La Serenata Restaurant, West LA

[+ Avalon]

http://www.laserenataonline.com/

 

This was the restaurant that Gordon Ramsay did over in the recent episode of "To Hell And Back".

 

I thought if there were someone in the Los Angeles area that they might want to check it out and report back. At the end of the show they was as an update three months later and sadly the place was falling back into its old ways.

[MikeBiDude]

Eh, there’s much better Mexican in LA, usually at just the next taco truck. I couldn’t be bothered by a Ramsay makeover show restaurant. 90% of all newly opened independently owned restaurants go out of business in 3-4 years.

Edited July 21, 2018 by MikeBiDude

[+ Avalon]

Eh, there’s much better Mexican in LA, usually at just the next taco truck. I couldn’t care less about a Ramsay show restaurant.

 

My post was not so much about the show else I would have put the thread in the tv section. It was about the restaurant and the food and the quality.

[MikeBiDude]

My post was not so much about the show else I would have put the thread in the tv section. It was about the restaurant and the food and the quality.

And I replied....better Mexican food at the next taco truck

[+ azdr0710]

when the tourists start coming ("as featured on The Food Network") just so they can say they ate there, it's waaaayyy too late.......

 

the best Mexican places are local dives that have never seen a restaurant reviewer, guidebook writer, or "celebrity" chef.......

 

so, Avalon, sorry to not quite answer your question the way you said, but, well, you know how these threads go!

[MikeBiDude]

when the tourists start coming ("as featured on The Food Network") just so they can say they ate there, it's waaaayyy too late.......

 

the best Mexican places are local dives that have never seen a restaurant reviewer, guidebook writer, or "celebrity" chef.......

 

so, Avalon, sorry to not quite answer your question the way you said, but, well, you know how these threads go!

I’ll never tell anyone of my local Oaxacan mole hole-in-the-wall spot

[BabyBoomer]

"To Hell And Back".

 

 

I'm surprised GR was able to use that title. Taking this thread completely off topic.

 

~Boomer~

[+ Avalon]

I’ll never tell anyone of my local Oaxacan mole hole-in-the-wall spot

 

There are different regional varieties of Mexican food. The place I like here the owners are from Michoacan. They even import soft drinks in glass bottles! I've not seen that offered at the grocery store in a long while.

 

 

I'm surprised GR was able to use that title. Taking this thread completely off topic.

 

~Boomer~

 

I love when that happens!

[+ azdr0710]

They even import soft drinks in glass bottles!

 

that's probably what we call Mexican Coke: Coke made in Mexico with real cane sugar, not high-fructose corn syrup as is used in the US currently......

[MikeBiDude]

that's probably what we call Mexican Coke: Coke made in Mexico with real cane sugar, not high-fructose corn syrup as is used in the US currently......

Smart and Final here has a whole section of “Mexican Coke” and a brand of Mexican fruit flavored cane sugar sodas in about 8-10 flavors....I pass on Tamarind flavor

[+ E.T.Bass]

I’ll never tell anyone of my local Oaxacan mole hole-in-the-wall spot

I'll never share my hole-in-the wall authentic taco place in Hawaiian Gardens. The one that I bring leftovers to work and people follow their nose to the break room for the aroma.

[MikeBiDude]

I'll never share my hole-in-the wall authentic taco place in Hawaiian Gardens. The one that I bring leftovers to work and people follow their nose to the break room for the aroma.

Hmmmmm...I’m headed to nearby Cypress/Los Alamitos later today I’ll have to “sniff” around.

[+ Axiom2001]

I viewed the show which featured the make over and had planned to seek out reviews. My heart sank at the show's conclusion, esp. when the young chef stated that he no longer was being paid and had to procure a second job.

 

[i'd planned to visit this restaurant during my next trip to Los Angeles but will not now in my having found out about its fate.]

 

Gracias to Avalon for his generating this thread.

 

I would hope that the posters would "STICK to the TOPIC" exclusively! I abhor it when some of my threads have been highjacked by unsolicited crap.

[MikeBiDude]

I would hope that the posters would "STICK to the TOPIC" exclusively! I abhor it when some of my threads have been highjacked by unsolicited crap.

[+ E.T.Bass]

 

 

[+ GregM]

There are different regional varieties of Mexican food. The place I like here the owners are from Michoacan. They even import soft drinks in glass bottles! I've not seen that offered at the grocery store in a long while.

 

 

 

 

I love when that happens!

All major grocery store offer Coke and Pepsi in the bottles. You will find them in the Mexi section of the grocery store. I haven't checked but I'm certain you could probably order them off Amazon as well.

 

Hugs,

Greg

[MikeBiDude]

Well I’m half Mexican so no need to explain regional...

There are different regional varieties of Mexican food. The place I like here the owners are from Michoacan. They even import soft drinks in glass bottles! I've not seen that offered at the grocery store in a long while.

 

Here’s the brand I was mentioning:

[mike carey]

I would hope that the posters would "STICK to the TOPIC" exclusively! I abhor it when some of my threads have been highjacked by unsolicited crap.

An appropriate comment might be, `Build a bridge`. Tangents, and downright highjacks are a fact of life here.

[+ GregM]

Well I’m half Mexican so no need to explain regional...

 

 

Here’s the brand I was mentioning:

 

I'm half Mexi too! The better half I love the mandarin soda. Strawberry is my second fave.

 

Hugs,

Greg

[Kenny]

Smart and Final here has a whole section of “Mexican Coke” and a brand of Mexican fruit flavored cane sugar sodas in about 8-10 flavors....I pass on Tamarind flavor

I prefer Coca Light.

[LADoug1]

http://www.laserenataonline.com/

 

This was the restaurant that Gordon Ramsay did over in the recent episode of "To Hell And Back".

 

I thought if there were someone in the Los Angeles area that they might want to check it out and report back. At the end of the show they was as an update three months later and sadly the place was falling back into its old ways.

 

Also miss the original La Serenata de Garibaldi which was in Boyle Heights.