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Informal poll: Best Mexican in the LA area
: the Boyle Heights branch of La Serenata de Garibaldi (but NOT the Westside branches), or Mariscos Colima on Vanowen in NoHo. Combo plate: Might be Tia Juana’s on Olympic Blvd. in WLA, because Tequilas dropped so badly....
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LA Hound Coming to Chi - Some Help Please
a james beard but in my opinion has been good fun and consintent. Italian.. ok this is kinda ..kit.. but I like bucca de beepo one on grand in the city would be closest for you but there is one up north on clark also.. it has...
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Mere Mortals' Ultimate LA Restaurants 2006
Hm... Green Village, Monterey Park (OMG THE PORK WITH BEAN CURD) Spumoni, Van Nuys (OMG THE CALAMARI AND THE GNOCCHI) Thai Nakorn, Garden Grove (OMG THE MANGO SALAD WITH CATFISH) La Serenata de Garibaldi, Boyle Heights (OMG THE...
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Help with red, sweet sherry name
Well, nothing matches the criteria. Sherry is produced only in Spain — in the region Jerez de la Frontera, Sanlúcar de Barrameda, or El Puerto de Santa María. It is produced rom white wine grapes — principally...
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Help for L.A. Mom and Son staying at Hilton
board I came up with these ideas. I just don’t know the distance limitations from the hotel. For Dinner: Frontera Grill (love his cooking show, but is it too far from the hotel?) Hot Doug (is this the place to eat a great...
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L.A. FOODIES COMING TO CHICAGO what is current creative best places
slightly different places, rather than eating only at these creme de la creme places. You could mix in one of our places that are more casual and slightly less creative but equally wonderful, as mentioned further on in that...
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Spain: Tribute to a living legend: Simon Majumdar
were available by the truck load in Jerez de la Frontera (??). Some hotel food which I thouroughly enjoyed in those days were at the Marbella Club (?), Reina Christina in Algeciras (excellent scrambled eggs & eggs benedict but...
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Beef Tartare from an Automat
I was tapa hopping in Jerez de la Frontera and ran across the Spanish version of the same delicacy. Of course, the name was in Spanish when I offered to order some for my sister. Being adventurous, and unknowing, my sister dove...
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Back to Spain
residents. A couple of questions... Are you looking for a pueblo or a small city? Can you survive a very cold winter and hot as a frying pan summer days of the Meseta? Or the raininess of the north? Some ideas off the top of my...
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Dry Sack Sherry - Opinions [Moved from Spirits board]
You’re quite right that La Gitana is a Manzanilla — I edited the above post to make that more clear. Fino, Puerto Fino and Manzanilla are all essentially the same wine, it’s primarily the location that’s...
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honeymooning in spain - where's a chowhound to go?
. that was the easy part. now we need your help. where should we eat? we’ll be starting in madrid, then hitting toledo, cordoba, seville (with side trips to carmona and jerez de la frontera and possibly arcos as well) and...
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Seville--long-winded account
to the Lustau bodega in Jerez de la Frontera. Reservations required: 56-34-15-97. After our personal tour, we were led into a room where 22 bottles were arrayed on a table, handed two glasses and some forms for tasting notes, and...
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Madrid
. I, too, miss the country terribly, from Barcelona to Jerez de la Frontera, and from La Coruña to Murcia. The food — all of it (except maybe lamb trotters) — is comfort food to me.
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Colombian restaurant on Conklin Street?
A Colombian native recommended a restaurant on Conklin Street to me for a taste of home. I swear he said La Frontera, but I can’t seem to find it. Am I imagining things? It’s definitely Conklin Street, less sure on...
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PDX burritos in SEA
Burritos themselves are an Americanized concoction, for the most part. At least a Sonoran invention according to La Cocina de la Frontera.
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