Cesar's Bistro in Long Beach Piles on the Plantains for Its Nuevo Latino Menu

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • June 25, 2015
We're at Cesar's Bistro, sitting on lime-green plastic chairs under a fluttering umbrella as the syncopated rhythms of a Willie Colón song pulse through the air. I'm sipping mint lemonade from a sweaty mason jar, and she's petting our dog, who's...
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