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For the better part of the last two years my friend Bill Esparza aka StreetGourmetLA has been talking my ear off about Comida Corrida, the traditional mid-day Mexican meal that comforts and energizes ...

One of my new rituals is checking the menu for Cuchara's daily comida corrida lunch, a $15 fixed-price menu served in three separate courses. That's what gives this comida, or "meal" in Spanish, its ...

Comida corrida is the Mexican answer to a prix fixe lunch, an economical, starch-heavy, three-course meal. First will be a soup, followed by either rice or noodles and a main dish. The last two ...