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    Good Food

    The Best Mexican Food in Los Angeles

    Lesley Bargar Suter is the Dine editor of Los Angeles magazine.  This issue is one of their best restaurant roundups .

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Lesley Bargar Suter is the Dine editor of Los Angeles magazine. This issue is one of their best restaurant roundups. She mentions the following restaurants:

    • Rivera (

      1050 South Flower Street,

      Los Angeles)

    • La Huasteca (

      3150 E. Imperial Hwy., Ste. 100, Lynwood)

    • Mariscos Chente (

      3544 W. Imperial Hwy., Inglewood)

    • La Casita Mexicana (

      4030 E. Gage Ave., Bell)

    Find Patrick Kuh's complete list here.

    Her Spanglicious choices include El Coyote, Tito's, Casa Vega, and El Tepeyac.

    Lesley spent 2 days exploring street food in LA with Street Gourmet LA's Bill Esparza. Read her account here.

    The full episode

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    Thanksgiving Recipes; Heritage Turkeys; A-Frame; LA's Best Mexican Food
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 5:34Raising Heritage Turkeys
    3. 13:32The Turkey
    4. 16:02Turducken
    5. 19:07Vegetarian Thanksgiving
    6. 23:19Restaurant Thanksgiving
    7. 29:06A-Frame
    8. 36:44Ethnic Flavors for Thanksgiving
    9. 40:59Thanksgiving Wine Pairings
    10. 47:19Cranberry Sauce Alternatives
    11. 50:36The Best Mexican Food in Los AngelesYou’re reading this
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    The full episode

    11 of 11
    Thanksgiving Recipes; Heritage Turkeys; A-Frame; LA's Best Mexican Food
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 5:34Raising Heritage Turkeys
    3. 13:32The Turkey
    4. 16:02Turducken
    5. 19:07Vegetarian Thanksgiving
    6. 23:19Restaurant Thanksgiving
    7. 29:06A-Frame
    8. 36:44Ethnic Flavors for Thanksgiving
    9. 40:59Thanksgiving Wine Pairings
    10. 47:19Cranberry Sauce Alternatives
    11. 50:36The Best Mexican Food in Los AngelesYou’re reading this
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