Mexican Seafood · South LA · Michelin Star | Eater LA 38 (Spring 2026)
Gilberto Cetina's Michelin-starred jewel box mariscos restaurant inside Mercado La Paloma with an 8-course $130 tasting menu.
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Mírate
Mexican / Cocktail Bar · Los Feliz · North America's 50 Best Bars 2025 (#28)
Sibling to Michelin-recognized Mírame in Beverly Hills, Mírate is Chef Joshua Gil's Alta California take on regional Mexican cuisine spread across a multi-level Los Feliz space designed by Alexa Nafis...
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Guelaguetza
Mexican · Koreatown · James Beard America's Classics
Legendary Oaxacan restaurant in Koreatown serving moles, tlayudas, and mezcal since 1994. A James Beard America's Classics award winner.
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Damian
Mexican · Arts District · LA Times 101 Best Restaurants
Enrique Olvera's (Pujol, Cosme) Arts District restaurant — modernist Mexican cooking in a gorgeous courtyard space.
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Loreto
Mexican Seafood · Frogtown · Eater LA 38 (Spring 2026)
Chef Paco Moran serves some of LA's best Mexican seafood in a stylish industrial space a block from the Los Angeles River.
Teodoro Diaz-Rodriguez Jr. and Jennifer Feltham's Sonoran flour-tortilla taqueria with mesquite-grilled asada and Burrito 2.0.
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Daisy Margarita Bar
Mexican / Margarita Bar · Sherman Oaks · North America's 50 Best Bars 2025 (#44)
The Mírate team — proprietor Matt Egan, chef Alan Sanz, and beverage director Max Reis — brought their Mexican hospitality across the hill in June 2025, reworking the old Sherman space into an upscale...
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Taqueria Frontera
Mexican / Tacos · Cypress Park · Eater LA 38 (Spring 2026)
Juan Carlos Guerra's perfect Cypress Park taqueria with a lighthouse-like corner presence and a trompo-spinning al pastor specialist.
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Le Draq
Californian / Tex-Mex · Downtown LA · Eater LA Best New Apr 2026
Chef Josef Centeno flipped Bar Ama into Le Draq, combining dishes from Bar Ama, Baco Mercat, and Takoria.
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Mariscos Los Corchos
Mexican Seafood · East Los Angeles · Eater LA Best New Apr 2026
Chef Anthony Plascencia's first permanent home for his coastal Nayarit-style Mexican seafood, in a former East LA beauty salon.