LA’s iconic Mexican restaurant El Cholo turns 100

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The sign for El Cholo on Western Ave. is illuminated against the night sky. Photo by Mona Holmes.

Eater LA reporter Mona Holmes celebrated the 100th anniversary of El Cholo – Los Angeles’s oldest Mexican restaurant – by getting to know its history and its regulars.

El Cholo – this original location – represents a time and a place in Los Angeles that is no longer,” says Holmes. “People go back there to feel a certain way about this place that has witnessed the rise of this great city of Los Angeles, and they want a piece of that in the form of an enchilada or a taco or burrito.

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