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News About Mexican/Latin Restaurants from el Restaurante Magazine
December 19, 2025
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5 Rabanitos: The Founder's Son Prepares for the Next Decade
In Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood, 5 Rabanitos has been, since 2015, a restaurant deeply rooted in memory, craftsmanship, and family. Ten years after its opening, the project is entering a new phase: generational change. Read More
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Sweet Endings: Traditional Latin Faves with Creative Twists Boost Dessert Sales
At Fonda del Barrio, a recent entry to San Diego’s Barrio Logan cultural district, the focus is on ancestral Mexican cuisine in dishes crafted by Chef Eduardo Baeza, a Mexico City native whom owner Gerry Torres has known for more than 25 years. Read More
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Mashable Ranks Top Mexican Restaurants in All 50 States
With all of the Mexican restaurants peppered throughout the United States, coming up with a list of the Top 50 isn’t an easy task. But it’s just what the folks at Mashable have done with The Best Mexican Restaurant in Each State ranking. Read More
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Taco Choza: Pre-Orders Help During Slow Winter Months
Taco Choza, a restaurant in Louisville, Kentucky that combines Mexican and Cuban cuisine, has typically experienced a drop-off in customers during cold weather months. Read More
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Camacho Garage: Nostalgia, Street Food, and a Space Where Everyone Fits In
In the vibrant Westville neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut, Camacho Garage has become a meeting place where sophistication blends—without asking permission—with the honest rawness of Mexican street food. The concept, led by Chef Franco Camacho, was not born in a boardroom or as a branding exercise: it was born in a real garage, with the smell of fiberglass, hot tortillas, and the echo of a family working together. Read More
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Chicago's Chilam Balam: Shared Plates are Key to Success
Any visitor to Spain knows that tapas are hugely popular, and that the concept spread to American restaurants many decades ago. Why? Because sometimes a menu rich with selections designed to be passed among diners – often called shared plates or small plates instead of tapas — is just right for a restaurant. One Mexican restaurant that excels in shared plates is Chilam Balam in Chicago. Read More
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Comfort, Nostalgia Foods Top NRA's 2026 Trends List
The National Restaurant Association has released its 2026 What’s Hot Culinary Forecast, a sneak peek into the flavors and food items predicted to hit menus in the new year. Read More
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Sommelier Georgina Estrada Earns Women of Mexico Award
Georgina Estrada, president of the Mexican Sommelier Association (ASM) and deputy general manager of Vinícola El Cielo, has been recognized with the Women of Mexico Award 2025 by Concours Mondial de Bruxelles. The award honors Estrada's vast experience and her tireless dedication to the growth of wine, beer, mead, and spirits in Mexico. Read More
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Lisa Dahl Foundation to Launch at Mariposa Latin Inspired Grill
Celebrated chef/restaurateur Lisa Dahl will officially launch the Lisa Dahl Foundation, a 501(c)(3) dedicated to addressing severe food insecurity across Arizona's Native American communities, with a gala weekend benefit at her Mariposa Latin Inspired Grill Read More
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Maguey Dorado: 22-Year-Old Leads Family Mezcaleria
At times, when Cynthia Belén Robles Ramos talks about Maguey Dorado, her voice becomes a soft echo of three generations who have lived with the aroma of cooked agave. At 22 years old, with a determination that seems to defy her age, she heads an artisanal mezcal brand born in the heart of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, with the serenity of someone who knows the deep roots of what she carries in her hands. Read More
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Latin Desserts, Rompope, Shared Plates: Our NovDec Issue is Here!
Good news: The November/December issue of el Restaurante magazine is now available. Do you want to know trends in desserts at Mexican/Latin restaurants? Or how rompope is making inroads? Or how Chicago's Chilam Bilam succeeds with shared plates? You can read about all of that, and much more, in this issue. Read More
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