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
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
. 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
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
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
Ever wanted to know the stories behind Los Angeles restaurants like Sonoratown, Kato, or Hop Woo? A new series of books, Take Away Los Angeles, tells those stories while helping local restaurants get through the pandemic. The series, published by
their stories in ways that they’ve not been able to do otherwise,” says Davis. The first two titles—focusing on West L.A.’s Kato and downtown’s Sonoratown—were successfully funded in November. Bub & Grandma’s Bread, Porridge + Puffs, Holbox, and Hop Woo
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
established Mexican neighborhoods in Los Angeles — the “lost barrio” of Sonoratown that once stood near L.A.’s present-day Chinatown — Jennifer Feltham and Teodoro Diaz-Rodriguez Jr.’s influential downtown taquería has helped spread the gospel of mesquite
trimmings, including shredded cabbage, earthy-sweet grilled green onions and the taqueria’s silken guacamole salsa. For a single bite that reminds you why the cooking at Sonoratown is essential, consider the Burrito 2.0, a sumptuously meaty parcel of chunky
During an exceedingly challenging year, favorite older restaurants made to-go meals better than ever with dinner kits, spectacular new dishes, and an extra helping of creativity. Here are some of our top picks. Sonoratown If you’re going to get a
pound of blistering-hot carne asada, bundles of chivichangas and containers filled with avocado and chile arból salsa from Sonoratown — joyful cooking vibrating with the memory of a thousand backyard family barbecues, and reminding me of something