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Articles for Carlos Salgado

Life after restaurants: Five former owners explain why they left ... some for good
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Life after restaurants: Five former owners explain why they left ... some for good

LA Times  

Making the decision to quit a restaurant that one has poured passion, sweat and money into can be daunting. “It’s a better life,” he says, “better work-life balance, better pay, better pretty much everything.” Does he miss leading a restaurant kitchen? I don’t want to explain things to people, why it costs so much, I don’t want to hear ‘I …

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The year that killed L.A. restaurants: Here are more than 65 notable closures from 2023
1 year ago

The year that killed L.A. restaurants: Here are more than 65 notable closures from 2023

LA Times  

This year was brutal for Los Angeles restaurants. With Ka’teen in Hollywood and multiple new restaurants on the horizon — including one slated for L.A. next year — Avila chose to close his more casual restaurant. “We’ve had some slow weeks and slow months,” chef and co-owner Spencer Bezaire told The Times, “and with just the cost of everything going …

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Star-winning Taco María is closing this Saturday. ‘It’s not the end,’ chef says
1 year, 5 months ago

Star-winning Taco María is closing this Saturday. ‘It’s not the end,’ chef says

LA Times  

Chef Carlos Salgado at Taco María in Costa Mesa. Chef Carlos Salgado is taking a break, closing his critically acclaimed Taco María restaurant in Costa Mesa with the intent of relocating elsewhere with a bigger dining room that’s a “better fit,” he told The Times Monday. We didn’t deserve you Carlos Salgado opened Taco María in 2013, and changed both …

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Appreciation: Farewell for now, Taco María. We didn’t deserve you
1 year, 5 months ago

Appreciation: Farewell for now, Taco María. We didn’t deserve you

LA Times  

Carlos Salgado opened Taco María in Costa Mesa in 2013, propelling an exploration of what Mexican food and a Mexican chef could be. Taco María’s Twitter account stated the truck was named after the matriarchs in Salgado’s family and would focus on “Chicano cuisine.” As food editor for OC Weekly at the time, I found Salgado’s proclamation preposterous. My wife …

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101 Best Restaurants: These are the spots holding it down for Orange County
4 years, 11 months ago

101 Best Restaurants: These are the spots holding it down for Orange County

LA Times  

From left, callo gratinado — scallop, queso chihuahua, squid ink crumbs, chile ancho — and the taco de esturión — smoked sturgeon, peanut, chile morita and cucumber — from Taco Maria in Costa Mesa. For Los Angeles diners, that means making a trip down south or Orange County to eat at Santa Ana’s loncheras or the best Vietnamese food in …

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L.A.’s dining timeline has gone through some major cultural ripples
5 years ago

L.A.’s dining timeline has gone through some major cultural ripples

LA Times  

L.A. dining culture thrives on plurality. The Kogi team opens its first bricks-and-mortar restaurant, Chego, and labels it an “L.A.-in-a-rice-bowl spot.” In a mention of the dish Hot Buttered Kimchi Chow in his roundup of the year’s best dishes, Jonathan Gold writes presciently in L.A. Weekly: “Is this the year of metacuisine? Evan Kleiman, chef and host of KCRW’s weekly …

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Here’s all the great Mexican food from the 2019 101 Best Restaurants in Los Angeles list
5 years ago

Here’s all the great Mexican food from the 2019 101 Best Restaurants in Los Angeles list

LA Times  

Of the many excellent restaurants on this year’s 101 Best Restaurants list, where can you go for exquisite carne asada, mole Oaxaqueño, a steamy bowl of fideo, Zacatecas-style burritos, or maybe a taco tasting menu? Food Ray Garcia wants to combine old-school soul and new-wave ingredients at Broken Spanish Ray Garcia says his new Broken Spanish restaurant in downtown Los …

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