Eater

As El Cholo Turns 100, Meet the Generations Who Cherish LA’s Oldest Mexican Restaurant

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 ...
KCRW

Inside El Cholo: How the old-school Mexican restaurant has thrived in LA for almost a century

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 ...
Los Angeles Magazine

L.A.’s OG Mexican Restaurant El Cholo Turns 100: A Brief History and $1 Birthday Deal

We’ll get to the great nachos debate in just a moment: whether the Mexican delicacy was first introduced to Angelenos in 1959 by a waitress at El Cholo, or whether — as the great culinary ...