The mushroom pozole and an assortment of vegan tamales from La Vegana Mexicana in Santa Ana. It has been seven years since Loreta Ruiz opened La Vegana Mexicana at 4th Street Market. An assortment of vegan Mexican food from La Vegana Mexicana in Santa Ana. “I am thankful I was able to serve so many people that had a special …
Tamales wrapped in corn husks and banana leaves are back on the menu at Tamales Elena y Antojitos, an Afro-Mexican restaurant in Bell Gardens that was set to permanently close but reopens today. In mid-May, after nearly one year of questioning their restaurant’s future, the Irras family announced they would close Tamales Elena, a restaurant that expanded upon their decades-old …
The pozole verde at Tamales Elena y Antojitos in Bell Gardens is a dish to savor in stages. Lorenzo’s recipe, like each of the two dozen menu items at Tamales Elena y Antojitos, illuminates the Afro-Mexican cooking of Costa Chica, a hilly stretch along the southern coast of the state of Guerrero between Acapulco and the border of Oaxaca. Tamales …
