Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Michelle Phillips of the Mamas & the Papas stands with owner Ron Salisbury at the entrance to El Cholo Original Restaurant in Los ...

(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 ...

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 ...

Eighty-seven-year-old Ron Salisbury is the keeper of tortilla culture in Southern California by both pedigree and life experience. He’s the owner of El Cholo, the 97-year-old restaurant chain that’s ...

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 ...

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 ...