Michelle Phillips of the Mamas & the Papas stands with owner Ron Salisbury at the entrance to El Cholo Original Restaurant in Los Angeles. Phillips has been going to El Cholo for 54 years. (Genaro ...

Did you know that Thursday, April 3 is National Burrito Day? Where else would we want to celebrate than El Cholo in Sugar House. El Cholo was the first Mexican restaurant in Los Angeles, founded in ...

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 ...

For nearly a century, El Cholo Spanish Café has been more than just a place to eat - it has been a living thread woven into ...

While many Southern Californians devote a Saturday in December to the creation of tamales — many, many tamales, with the hope of enjoying them over the Christmas holidays and throughout the winter ...

El Cholo was the first Mexican restaurant in Los Angeles and the city even named a street after the founders Alejandro and Rose Borquez. El Cholo is now open in Sugar House, the first location outside ...

Anyone who works in a restaurant will tell you: It’s not easy. And it’s increasingly uncommon to see restaurant workers not only make a career out of their vocations but remain at one restaurant for ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The owners of Southern California's El Cholo restaurant chain are offering guests an opportunity to permanently put their names on 100 booths as part of an effort to raise $1 ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. In 1923, beloved Mexican restaurant ...

LOS ANGELES — The intersection near El Cholo was dedicated Thursday as Alejandro and Rosa Borquez Square in honor of the founders of the Mexican restaurant which is celebrating its 100th anniversary.

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Ron Salisbury and his son Brendan guided us through El Cholo restaurant and it feels more like El Cholo Museum. At 90 years old, Salisbury said he is looking back for the first ...

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 ...