Latin American restaurants in Los Angeles

La Casita Mexicana

4030 E. Gage Ave., Bell, CA 90201

When you sit down at La Casita, the spiritual home of Mexican cooking in Los Angeles at the moment, you are brought a basket of warm chips drizzled with jet-black... More »
The Empanada Factory

2513 S. Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90034

With its firecracker red exterior paint job, the Empanada Factory on Robertson is hard to miss. When you walk in, the tiny store-front �?" located in an area... More »
Playa

7360 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036

The main room is dominated by the bar - a library of artisanal spirits rises to the ceiling - and Julian Cox's cocktail program, which includes drinks made with tiki bitters and... More »

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Recent Critic Reviews

Besha Rodell writes for LA Weekly on Corazon y Miel

Twenty years ago, it would have been hard to imagine that practically every small town in America would one day have an espresso bar. You could barely get a decent cup of coffee in New York City, let alone the wilds of Iowa. And what about sushi? In the '90s it was still vaguely exotic outside of major cities; today you can get it at Walgreens.

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Amy Scattergood writes for LA Weekly on Rivera

On a sunny March afternoon in downtown L.A., John Sedlar, immaculate in chef's whites, holding an enormous cup of Starbucks coffee, is giving a lesson on the traditional foods of Mexico.

See more of Anne Fishbein's photos of Sedlar.

But the chef isn't giving a tour of the kitchen at Rivera, his...
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Tien Nguyen writes for LA Weekly on El Parian

Tucked away in plain sight on Pico near Union, El Parian is the sort of place you probably won't notice on your way to a Clippers game or during your attempt to circumnavigate the 10 freeway during rush hour. Which makes this restaurant perfect for those times when you need to hide from the city for a hot minute, reset and replenish your energy. The red potion here is the...
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