The Meals That Got Us Through 2025

On this week’s episode of Taqueando, Bill Esparza sits down with Nayomie Mendoza, owner of Cuernavaca’s Grill, for a reflective year-end conversation. Together, they share their most memorable meals of 2025 while taking stock of a difficult year for restaurants shaped by wildfires, ICE raids, and ongoing instability across Los Angeles. It’s a thoughtful discussion about resilience, community, and what it meant to keep cooking, eating, and showing up in a year that tested the city’s food scene.

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