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Larry Cano

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2012

    Mi Taco es su Taco: How Mexican Food Conquered America

    I finally visited the snazzy corporate offices of the OC Weekly last week, to interview my editor, Gustavo "¡Ask a Mexican!" Arellano. Despite writing for years for the county's favorite alt-weekly, I'd conducted only an email relationship with the staff and editors. I arrived in person to tape my ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2012

    Five Things You Didn't Know About Margaritas

    ​Today is National Margarita Day, a made-up holiday so food critics like myself can do listicles like these and ensure more readers will click through our posts to read regurgitated facts like how the margarita is the nation's most popular cocktail (somewhat true) to that Emiliano Zapata invented ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2011

    El Torito Goes El Bankrupto

    ​Pardon the awful fake Spanish--frankly, it's no worse than reading the menu at Chevy's.Real Mex, the parent company of pretty much every chain sit-down Mexican restaurant in OC that isn't Avila's El Ranchito, has declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy, according to an article in the Wall Street Journal.

  • News

    June 23, 2011

    100 Reasons to Be Ecstatic About Summer In OC!

    Summer here is bliss, better than anyplace else in the States

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2011

    Dick Rivera, Head of Real Mex, to Retire

    ​Nation's Restaurant News has reported that Dick Rivera is retiring as chairman and CEO of Real Mex, the Cypress-based parent company of El Torito, Chevys, and other casual-dining Mexican restaurant concepts.

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2011

    ¡Ask a Comida Critic!: Good Taco Tuesday in North County?

    ​From Twitter follower @iamrandyz:@OCWeeklyFood what's the best Taco Tuesday spot in north countyI asked if he wanted places with specific Taco Tuesday promotions, or places where it's Taco Tuesday every day, and he responded,@OCWeeklyFood well Id like to know both!Well, then!Taco Tuesday, of cour ... More >>

  • Columns

    January 20, 2011

    Letters From OC Weekly Readers

    ​From Twitter follower @iamrandyz:@OCWeeklyFood what's the best Taco Tuesday spot in north countyI asked if he wanted places with specific Taco Tuesday promotions, or places where it's Taco Tuesday every day, and he responded,@OCWeeklyFood well Id like to know both!Well, then!Taco Tuesday, of cour ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2011

    Battle High-End Churros: Gabbi's Mexican Kitchen vs. El Torito Grill!

    ​Churros, like an empanada or a concha, is one of those Mexican pastries almost impossible to improve, almost always good, almost never splendid--but when done wrong, a disaster. Most of the churros in Orange County fall into the former category--really, do diners care about eating anything other ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2011

    Javier Zambrano, Uncle of the Soho Taco Guys, Now Executive Chef at Taco Rosa

    ​I recently hung out with the Soho Taco guys, and they confirmed what I suspected: The new executive chef at Taco Rosa, Javier Zambrano, is related to them--he's their uncle.Taco Rosa, of course, is the higher-end concept created by the Taco Mesa guys, a great place to try delicious Mexican food a ... More >>

  • Columns

    January 13, 2011

    Letters From OC Weekly Reader

    ​I recently hung out with the Soho Taco guys, and they confirmed what I suspected: The new executive chef at Taco Rosa, Javier Zambrano, is related to them--he's their uncle.Taco Rosa, of course, is the higher-end concept created by the Taco Mesa guys, a great place to try delicious Mexican food a ... More >>

  • Food

    January 6, 2011

    El Torito Founder Is Still the Big Enchilada

    Does 86-year-old Larry J. Cano, who spread sit-down Mexican dining across the U.S., have one more cuisine-changing idea in him?

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2011

    Real Mex, Owners of El Torito, Planning to Rehaul Its Chevys Brand

    ​My cover story this week focuses on Larry J. Cano, the founder of El Torito and one of the people I'm highlighting in my coming book about the history of Mexican cuisine in the United States. He truly is a pioneer in his field, but in researching the story, I was surprised at how much El Torito h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2010

    Old-School Ad of El Torito: The "Has-Bean"

    ​I interviewed El Torito founder Larry Cano a couple of weeks ago for my upcoming book on the history of Mexican food in the United States. Lot of great stories that I'll save for the book, but here's a funny tidbit that Señor Cano had forgotten.This appeared in a 1957 ad for the Los Angeles Time ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2010

    Why Gustavo Ate at El Torito Grill in Fashion Island for Free

    ​Usually, I avoid media dinners because that means I have to rub elbows with PR hacks and the reporters who reprint everything they tell them to, and because accepting free meals doesn't sit well with me, and is something I've never done for any Weekly print review I've ever written. And I always ... More >>

  • News

    March 1, 2007

    Godsmack

    Orange County authors try to bring unity to people of different religious faiths. For this they will face the wrath of believers. Again.

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