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Javier Cabral

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Long Beach, Venice
As seen in: L.A. TACO, MSN, Yahoo Life, Financial Times, The Washington Post, Yahoo Canada, Los Angeles Times, Cruel Summer Book Club (Podcast), University of Southern California, VICE, VICE UK and
Editor, JBA-winning @lataco, Associate Producer, JBA-winning Taco Chronicles. Former restaurant scout for Jonathan Gold. Co-Author of "Oaxaca" and "Asada."
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The 19 Best Moles in L.A., from SFV to South L.A., Ranked

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By Hadley Tomicki Verified, Javier Cabral Verified, Juan Izguerra, Julianne Le, Erwin Recinos
| L.A. TACO Verified
May gray? June gloom? Two perfect excuses to seek comfort in one of L.A.’s best moles. Los Angeles is a hotbed for remarkable mole, as much as it is a city of masa and the U.S. capital of taco excellence. Mole does more than simply fill your belly and delight your palate. It nourishes something deeper—an ancestral memory, a quiet act of Indigenous resistance, and a celebration of the deep regional cooking that built this city’s Mexican food community from the ground up.
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The Best Way to See LA? This Taco and Wine Crawl

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By Javier Cabral Verified, Javier Caral
| Wine Enthusiast Magazine Verified
Pairing the best tacos in Los Angeles with good California wine is arguably the most LA experience you can have. It’s the perfect high-low moment for the modern-day food-and-drink-obsessed person who lives to try the best street food and equally loves the thrill of a spot-on wine pairing at a fine-dining restaurant. So I was determined to create this LA taco-and-wine crawl while keeping it accessible—all the bottles here are under $50.
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Craft Breweries Are Struggling. So How Does This One Keep Expanding?

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By Javier Cabral Verified
| L.A. TACO Verified
How crazy do you have to be to open not one, but two massive brewery locations in Los Angeles County in the same two months? Just ask the team at Everywhere Beer Co.: Daniel Muñoz, Jeremy Grinkey, Stefan Weber, and Keith Pumilia. Four dudes who cut their teeth at one of the earliest craft beer epicenters in Southern California, The Bruery, and eventually left to start their own ambitious brewery.
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