Aqui Es Texcoco's lamb barbacoa stars, other dishes shine too

If you live in the great eastern suburbs, the question is settled: When you want barbacoa, that great Central Mexican dish of lamb slow-roasted with maguey leaves, you go to Aqui es Texcoco. But if you happen to be in Boyle Heights, you are...

Why, I sometimes wonder, do hangovers wear themselves out when faced with the primal — not the flannel cakes at Musso & Frank Grill, which are served during the proper hours of 11:30 to 3, but the horrifying mass of a Lucky Boy breakfast burrito;...

The morning after my last meal at Maestro, Danny Godinez’s new Mexican restaurant in Old Pasadena, I pulled the leftover barbacoa out of the refrigerator to see if I could salvage enough for a taco. There were still a few scraps of lamb left, but...

2014 — I remember 2014. In Los Angeles, it was the year of peak steakhouse. It was a year of artisanal soda pop, $16 cheeseburgers and chef-ly barbecue. Tacos entered their Mannerist period. Cocktails largely supplanted wine, even in fine-dining...

When I became a parent last summer, the dining universe effectively split into two general categories: places where I could take my child, and everywhere else. In the first category, there are restaurants with amenities like booster seats, high...