(Photo illustration by Diana Ramirez/De Los; photographs by Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times, Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times, Sarahi Apaez/For De Los) On a recent Saturday a little past noon, Jennifer ...

So many celebrity photos cover the inside of the original El Cholo off Western Avenue that they probably hold up the restaurant as much as the walls themselves. There are the sports icons — Magic ...

In a North Hollywood podcast studio last week, Gill Tejada and his co-host, Boo Boo, trashed liberal shibboleths, like any good Trumpers. Puberty blockers for teens. Los Angeles County Dist. Atty.

The City of Los Angeles has honored the owners of legacy Mexican restaurant El Cholo, renaming the intersection of Western Avenue and 11th Street as Alejandro and Rosa Borquez Square. The name ...

When you are a restaurant with a seriously devoted fandom, the sort of diners who can name everything in their favorite combo plate, and probably every other item that appears in every other ...

Mona Holmes is an editor at Eater Southern California/Southwest, a regular contributor at KCRW radio, and a 2022 James Beard Award nominee. At 7 p.m. on a Friday at the original El Cholo location on ...

Sliding into an El Cholo booth next to your bestie with the knowledge that you'll soon be splitting a starter plate of nachos and sharing a Fiesta Platter for your main course? With your friend taking ...

Eighty-seven-year-old Ron Salisbury is the keeper of tortilla culture in Southern California by both pedigree and life experience. He’s the owner of El Cholo, the 97-year-old restaurant chain that’s ...

Actor and rapper Deadlee is using his art to turn stereotypes on their ears. The Los Angeles resident is a self-proclaimed “homo-cholo” – referring to the fact that he's gay and a "cholo," a term used ...

On a recent Saturday a little past noon, Jennifer Hernandez sat at the dining table in the South Gate home where she grew up. She focused intently, holding a handheld makeup mirror as she used liquid ...