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Mo-Chica
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514 W. 7th St. Los Angeles, CA 90014

213-622-3744 

http://www.mo-chica.com  

514 W. 7th St. Los Angeles CA 90014

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  • Peruvian
    Sun 10:30am-2pm, Sun-Mon 5:30pm-9:30pm, Mon-Sat 11:30am-2:30pm, Tue-Sat 5:30pm-11pm
    $$ $$
  • All Major Credit Cards
    Brunch, Dinner, Lunch
    Full bar
  • Recommended
    Street, Valet
Description

The downtown restaurant feels like a hot spot with design elements meant to conjure and nod to a street stall. In the front room, along one side, hand-scrawled signs are strung up on colorful squares of paper above the glassed-in kitchen; in the back room, the red walls are decorated with artist Kozem's graffiti lettering of the restaurant's name, as well as a streetware-clad alpaca wielding a spray paint can. There's a lot of concrete — the columns, the floors — and it's all very industrial and very, very loud. On the right night, with the right dishes, Mo-Chica is serving up loud, raucous, colorful food in a loud, colorful, raucous room that celebrates Peru, Los Angeles and the exceedingly fun intermingling of the two.








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  • allmylenny
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    | L.A., CA | 2 Reviews

    Mo-Chica is easily my favorite restaurant in DTLA.

    We ordered:
    Albacore Ceviche: I expected this to be more traditionally prepared. Instead, this had nice slices of fresh albacore slightly wading in a sauce.
    Chicharron de Pollo: Again, I expected some deep fried chicken skin yum! This had more meat than expected and was more of a chicken nugget. It was still tasty though.
    Lomo Saltado: This was definitely a fusion version of the traditional dish. It had different spices that definitely kicked it up a notch. Even the rice was bursting with flavor.
    Choritos: LOVED. I ordered more bread to soak up the last of the sauce.
    Roasted Black Cod: Not bad but not a must try.
    Paella: This was good but I have to say I tasted better.
    Sol y Sombre & Chocolate Ganache Cookie: So good.
    I'm Grapey and I Know it Cocktail: Because of the name wiggle wiggle

    I highly recommend checking it out!

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