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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
