Sonoratown, Mexican restaurant in Downtown Los Angeles, United States.
Sonoratown is a Mexican restaurant in downtown Los Angeles that prepares traditional dishes from the state of Sonora. The kitchen works with handmade flour tortillas, grilled meats, and fresh ingredients selected daily from local suppliers.
The restaurant opened in 2016 and brought authentic border-town Mexican cooking to the streets of Los Angeles. The founders wanted to share their regional culinary tradition with a wider audience outside of Mexico.
The kitchen draws from the northern Mexican state of Sonora and the owners prepare dishes using traditional methods passed down through generations. The food reflects the culinary heritage of this border region and is uncommon to find in Los Angeles.
The restaurant is located in downtown and operates most days of the week, with meal times influenced by season and time of day. It is easily walkable and situated at a central address in the neighborhood.
The restaurant uses mesquite wood for grilling and imports flour directly from Sonora for its tortillas. These special ingredients and techniques set it apart from other Mexican restaurants in the city.
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