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Entries from Londonist tagged with 'mexican'

August 14, 2008

Daddy Donkey is a flavour fiesta for folks lucky enough to be round Leather Lane during the week at lunchtime. We gleefully reviewed ‘em back in February and still reckon that Daddy D is a brilliant answer to the question, “What’s for Lunch?". A half year down the camino and we’re happy to report the burritos still kick ass. They’ve introduced crunchy tacos too. The only bad news (from the lunch break punter’s perspective)......

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July 5, 2008

We've always romanticised what our first Lucha Libre would be like. Running from both gangsters and the law through the mean streets of Mexico City, we duck down a back street only to discover the most magnificent fighting arena imaginable. We quickly buy our ticket to become lost in the crowd, adrenaline still coursing through our veins from our crafty escape. Wrestlers fly through the air and crash down to the mat in an......

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July 2, 2008

With their acrobatic leaps and iconic masks, Mexican wrestlers are known all over the world. As one would expect, witnessing one of their wildly energetic matches generally involves buying a plane ticket to Mexico. For three days this weekend, however, you can experience all the thrills of a true Lucha Libre just by taking the Northern Line up to Chalk Farm. Lucha Libre London brings sixteen of the best luchadores in the whole of......

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June 17, 2008

Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Taqueria 139-143 Westbourne Grove, W11 2RS Nearest Tube: Notting Hill Gate 020 7229 4734 Mon–Thurs: 12:00pm–11:00pm; Fri: 12:00pm–11:30pm; Sat: 10:00am–11:30pm; Sun: 12:00pm–10:30pm Expect to Pay: £8–£12 Rating: 9 out of 10 Spring, and a young woman’s thoughts turn towards frozen fruity cocktails – margaritas in particular. But as we haven’t yet persuaded our editor to expand this column to......

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February 19, 2008

Londonist asks that most pressing of daily concerns: where to go on your lunch break. Daddy Donkey Trailer in front of 100-101 Leather Lane EC1 Nearest Tube: Farringdon 0794 074 7676 11am-3pm for (Monday-Friday) Expect to Pay: £5-6 for a massive burrito (erm, we mean “burro”) Rating: 9.5 out of 10 A few weeks back we went burrito taste-testing for our new VERSUS series and, let down by our findings, felt as if we’d......

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January 30, 2008

Welcome to Versus, where Londonist takes like for like and decides which one is more likeable. This, our first, VERSUS post pits two Upper Street bean slingers against each other in a no holds barred Lucha Libre fight to the death. In one corner, we have Mucho Mas (27 Upper Street N1 N1 9LQ). In the other, Tortilla (13 Upper Street N1 0PN). Both serve short and incredibly identical lists of efficiently assembled burritos......

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