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South L.A.

Restaurant Los Angeles

Mariscos Yucatan: Regional Mexican Specialties in South Gate [CLOSED]

My time in Los Angeles has inexplicably involved dozens of trips to South Gate, a town in South Los Angeles that houses plenty of regional Mexican restaurants. However, until Dommy Gonzalez wrote about kibbeh...
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Musicians Los Angeles

Grant’s: Soul Food With Deep Roots in South L.A. [CLOSED]

Economic downturns have the power to change lives. Some people get pulled under the punishing financial waves, unable to cope with their flagging industries. However, other people manage to dig deep, relying on grit...
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Mexican Breakfast Los Angeles

La Casita Mexicana (Breakfast): Brilliant Chilaquiles in Bell

The most frustrating aspect of covering restaurants is my inability to eat where I want, since a good chunk of my career revolves around what’s new or upcoming. Proven winners would make my regular...
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Pitmaster Los Angeles

Bludso’s Pork Ribs [CLOSED]

Affable pitmaster Kevin Bludso learned to smoke meat at his grandmother’s roadside stand in Corsicana, Texas. At Bludso’s in Compton, the former Corrections Officer utilizes four smokers (including Grandma’s) to produce a variation of...
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Restaurant Sign Los Angeles

La Chiva Loca: Digging Crazy Goat and Tortas in Downey [MOVED]

Goats are only now entering the consciousness of a lot of Angelenos, thanks to opening of establishments like The Surly Goat, but in Guadalajara, goats have been a way of life, not only on...
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Indian Food Los Angeles

Mumbai Ki Galliyon Se: Taking It to the Street in Little India

The one-mile stretch of Pioneer Boulevard between Artesia Boulevard and South Street has by far the widest selection of Indian restaurants, markets and boutiques in Southern California, but until June 2008, it never had...
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