Stephanie Breijo is a reporter for the Food section and the author of its weekly news column. Previously, she served as the restaurants and bars editor for Time Out Los Angeles, and prior to that, the award-winning food editor of Richmond magazine in Richmond, Va. Born and primarily raised in Los Angeles, she believes L.A. to be the finest food city in the country and might be biased on that count but doesn’t believe she’s wrong.
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One of the best restaurants in L.A. now operates a tandem bar serving effervescent micheladas rimmed with house-made chamoy — plus new, cantina-only bites such as nachos and elotes.
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