OPINION
February 17, 2013
Re "Creator of 5-pound burrito," Obituary, Feb. 14 I am saddened by the death of Manuel Rojas, operator of a "joint" that exemplified the best of Los Angeles. Multi-generational families, gang types, dating couples and cops mixed easily when charmed by Manuel and those heavenly burritos. I once saw four Japanese businessmen in suits eating lunch there. Shocked at how inexpensive the food was compared to Japan, they each ordered four of the "Manuel's Special" burritos - at 5 pounds each.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
June 16, 1986 | GEORGE RAMOS, Times Staff Writer
A Denver woman wanted to give her boyfriend, a connoisseur of Mexican food, a treat for his birthday last year. She flew the two of them to Los Angeles for a burrito. But it wasn't for just any burrito. It had to be the machaca burrito served at the El Tepeyac Cafe in Boyle Heights on the city's Eastside. The boyfriend, pronouncing the burrito a culinary treasure, talked his benefactor into another birthday gift: Ten burritos to go.
ENTERTAINMENT
November 29, 2007 | Jessica Gelt
Angelenos take their burritos so seriously that discussions about where to get the best tortilla-wrapped creation can devolve into fistfights. Always up for a challenge, The Guide is throwing down the gauntlet in defense of the following five. The "Papa's" burrito at this Atwater Village hole-in-the-wall will forever change your thoughts on potatoes. The name is a delicious double-entendre: the burro is named in honor of the owner's father and filled with papas -- Spanish for spuds.
ENTERTAINMENT
June 23, 1995 | KATHIE JENKINS, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Even if you live in the hills way above Hollywood, you've still got to have pizza. And Michael Eisenberg is the one who is going to bring it to you. Eisenberg, who co-owns Thunder Roadhouse on Sunset with former bad boy celebs Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and Dwight Yoakum, has turned the motorcycle showroom next to his restaurant into a pizzeria, which is scheduled to open today. Of course, there is a deeper motive behind Eisenberg's delivery service.
SPORTS
May 2, 2008 | Lance Pugmire and Kevin Baxter, Times Staff Writers
There was a time, not so long ago in Oscar De La Hoya's memory, when the "Golden Boy" from East L.A. was treated not to hometown worship, but to boos. On Saturday, he fights Steve Forbes, and for De La Hoya it is in a sense a homecoming because he hasn't boxed here in eight years.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
May 31, 2009 | Esmeralda Bermudez
It was a cool night east of the Los Angeles River as the poet mounted the stage and grabbed the microphone.