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South American

Cocktail Los Angeles

Picca Peach Don’t Kill My Vibe Cocktail [CLOSED]

Julian Cox, the talented bartender who oversees more bar programs than there are days in the week, created a Peach Don’t Kill My Vibe cocktail at Picca for summer. I was surprised to see...
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Chilean Food Los Angeles

Chilenazo Pastel de Choclo

Chilenazo is a Chilean restaurant in a Canoga Park strip mall from Cecilia Gonzalez and husband Giancarlo Aguilera that sports orange walls and plays high stakes soccer matches on a wall-mounted flat screen TV....
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Restaurant Sign Los Angeles

Takatis: Wood-Fired Pollo and Peruvian Flavor in Van Nuys

Downtown’s California Plaza was the last place I expected to find a business card promoting a Peruvian restaurant in distant Van Nuys, but Starry Kitchen co-owner Nguyen Tran is a vocal supporter of the...
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Peruvian Food Los Angeles

Picca Patita [CLOSED]

Picca, the contemporary Peruvian cantina from chef Ricardo Zarate, managing partner Stephane Bombet and business partner Bill Chait, was pretty much an instant hit in Beverlywood, but that hasn’t stopped them from fine-tuning the...
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Restaurant Sign San Francisco

Limon Rotisserie: Devouring Delectable Peruvian Pollo

San Francisco features a wealth of seasonal, market driven restaurants and an even wider array of international value picks, but sometimes, there’s nothing better than bypassing all of those restaurants to tear apart a...
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Peruvian Food Los Angeles

Mo-Chica: Tasting Dinners Signal Growth for Ricardo Zarate [CLOSED]

Ever since Ricardo Zarate opened Mo-Chica at Mercado La Paloma in April 2009, he’s slowly been building momentum. The Lima native spent more than a year working two jobs, executive chef of Mo-Chica by...
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