So many celebrity photos cover the inside of the original El Cholo off Western Avenue that they probably hold up the restaurant as much as the walls themselves. There are the sports icons ...

At 7 p.m. on a Friday at the original El Cholo location on Western Avenue just south of Olympic Boulevard, East LA natives sit in the lounge next to the busy bar with its massive blue-tinged fish ...

This year, El Cholo will mark a century as a mainstay for celebrities, students and a loyal staff. Its menu and history mix tradition and innovation. Ron Salisbury, left, the third-generation ...

LOS ANGELES — The intersection near El Cholo was dedicated Thursday as Alejandro and Rosa Borquez Square in honor of the founders of the Mexican restaurant which is celebrating its 100th ...

But El Cholo, the venerable Mexican institution founded nearly a century ago, is a throwback in more ways than one. Many employees have stayed. And stayed. At the Western Avenue location ...

El Cholo, a chain of Mexican restaurants in southern California that recently celebrated its centennial, held a grand opening Monday for its new location at 2166 S. 900 East in the Sugar House ...

Sidled up to a wooden table in front of the fireplace at the El Cholo on Western Avenue, owner Ron Salisbury is blunt when asked about his prospects as a teenager growing up in Los Angeles. "I wasn't ...