in Santa Monica

Last week I announced that I would do a Cinco de Mayo series highlighting Mexican restaurants that either have exciting dishes or are staples in the LA area. The first was Guisados and after them, I was ready to try the next restaurant. Too bad things didn’t go as smoothly. Instead, work got a hold

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Guisados in Echo Park

Cinco de Mayo is right around the corner and I know there are a ton of restaurants gearing up to make the best Mexican dishes just for you (hey, and me too). Knowing that, I thought it would be great to highlight these spots prior to the big day. I pulled out a pen and