A new Mexican restaurant has opened in Salt Lake City — and it has the go-ahead to serve alcohol. El Cholo, a chain of Mexican restaurants in southern California that recently celebrated its ...

Beans and rice with a chile relleno. A wet burrito. An enchilada. The No. 3 or No. 15. Manuel’s Special. The Gloria. El Cholo. Acapulco. Avila’s El Ranchito. Loud decorations. Humongous portions.

We’ll get to the great nachos debate in just a moment: whether the Mexican delicacy was first introduced to Angelenos in 1959 by a waitress at El Cholo, or whether — as the great culinary ...

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 ...

The only thing missing in this turn-of-the-century Spanish fresco vision, still idolized in murals around the city, was the actual Spanish food. Beginning in the 1800s, Los Angeles-based Mexican ...

This year, El Cholo will mark a century as a mainstay for celebrities, students and a loyal staff. Its menu and history mix tradition and innovation. Ron Salisbury, left, the third-generation owner of ...