A new Tijuana-style taquería in Cypress Park is pressing fresh handmade tortillas to order and filling them with 24-hour-marinated meats and hearty scoops of guacamole, with customers lining the counter stools late into the night under a sign that reads “MORE TACOS LESS BORDERS.” “We’re trying to bring Tijuana to Los Angeles,” said Taquería Frontera owner Juan Carlos “J.C.” Guerra. …
Justine’s Wine Bar A verdant, colorful new bar is pouring wine and serving freshly baked pizzas and local vegetables behind one of L.A.’s best vegan bakeries. After roughly four years in the making, baker-owner Justine Hernandez of Frogtown’s Just What I Kneaded recently launched Justine’s Wine Bar, which serves plant-based bites alongside organic and sustainably made wines. Culver City mainstay …
Derek Robinson, left, Falayn Ferrell and Warren Luckett are the founders of Black Restaurant Week. To help, they founded Black Restaurant Week, a national event spotlighting Black-owned restaurants, bakeries, coffee shops and other culinary establishments where participants cook up special dishes, combos and prix fixe menus for one week of the year. “We want knowing your favorite Black-owned restaurant to …
