When Danny Quintana and Lily Diaz visit their family each year in Boyle Heights, they are usually pleased to discover that little has changed about their hometown. Boyle Heights has fiercely opposed ...

Perhaps Mexico’s most famous taco, the carnitas taco is steeped in history, passed down from generation to generation. And it has found its way from Quiroga in the state of Michoacan to North Texas.

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The kitschy and delicious Carnitas Michoacan #3 in Boyle Heights is ending its long 33 year run at the end of the month. The cause? Like many things in Boyle Heights these days, it’s an issue of ...

Ayax Silva, who opened Mi Tierra Caliente at 5350 West 64th Avenue in Arvada in late May with his longtime friends, sisters Sandra and Fernanda Calderon, scrolls through an album on his phone looking ...

If the words maciza (solid), cuerito (skin), buche (stomach), oreja (ear), tripa (intestines), lengua (tongue), or surtida (mixed) mean anything to you and your taco, you’re in luck. Con Sabor a ...

There’s something about pigs. Their baby pink skin and curly tails have won over our hearts. Some live on a farm, befriending a barn spider who spins words about them in her webs. Some put on ...

The enormous mortar and pestle full of freshly made salsa on the counter might be your first clue that Carnitas Michoacan on Beacon Hill is your new favorite taqueria. Then there’s the carniceria in ...

On a corner lot in La Mesa, a block from busy I-94 and sharing a tight parking lot with a dry cleaner, stands a brightly colored brick house called Carnitas Uruapan Mexican food. Emphasis on “carnitas ...

While most of Los Angeles is sleeping soundly at 3:30 a.m., third-generation carnitas cook Gustavo Chavez is prepping 220 pounds of carnitas in the back of his Inglewood restaurant, Carnitas El ...

Attempt to describe the carnitas at Carnitas Uruapan, and you can quickly start sounding like a broken record. But how else do you describe pork that tastes porkier than any other pork you’ve ever ...

Every day for 4½ hours, Sanchez is cooking up carnitas, making sure customers get a fresh helping when they stop by the truck. To make his authentic Michoacán carnitas, he can’t just cook in a regular ...