When Danny Quintana and Lily Diaz visit their family each year in Boyle Heights, they are usually pleased to discover that little has changed about their hometown. Boyle Heights has fiercely opposed ...

Perhaps Mexico’s most famous taco, the carnitas taco is steeped in history, passed down from generation to generation. And it has found its way from Quiroga in the state of Michoacan to North Texas.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. When Danny Quintana and Lily Diaz visit ...

Ayax Silva, who opened Mi Tierra Caliente at 5350 West 64th Avenue in Arvada in late May with his longtime friends, sisters Sandra and Fernanda Calderon, scrolls through an album on his phone looking ...

Every day for 4½ hours, Sanchez is cooking up carnitas, making sure customers get a fresh helping when they stop by the truck. To make his authentic Michoacán carnitas, he can’t just cook in a regular ...

The Mexican state of Michoacán is often referred to as “The Soul of Mexico,” partly for its culture, partly for its food. It’s the world’s largest grower of avocados, but also the birthplace of ...

If the words maciza (solid), cuerito (skin), buche (stomach), oreja (ear), tripa (intestines), lengua (tongue), or surtida (mixed) mean anything to you and your taco, you’re in luck. Con Sabor a ...

On a corner lot in La Mesa, a block from busy I-94 and sharing a tight parking lot with a dry cleaner, stands a brightly colored brick house called Carnitas Uruapan Mexican food. Emphasis on “carnitas ...

Michoacán import Carnitas Don Raúl, a small food truck at 3303 Broadway St., is keeping the carnitas-making traditions alive in San Antonio. The result? Some of the best carnitas we’ve had to date.

At Carnitas Los Reyes, parked at 5050 E. Broadway from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday, you can get Reyes’ birria in the form of a quesabirria taco. Gooey cheese and a handful of birria are wrapped in ...