At Tirsa's Mexican Cafe, our critic considers colossal tortas and Flamin' Hot Cheeto sopes

Critic Patricia Escárcega ponders Tirsa's Mexican Cafe, an ultra-cheerful restaurant in downtown L.A.

Patricia Escárcega • Los Angeles Times • January 22, 2020

In the nearly 30 years since Frito-Lay debuted Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, the knobby, atomic-red snack has become the preeminent junk food of Generation Z-ers, inspiring rap songs, fashion shows and even, for a brief moment in 2018, a Flamin’ Hot...

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The Attic: Old Folks At Home

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • December 20, 2012

Bloody hell! I’m seated next to an honest-to-goodness fireplace in a Craftsman house built in the 1920s. When a server walks past carrying a tray loaded with Mason jars of Bloody Marys, the wooden floor creaks, flexes and groans beneath her feet....

As curfews continue, struggling restaurants dealt an additional blow

Garrett Snyder, Patricia Escárcega • Los Angeles Times • June 3, 2020

Los Angeles is facing another 6 p.m. curfew Tuesday in the wake of widespread protests that began last week against the killing of George Floyd in police custody. For local restaurants, already reeling from more than two months of takeout-only...

Where to find fried quesadillas from Mexico City in Los Angeles

Jenn Harris • Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2023

This week's column comes with a warning and an apology. Half of the stuff I'm about to mention is 2,800 miles away. I'm sorry. But you now have a short list of places to try on your next trip east. I was in New York last week for our annual Coast...

These are the 13 worst restaurant and food trends for 2018

Anne Valdespino, Brad A. Johnson • Orange County Register • December 26, 2018

We get it: Getting to dine out is a privilege, a part of this job we enjoy. But when you do it a lot, and we do, you notice all the good things — the server who goes the extra mile or the chef who comes out to chat with the patrons — and you...

Where to buy the best L.A. chicken wings for Super Bowl 2021

Jenn Harris • Los Angeles Times • January 28, 2021

There are certain absolutes that should be included in any basic dating profile, among them whether or not you want children, and if you prefer drumettes or flats. Chicken wing lovers can be intensely discriminating when it comes to wing...