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NBFF Latino Showcase: Newport Goes Tropical with Tropicalia

WHERE MY LATINOS AT?! Wednesday night, they were being celebrated for their recent achievements in cinema at Newport Beach Film Festival's Latino Showcase through three spotlight films from Mexico, Chile, and Brazil at the Lido, Triangle, and Big Newport theaters, respectively. While I wish I coul ... More >>

The Lost Mexicans of the Bastanchury Ranch

80 years ago, officials deported hundreds of Fullerton residents—and Orange County has tried to forget ever since

Diatribe with Dave: An Ode to the Unsung and Lowly Dishwasher

Every second and fourth Wednesday night of the month, legendary bartender/chef/restaurant insider Dave Mau hosts Dinner with Dave at Memphis at the Santora, where he treats drinkers to a free meal and live music as the evening progresses. To remind ustedes of this great night, Dave treats us every W ... More >>

Do Mexicans Hate Cubans?

[¡Ask a Mexican!] And are all gabachos Mexican-haters?

The World's Best Guide to Buying Tequila That Doesn't Suck

I'm a liquor store yenta. That's right; if I see you picking up one of those neon green bottles of margarita mix, or God forbid the bilious-looking piss-yellow bottle with the Cuervo garbage already mixed in, I will come over and strike up and awkward conversation in which I try to convince you to b ... More >>

Whatever Happened to Jonny Chingas?

[¡Ask a Mexican!] And where do those fancy Mexican belts come from?

ON Tequila, Our Drink of the Week!

Last month, I had the pleasure and privilege of appearing on The Tom Leykis Show for three hours. The legendary radio host is back busting out his sage advice on women, money, and all the good and bad of the world on blowmeuptom.com. And while his views might not be everyone's shot of bourbon, the o ... More >>

Gustavo's Top 5 Drinks of 2012!

Although we've been boozehounds here at SaFII since forever, 2012 was the year where we really took off and became full-fledged drinkers. Not only did we hold an epic Happy Hour with KCRW and the OC Bartender's Cabinet (and stand by for the next one...) but we began reporting on alcohol as its own s ... More >>

Why do Mexicans Return to Mexico for Christmas?

[¡Ask a Mexican!] And why do Mexicans try to get their sons to marry Mexican villagers?

12th Annual Expo Tequila in Tijuana: 5 Survival Tips For We Sons of Mayahuel

The 12th Annual Expo Tequila Tijuana kicked off last night on Avenida Revolucion and runs through Sunday, October 14th, right smack in the middle of the Baja Culinary Fest and Tijuana Innovadora tourist fair. If you're planning on being in town for the Culinary Fest, the Expo Tequila is more than wo ... More >>

Why Do Chicanos Love the Aztecs?

[¡Ask a Mexican!] And what are some Mexican regional stereotypes of Mexicans?

Potzol den Cano Has Querétaro Power

[Hole In the Wall] This Santa Ana restaurant is the first outpost of a Mexican chain devoted to pozole—but there's much more

No. 77, Carne en Su Jugo at La Cocina de Mi Abuelita

From now until OC Weekly's Best Of issue comes out, Stick a Fork In It will be counting down one hundred of our favorite dishes in the county--one dish we think you should be eating each day until the magnum opus is published.

A Long, Withering Takedown of Rick Bayless on Occasion of Him Receiving an Award from Mexico, or: Rick Bayless, the Michael Bolton of Mexican Food

On June 6, Chef Rick Bayless received from the Mexican government the Order of the Aztec Eagle, Insignia class (lower ranking reserved for non-royals and non-politicians) for his work in promoting Mexican cuisine in general, and Mexican haute cuisine, specifically, in his PBS television series Mexic ... More >>

Chucheman Hernandez: Tijuana's Underground Food-Video Star

Unless you subscribe to the Latino package on Dish Network--I do!--you may not have noticed that Mexico now has its own food network: Utilisima. The global foodist fever has caught on south of the border, introducing reality-based food programming, and the concept of chef as celebrity. It was all ve ... More >>

Tijuana's El Rincon del Oso: The Best Gorditas on Earth

To kick off our Tijuana Sí! column, I'm going way back in time to an article I did in 2003 about my all-time favorite restaurant: El Rincón del Oso in Tijuana's Mercado Hidalgo. A couple of things have changed in the market (the lack of gabachos, for one, in the past couple of years, although that ... More >>

Mexico As Imagined By the Washington Post

Flickr user yarhargoat​It gets fatiguing reading the same articles on travel to Mexico that parrot the U.S. State Department over and over again. Precious few of those people have ever actually been to the places they're writing about, but they turn the fear dial up to 11, the result being that Am ... More >>

Five Things You're Doing Wrong With Mexican Food

Flick user Ryan Leighty​We love Mexican food 'round here, and not just because I'm doing a book on the history of Mexican food in the United States. It's the native cuisine of Southern California, something many Americans have seamlessly assimilated into their day-to-day lives--and an easy subject ... More >>

Why Do Mexicans In the United States Root for Mexico Against the U.S. in Soccer?

[¡Ask a Mexican!] And why are they so rude?

The Family Business: Herbie Fletcher, Sons Christian and Nathan, and Grandson Greyson

Keeping up with the First Family of Surfing is no easy task.

Evan Kleiman, Gustavo to Host Discussion on Street Food--With Street Food!

Piaggio on Wheels: bad-ass choripán...​Ustedes know about my skepticism to the luxe-lonchera craze, especially the attempt of some to claim they sell honest-to-goodness street food, then charge you Ritz-Carlton prices for a pinche slider. Is it legit, or just Marie Antoinette dressing as a milkma ... More >>

Five New Years' Resolutions for Orange County Diners

Flickr user tinfoilraccoon​New Year's Day is coming. In the interest of the gastronomic improvement of our fair readership area, I offer the following set of suggested New Years' resolutions for the diners of Orange County.

Five Authentic Mexican Dishes That Would Make Rick Bayless Scream, Or: For an Aztlanista Approach to the Question of "Authenticity" in Mexican Cuisine

Chico's Tacos in El Paso: The Most Mexican Restaurant in America​Rick Bayless came to and left Orange County last week, and none of Weeklings were able to attend, busy as we are with our normal lives (Dave, Edwin, and Shuji, their 9-to-5s; me, skinheads and pedo-priests). Sucks, because the battle ... More >>

Spanish in the Workplace, Part Ninety-Eleven

[¡Ask a Mexican!] What better way to learn Spanish than shutting your yap and watching 'Sábado Gigante'?

Another Mexican Culinary Conundrum Opens: Tacos Jerez in HB

And can you play some tamborazo, too???​A couple of weeks ago, I wondered out loud why a tortas ahogadas place would open in SanTana given Anaheim has a huge population of Jalisco natives. The only logical explanation is that SanTana is basically Mexico, so why not?!This weekend emerged an even st ... More >>

[¡Ask a Mexican!] Crossing the Pond Instead of the Rio Grande

OC's Famous Desegregation Case Finally Gets Its Historical Due, But One Family Feels Left Out

No Doubt and OC Weekly: Intertwining Fates!

On the Line: Dave Mau of The Retreat

Dave Mau (left) and his brother Chris Dave Mau is the chef and raconteur behind the Dinners with Dave event, a night of free music and free food, held every second and fourth Wednesday at Memphis at the Santora. When he's not doing that or cooking at the Vermilion Valley Resort in the High Sie ... More >>

The Mariachi Divas Continue the Genre's Evolution

A Mexican Commentary on the Muy Bueno Kogi BBQ Burrito

It was about 10 after midnight Sunday Morning when the mysterious Ben Dayhoe and I descended into his lair and cut a short-rib Kogi BBQ burrito for the two of us to split. We had spent two hours on the sidelines of the famed taco truck, which was dishing out its Korean-style Mexican food from the pa ... More >>

[This Hole-in-the-Wall Life] They Got Your Goat at El Cabrito

The Sad Demise of Taquería de Anda

I grew up with Taquería de Anda. I remember it when it was a tiny wooden shack in Fullerton's rough Tokers Town barrio, and the lines went out the door every weekend morning, drawing from the many churches in North County that had just let out Mass. I remember seeing it evolve into a 24-hour restau ... More >>

Why Do People Have a Problem With OC-Raised USC QB Mark Sanchez Being Proud of His Mexican Heritage?

The Renaissance Blob

A guide to Santa Ana's ambitious, conflict-of-interest-y downtown-redevelopment plan

Grub Guide

Tasty morsels from the county's best damn dining guide

Grub Guide

Tasty morsels from OC's best damn dining guide

Grub Guide

Tasty morsels from the county's best damn dining guide

Grub Guide

Tasty morsels from the county's best damn dining guide

Grub Guide

Tasty morsels from the county's best damn dining guide

Grub Guide

A sampling of Orange County's best damn dining guide

Grub Guide

A taste of Orange County's best damn dining guide

Grub Guide

The best damn dining guide in Orange County

Grub Guide

This week in paintings and photos

Revolucion

Relampago del Cielo marks its 30th anniversary with faces, dances of its past

Anaheim

How Are the Huevos?

Pepe Aguilar vs. Alejandro Fernandez: ?Quien es mas macho?

Getting Blotto Live!

Gringo de Mayo

Everybodys All-American Mexican