restaurants made the cut, ranging from food stalls at bustling Grand Central Market to the serene, ultra-luxe kaiseki spot Hayato at the Row. Here’s the complete downtown list. 5. Sonoratown Sonoratown is Jennifer Feltham and Teodoro Diaz-Rodriguez’s culinary
We don’t need it to be Tuesday to enjoy tacos, particularly the great ones from Sonoratown. The beloved downtown taqueria closed in early April, but it reopened this week for curbside pickup (call the restaurant at 213-628-3710) or takeout and
. Saturdays only. Pickup only. 1401 Mirasol St., Los Angeles, (323) 246-6819,elrusola.weebly.com Sonoratown The Burrito 2.0 is both a delivery godsend and superb encapsulation of what makes Jennifer Feltham and Teodoro Diaz-Rodriguez’s downtown taqueria so
It isn’t difficult to eat well on a budget in Los Angeles. These 22 restaurants on the 2019 101 Best Restaurants list will satisfy your appetite without breaking the bank. Sonoratown (5) Sonoratown is Jennifer Feltham and Teodoro Diaz-Rodriguez’s
guacamole and then folded into a handmade flour tortilla. The tortillas — marvelously stretchy and buttery — are at the heart of the Sonoratown enterprise. They have single-handedly raised the tortilla batting average for the entire city of Los Angeles
Ave., 110, Corona, (951) 268-6968, krazkais.com Sonoratown 1/14 Sonoratown co-owner Jennifer Feltham sometimes drives five hours to pick up the Sonoran flour used in the restaurant’s tortillas. (Silvia Razgova / For the Times) 2/14 Customers dig in
during lunch on a Friday. (Silvia Razgova / For the Times) 3/14 Sonoratown’s Lorenza is the only menu item that uses a corn tortilla instead of flour. It comes topped with Monterey Jack cheese, avocado, cabbage, pinto beans and a grilled poblano pepper
The first thing you notice about Sonoratown, the small counter-service taquería tucked amid the tailor shops and fabric outlets of downtown L.A.'s Fashion District, is the scent of mesquite-grilled steak that hangs in the air. The scent moves
carbón cookouts that have been a part of norteño culture for centuries; and nearly every stripe of roadside asadero in between. The first time I stepped into Sonoratown, the perfume of grilled beef and freshly warmed flour tortillas flooded me with
space in between the tables as we possibly can. It gave a lot of people comfort,” said Cimarusti. Jennifer Feltham of downtown L.A.’s Sonoratown is similarly pragmatic. “We’ll do whatever we have to do. Obviously, these scenarios [Newsom] is outlining
way people eat for some time.” The Sonoratown dining room in the pre-coronavirus era. (Silvia Razgova / For The Times) This is not uncharted territory for restaurants that have already been practicing social distancing, said Hunter Pritchett, chef and
on Instagram A post shared by Uncle Paulie’s Deli (@unclepauliesdeli) on Feb 9, 2020 at 1:34pm PST Dinner Sonoratown: One of the little things keeping us going in all this is looking forward a chance to order one of Sonoratown’s special-edition
Sonoratown Takeaway packs, which include their award-winning tortillas, fabulous grilled meats or vegetarian fillings, salsas, and everything else you need for an at-home taquiza. How to order: Caviar, telephone: 213-628-3710 Hail Mary Pizza: Pizza is a time
The region of Sonora has meaningful historical ties to Los Angeles. One of the city’s first established Mexican neighborhoods was the “lost barrio” of Sonoratown, established in the 1850s just north of what is now Chinatown. The neighborhood
, inhabited by thousands of Sonoran miners and other immigrants from el norte, came of age during one of Los Angeles’ worst periods of racial strife. During the latter half of the 19th century, Sonoratown was dismantled and razed. In a fateful sort of way, L.A
, chile morita and cucumber. (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times) 3313 Hyland Ave., Costa Mesa, (714) 538-8444, tacomaria.com Sonoratown (5) Sonoratown is Jennifer Feltham and Teodoro Diaz-Rodriguez’s culinary love letter to San Luis Río Colorado, the
various configurations and guisados-filled chivichangas. 208 E. 8th St., Los Angeles, (213) 628-3710, sonoratown.com A grilled steak taco and a chorizo taco at Sonoratown. (Silvia Razgova / For The Times) Burritos La Palma (15) In Zacatecas, Mexico, the