At Colonia Publica, come home to a warm bowl of fideo

At the Uptown Whittier outpost of Ricardo Diaz's Eastside restaurant empire, fideo.
Jonathan Gold • Los Angeles Times • October 30, 2015
If you time it right, maybe on a Saturday afternoon, you may be lucky enough to run into an art fair or a car show or a Halloween festival in Uptown Whittier when Greenleaf Avenue is roped off, gleaming custom cars line the side streets and music,...
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