this is where you need to go at least once. I met my boyfriend's parents for the first time at the restaurant on La Cienaga, and it was very intimidating. We had to dress up, we had a fancy table, there are waitresses wandering around with doilies on their heads, and the meat cutters with their trays of meat, and they're wearing metals around their necks . . . I also went to the one downtown once, which is a lot more low key.
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