Sponsored message
Audience-funded nonprofit news
radio tower icon laist logo
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
 — 
See All Episodes
Subscribe

Hey, LA listener!

Download our app for the optimal streaming experience

Apple Store logo Google play logo
  • Listen Now Playing Listen
Take Two

Guelaguetza owners on winning James Beard Classics award

By Take Two Staff
Published Mar 4, 2015
Masero Lopez eats lunch at Guelaguetza on Thursday. The restaurant is known for its mole and Mezcal selection.
Masero Lopez eats lunch at Guelaguetza on Thursday. The restaurant is known for its mole and Mezcal selection.
(
Maya Sugarman/KPCC
)
Fernando Lopez, left, his children Elizabeth, Bricia, Fernando, and Paulina Lopez, and wife Maria Monterrubio own Oaxacan restaurant, Guelaguetza. Lopez and Monterrubio are moving back to Oaxaca after 20 years in Los Angeles.
Fernando Lopez, left, his children Elizabeth, Bricia, Fernando, and Paulina Lopez, and wife Maria Monterrubio own Oaxacan restaurant, Guelaguetza. Lopez and Monterrubio are moving back to Oaxaca after 20 years in Los Angeles.
(
Maya Sugarman/KPCC
)

Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.

Get LA News Updates Daily

We brief you on what you need to know about L.A. today.
A row of graphics payment types: Visa, MasterCard, Apple Pay and PayPal, and below a lock with Secure Payment text to the right
Listen 6:03
Guelaguetza owners on winning James Beard Classics award

Guelaguetza has been serving traditional Oaxacan cuisine for more than 20 years. The restaurant was founded by family patriarch Fernando Lopez Sr. and has been praised as center of Oaxaca life in Los Angeles. 

Bricia and Fernando Jr. Lopez joined the show to talk about winning the James Beard America's Classic award.