Nayarit

Popotla, Baja California: Seafood Cocktails and Dreams

In 1988's campy bartender melodrama, Cocktail, Brian Flanagan and Doug Coughlin both shared the same dream--to have a place of their own, and live it up like kings. Baja California has been my place to pursue such lofty desires; it's a place where a middle-class guy like me can "make it rain." It's ... More >>

Lo Mejor del Zarandeado: Nayarit-Style Fish Bliss At Anaheim's Mariscos Los Primos

State College Boulevard in Anaheim has hosted something like a dozen Mexican seafood restaurants in the five years since I moved here. They all claim to be Sinaloa- or Nayarit-style restaurants, because those are the Pacific coast states with the strongest seafood traditions, but with the exception ... More >>

Go for Ricas Gorditas

[Hole In the Wall] One of the longest-standing loncheras, it serves up a masterful version of the Zacatecas religion

Attention, All High-End Roach Coaches!

Feed the Taco Man, por favor...​Dear High-End Roach Coaches: I admit it--I'm one judgmental pendejo. I have dismissed ustedes as mere scenesters, as ingrates who hopped onto a trend without acknowledging the Mexican pioneers who sued for the rules and regulations you can now easily navigate becaus ... More >>

Five Real Mexican Foods That Should Be More Common

pbe @ flickr.com CC BY-SA 2.0Pambazo: the illegitimate child of French toast and panini.​One of the foodie complaints about so-called "Mexican" restaurants in the United States is that the food on offer is not usually remotely like the food served in México. Mexicans at home don't eat burritos; t ... More >>

[Hole in the Wall] Gnarly Nayaritan at Mariscos Los Corales in Santa Ana

On the Line: Santiago Vallejo of Mariscos Puerto Esperanza

Courtesy of Mariscos Puerto Esperanza​Santiago Vallejo has an impressive résumé: formerly at the Ritz, he left to open his own restaurant, Mariscos Puerto Esperanza, in a tiny shopping center in Orange. It caused an immediate sensation on the food boards (Chowhound, Yelp, etc.) and Edwin himself ... More >>

[This Hole-in-the-Wall Life] The Best Pork Since Bacon

Luxuriating in the cochinita pibil at Peña's Restaurant

Grub Guide

Tasty morsels from the county's best damn dining guide

Grub Guide

Tasty morsels from the county's best damn dining guide

!Ay, Mi Estomago!

Orange Countys 61 best Latino restaurantes

Revolucion

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

This Week in Puckering Platters

This Week in Non-Mexican Latino Restaurants

Five Sinful Ceviches

Give the Satyr a Brew

Scouting Santa Ana for superior lunches

The El Cargadero Social Club

How a Mexican ghost town lives on in Anaheim