[dropcap size=big]C[/dropcap]irco de Vampiros, Lucha VaVOOM’s lucha libre-style wrestling show and Halloween show, featured wrestlers straight from Mexico City, Tijuana, Guadalajara, and Juarez. This show featured professional matches between Bárbaro Cavenario, Extreme Tiger, Flamita, and Magno “The Man Mountain” Rudo.
It also featured burlesque from Russian-born, L.A.-based alternative model Mosh, high flying from aerialist Veronica Yune, and comedy from hosts Dana Gould and Jeff Davis.
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Benjamin Montemayor had been protesting on Hollywood Boulevard for several hours on June 2, 2020, when at least 50 police officers descended upon his group and began firing munitions at the crowd, according to his civil rights lawsuit filed in Los Angeles federal court.
Opened in the early 1960s, the Silver Platter has long been known as a safe space for immigrant gay and transgender communities in Westlake. The building dates back to the 1920s.
Plus, a new Enrique Olvera-approved monthly "mercadito" in D.T.L.A., a new arepa spot with patacon burgers that use fried plaintains for buns, and more in this week's roundup.
Boyle Heights is arguably the city’s most important local taco galaxy in the larger taco universe that is Los Angeles. Remember, this is Boyle Heights! It's not East L.A., and it is most definitely not just some vague place known as “the Eastside.”
Europe's Michelin Guide recognized both Baja Californias, Quintana Roo, Mexico City, Oaxaca, and Nuevo Léon. Most of the usual nice restaurants got stars, but there were some questionable omissions. Also, in a country teeming with life-changing street food, only one taquería in the entire country was awarded "1 star."
