(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 ...

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 ...

What started out as partaking in Meatless Mondays evolved into an entire lifestyle for David Alires and his wife, Jessica. Almost three years after going vegan, the meat- and dairy-free couple are now ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...