Mercado La Paloma
Food court · South Los Angeles
3655 S Grand Ave # 280, Los Angeles, CA 90007
Highlights
Diverse food hall with Michelin-starred seafood & Yucatecan cuisine
Diverse food hall with Michelin-starred seafood & Yucatecan cuisine
"Gilbert Cetina’s Mercado La Paloma seafood restaurant that received its first Michelin star at the 2024 awards ceremony." - Rebecca Roland
"I learned that at Komal Molino, which opened on September 25 in Mercado La Paloma next to Gilberto Cetina’s Holbox in Historic South Central, Fátima Juárez cooks dishes rooted in her upbringing in Mexico City using house-made masa and Indigenous corn sourced directly from farmers and nixtamalized on-site; the daytime menu showcases pre-Hispanic dishes and antojitos such as tacos made with blue corn, quesadillas with flor de calabaza, and squash bread topped with sour cream for dessert." - Eater Staff
"A new restaurant highlighting pre-Hispanic Indigenous food is coming to Mercado La Paloma. Komal begins its phased opening on July 1 with masa products available to start, then a full food menu, and eventually a tasting menu. The restaurant comes from two members of the Holbox team and life partners, Fátima Juárez and Conrado Rivera. The menu is set to revolve around Indigenous Mexican corn sourced directly from farmers. Once the menu is rolled out, look forward to dishes like tlacoyos, esquites, huitlacoche, and flor de calabaza. Komal started a year ago in the Holbox kitchen when Juárez started making tortillas and other masa products for the restaurant. This will be the first restaurant Juárez and Rivera have owned themselves." - Rebecca Roland
"Chef Gilberto Cetina’s Holbox announced that his popular Downtown LA restaurant will close. It’s only a temporary move as Cetina will move his mariscos operation into a food truck stationed directly outside of its current home in Mercado La Paloma. Construction crews will eventually expand Holbox into a larger space inside the Mercado." - Mona Holmes
"If the spicy cucumber margarita — made with Cazadores Blanco, kumquat liqueur, and house jalapeno puree — at this Beverly Grove branch of the Cocinas y Calaveras restaurant group doesn’t get you in a Taco Tuesday mood, then Dos Gringas will. The two tacos, a combination of slow-cooked pork al pastor, oaxaca cheese, red onions, cilantro, salsa, and a squiggle of avocado salsa atop flour tortillas, are a favorite for a reason." - Vox Creative
