Review: In Long Beach, Amorcito spotlights Mexican American ‘pocho’ cuisine

A new fast-casual Mexican restaurant at the Long Beach Exchange is a showcase for chef Thomas Ortega's "pocho" cuisine.
Patricia Escárcega • Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2019
The taco salad, a midcentury Mexican American dish, has never gotten much respect in food circles. Its credibility hit an all-time low May 5, 2016, when then-presidential candidate Donald Trump tweeted a picture of his lunch: a mystery meat “taco...
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