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The Best Traditional Mexican Restaurants Los Angeles !

Are you looking for traditional Mexican food and fine Mexican restaurants in Los Angeles California that serves real Mexican food and has authentic Mexican food recipes and menus?

The Los Angeles Mexican food culture is huge and our Latino population has brought many fine traditional Mexican restaurants that serve real authentic Mexican food to the city of Los Angeles and to Southern California.

So if you are craving traditional Mexican menu items such as steak burritos, spicy moles and roasted meats, there are lots of traditional Mexican restaurants in Los Angeles that serves those foods.

However, there are some Mexican restaurants that are considered the best Los Angeles Mexican restaurants for cooking traditional Mexican food. Here is a list with reviews of the most popular and our favorite Mexican restaurants in Los Angeles.

El Cholo Spanish Cafe Los Angeles


Traditional Mexican Food

El Cholo Los Angeles

1121 S. Western Avenue, Los Angeles. Phone: (323)734-2773. El Cholo is one of the oldest and most popular and loved Mexican food restaurants in Los Angeles since 1923. A string of famous movie stars became regular customers early on.

Today many celebrities such as Jack Nicholson, Tom Hanks and many more, are frequent customers at El Cholo. My favorite Mexican menu items are Burrito Dorado and Chile Colorado, served since 1923. The Spanish Cafe as we call this place in town, has a wonderful sort of clubby Mexican ambience and serve delicious traditinal Mexican food that you'll love.

El Cholo is our favorite Mexican restaurant in Los Angeles and we enjoy this place often. A final note. They serve the best Margaritas. Some people think El Cholo served the first Margaritas in Los Angeles. It's probably true.

El Coyote Mexican Restaurant Los Angeles

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El Coyote Mexican Cafe Los Angeles

7312 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles. Phone: (323)939-2255. This charming and fun Mexican restaurant serves traditional Mexican food with a flair since 1931. Waitresses are dressed in traditional festive dresses.

The place is always packed with people and the Mexican food served here is very good and hearty. The prices are very reasonable as well. We like this place a lot.

Guelaquetza Restaurant Los Angeles

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Guelaguetza Restaurant

3337 1/2 West 8th Street, Los Angeles. Phone: (213)427-0601. This Mexican restaurant specializes in traditional Mexican dishes from Oaxacca Mexico.

Spicy moles, chile sauces and tender roasted meats of all kinds is what they serve in this very traditional real Mexican neighborhood food restaurant. It's a place you'll like to come back to.

La Fonda Restaurant Los Angeles

Traditional Mexican Food
La Fonda Restaurant

2501 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles. Phone: (213)380-5055. if you like to eat Mexican food while enjoying a dinner show with mariachis and Mexican dancers in a festive hacienda nightclub atmosphere, you should come to La Fonda.

La Fonda also serves up wonderful traditional regional Mexican food in a grand style. This Mexican restaurant is a place for celebration.

Lucy's Cafe El Adobe

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Lucy's Cafe El Adobe

5536 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood. Phone: (323)462-9421. This traditional Mexican restaurant is a place to spot celebrities, as they hang out here for Mexican food between movie shoots. Lunch time is the best for star gazing.

The movie stars come in from Paramount Studios across the street from Lucy's Cafe. Lucy's serve delicious Mexican food and very generous Margaritas. Lunch and Dinner: Mon- Sat.

Antonio's Mexican Restaurant

7470 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood. Phone: (323)658-9060. Antonio's has a huge Mexican Menu with wonderful traditional regional dishes that's the house specialties. Of course they also serve the standard Mexican food you are familiar with, but these fabulous mole foods from Mexico are the best.

The restaurant is festive, colorful with live mariachi music entertaining you while you are eating on most nights.

Casablanca Restaurant Venice

220 Licoln Boulevard, Venice. Phone: (310)392-5751. The Casablanca Mexican food restaurant specializes in traditional Mexican seafood dishes, such as "red snapper Veracruzano and crab". Absolutely delicious!

They are located in the Venice Beach area of Los Angeles and it's the most popular Mexican restaurant in Venice California.

Don Antonio Restaurant West Los Angeles

11755 West Pico Boulevard, West Los Angeles. Phone: (310)312-2090. Don Antonio serves serves their authentic traditional Mexican food in the comfort of leather booths.

They also have tacos and burritos of course, but they are famous for their great menudo and other real authentic Mexican foods.

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