Chichen Itza Restaurant ★ 4.6
Chichen Itza inside Mercado La Paloma, Los Angeles plates Yucatecan dishes including the city's reference cochinita pibil. Chef Gilberto Cetina runs the kitchen.
Try: Cochinita pibil panucho
The dishJapanese rice bowl
Location
Address: 5484 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036
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