Blaine McGowan, owner of Chido Taco Lounge, announced in a Jan. 26 social media post that he was rebranding the restaurant and would reopen as Casa Alma Restaruante Mexicano. What’s new?

After more than a decade, Casa Corona at Bullard and West avenues in Fresno closed Monday, no longer serving its popular chile verde and margaritas. But you won’t find the owners grumbling about ...

“Yo empecé jugando con mexicanos cuando tenía 8 o 9 años, por eso mi estilo es bastante mexicano y por eso mismo creo que puedo tener éxito aquí”, explicó.

The Casa del Mexicano, an 82-year-old cultural center in Boyle Heights, recently reopened its doors for this year’s Christmas posadas. A year ago, it had narrowly escaped foreclosure.

In 80 years, so much has happened at the cultural center known as the Casa del Mexicano. When times were good, Mexico’s finest traveled to the giant lime- and lemon-colored building in Boyle ...