Carlos Salgado's Taco María is The Times' 2018 Restaurant of the Year

The Costa Mesa restaurant Taco María is the 2018 Restaurant of the Year
Jonathan Gold • Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2018
The Los Angeles area has seen a number of remarkable restaurants open in the last several years, including spaceship fantasies with no recognizable foodstuffs, sushi bars plucked whole from the better precincts of Tokyo and dining rooms so devoted...
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