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Inside Damian, the New LA Restaurant by Enrique Olvera
Restaurant of the Week: Olvera’s first LA eatery offers the best of California and Mexico on a plate.
By Emma Al-Mousawi | June 9 2021
Enrique Olvera is somewhat of a legend in the culinary world. Credited with elevating the status of authentic Mexican flavors with his famed Mexico City restaurant Pujol – positioned 12th in the World’s Best Restaurants – his latest venture, Damian, garnered a lot of excitement, despite opening mid-pandemic last fall.
A former warehouse in the creative hotbed of downtown Los Angeles’s Art District feels right at home for the newest eatery from the avant-garde Mexican chef. Lauded as the “twin brother” to Cosme, Olvera’s beloved New York restaurant, which itself is ranked 23rd in the World’s Best Restaurants, Damian has a lot to live up to.
FRIDA KAHLO AND DIEGO RIVERA exhibition at Dolores Olmeda Museum.
Although the coronavirus is still in our midst, progress of the vaccination campaign inspires thoughts of future travel. In 2019, 32 million Americans visited our southern neighbor; why not look ahead and plan a trip to our sister city in Mexico to explore the cultural riches and pure deliciousness offered by Mexico City? Here are highlights from my own experience eating and “arting” my way from one end of Mexico City to the other when my sister and I visited just prior to the lockdown. Prices are in U.S. dollars. As of this writing, the places mentioned have survived the pandemic, but check before you go.