Coyote Calls

One sign of a native Angeleno, I think, is a relationship with the restaurant El Coyote, a relationship that often begins just a few weeks after birth.

Jonathan Gold • Los Angeles Times • March 7, 1996

One sign of a native Angeleno, I think, is a relationship with the restaurant El Coyote, a relationship that often begins just a few weeks after birth. Half the kids in Los Angeles grow up desiring the tacky toys and souvenirs displayed in a...

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64 bottles of tequila, Halloween costumes and maybe a ghost at El Coyote

Noelle Carter • Los Angeles Times • October 28, 2016

Sixty-four bottles of tequila. Forty bottles of triple sec. Sixty-four bottles of lemon juice. A vat of pineapple juice adds sweetness and multiple pitchers of Sprite lend just the right amount of fizz. El Coyote employee Angel Martinez stands...

An ode to L.A.’s gay restaurants, where a community can find a home

Ben Mims • Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2019

One evening in May 1959, inside a doughnut shop called Cooper Do-nuts on South Main Street in downtown Los Angeles, three LGBTQ individuals were being arrested because their outward gender identities did not match the ones on their identification....

A small move to counter boycott

Tami Abdollah • Los Angeles Times • November 15, 2008

Employees of the Los Angeles restaurant that came under fire this week after a manager gave $100 to the campaign to ban same-sex marriage in California said they had made a $500 contribution to the advocacy group that is raising money to challenge...

Mexican Evolution

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • August 30, 2007

Mexican eateries can be divided into two camps. The first includes your El Toritos and Acapulcos—the upscale to mid-range places, usually chains, where the margaritas are more of an attraction than the food. Then there are the burrito joints and...

The best old-school Mexican restaurants in Los Angeles

Bill Addison, Stephanie Breijo, Jenn Harris, Lucas Kwan Peterson, Gustavo Arellano • Los Angeles Times • September 15, 2022

Maybe it’s the thrill of a first slide into a squeaky red booth under a low-hanging wrought-iron lamp. Or the wonder-inducing mound of rice and a pool of refried beans that seem to spread forever across a platter that a dutiful server will warn is...