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Guelaguetza - CLOSED

3337 ½ W. Eighth St.
Los Angeles, CA 90005

213-427-0779 | Website

Mid-Wilshire/ Hancock Park | Get Directions

Category: Restaurants | Latin American, Mexican, Oaxacan

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There may be 50 Oaxacan restaurants in Los Angeles at the moment, each of them claiming the blackest mole, the gooiest memela and the tlayuda biggest in circumference, but Guelaguetza, the first serious Oaxacan restaurant in town is still the best, with the mintiest green mole, the richest mole amarillo and the spiciest goat barbacoa. At the original Koreatown location of Guelaguetza, not far from the biggest concentration of Oaxacan restaurants and bakeries this side of Oaxaca itself, you'll find superspicy grasshoppers, tlayudas the size of manhole covers and delicious, mole-drenched tamales. The black mole, based on ingredients the restaurant brings up from Oaxaca itself, is rich with chopped chocolate and burnt grain, toasted chile, and wave upon wave of textured spice ? it's as simple yet as nuanced as a great, old Côte Rôtie.

  • Cuisine(s): Latin American, Mexican, Oaxacan

    Hours: Daily 8am-10pm

    Price: $$

  • Payment Types: MasterCard, Visa, American Express

    Serving: Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch

    Alcohol: None

  • Reservations: Accepted, Not Necessary

    Parking: Street

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  • Guelaguetza

    By Jonathan Gold | Thu, July 01, 2010

    Maybe you've been running off to new restaurants all this week — I hear Xoia is pretty good. I've been one of the wretched minions tearing himself out of bed at 6 every morning, brushing his teeth with ale and hauling down to the local bar for ano... More >

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    By Jonathan Gold | Thu, August 25, 2005

    Question: Maybe my kids have been watching too much Fear Factor — in fact, I know that they have — but my oldest keeps professing a desire to eat insects. Slimy insects. Rather than have her rooting around in the yard for tomato worms or ... More >

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  • GregoryG

    GregoryG

    | Tue, August 04, 2009

    Mole. Horchata

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Main Menu
Appetizers / Family Style
$8.95
Patitas De Puerco En Vinagre
pickled pig trotters served with avocado, onions, tomatoes, and pickled jalapeños
$7.95
Molcajete De Guacamole
guacamole and chips
$32.95
Combinacion De Antojitos
an assortment of oaxaca’s most popular appetizers: deep fried quesadillas stuffed with queso fresco and epazote leaves, molotes, taquitos stuffed with our chicken picadillo, chalupas and our patitas de puerco. served with a side of guacamole
$17.95
Festival De Moles
a compilation of our most popular mole sauces: black, red, coloradito and estofado. served with a hand-made tortilla, rice and shredded chicken breast.
Traditional Oaxaca Entrees
$8.95
Tamal De Mole Negro En Hoja De Platano
a banana-leaf wrapped tamale stuffed with our famous black mole sauce and chicken breast. served with a side of rice and black beans
$11.95
Chiles Rellenos (picadillo De Pollo O Queso)
two oaxaca-imported chile de agua chiles stuffed with your choice of chicken picadillo or cheese, covered in a spicy red tomatoe sauce. served with a side of rice and black beans
$14.95
Costilla De Puerco Enchilada Frita O Asada
pork ribs covered in a chile and spice marinade sauce. grilled or fried. served with rice, black beans, and green salad.
$8.95
Taco De Barbacoa De Chivo
young goat meat flavored in dried chiles, avocado tree leaves and herbs, wrapped in a large hand-made tortilla. served with young goat broth on the side
$12.95
Alambres
tasajo sautéed with onions, bell peppers, topped with melted oaxacan string cheese al over a bed of tortillas. served with guacamole
$12.95
Nopal Zapoteco
grilled cactus topped with grilled beef sautéed with onions, tomato, bell peppers, and covered with melted oaxacan string cheese. served with black beans.
$13.95
Pechuga De Pollo Enchilada Frita O Asada
large filleted chicken breast marinatedin a chile and spice paste. grilled of fried. served with rice, black beans, and green salad.
$14.95
Especial De Carnes
a compilation of our three oaxacan meat selections plus oaxaca-imported string cheese. served with a side of rice, black beans and salad
$12.95
Enchiladas/enmoladas
four folded tortillas dipped in your choice of mole sauce, sprinkled with queso fresco, topped with fresh parlsey and slices of onions. served with a side of rice and your choice of oaxaca-imported string cheese, tazajo, cecina, or chorizo. (add $2.00 for every extra ingredient)
$12.95
Coloradito Con Pollo O Puerco
coloradito served over either chicken thigh, chicken breast, or pork. served with a side of rice.
$12.95
Mole Rojo Con Pollo
our famous red mole served with either chicken thigh or chicken breast. served with a side of rice.
$12.95
Mole Negro Con Pollo
the king of all moles, served with either chicken thigh or chicken breast. served with a side of rice.
$8.95
Tlayuda Choriqueso
layered with aciento spread, topped with shredded chorizo, oaxaca cheese, and queso fresco
 
Tlayuda Guelaguetza
layered with aciento paste, and black bean paste, topped with queso fresco, lettuce, tazajo, cecina, chorizo and oaxaca cheese.
Moles & Tlayudas
$14.95
Sopa De Mariscos
seafood stew made from octopus, clams, shrimp, and crab meat.
$5.50
Ensalada De Nopalitos
cactus salad tossed with tomatoes, onions and cilantro sprinkled with mexican fresh cheese
$5.50
Nopales Asados
grilled cacti
Desserts
$3.50
Nicuatole
a tradiditonal oaxacan dessert—corn based gelatin, with hints of cinammon and cactus fruit flavors
$4.95
Fresas Con Crema
strawberries topped with home-made strawberry marmalade, and cream
$5.95
Platanos Fritos
fried plantains topped with home-made strawberry marmalade, cream, and peanuts

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