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Cinco de Mayo
Loqui Cinco de Mayo at home
Order a Cinco de Mayo family meal from Loqui to be delivered to your home or for contactless pick up on May 5. The meal comes with a choice of two proteins (chicken, mushroom, pork or beef), rice, beans, a dozen flour tortillas, guacamole, chips, cilantro, purple onion, cotija cheese, salsa roja and chip salsa. To decorate your house, banner decorations, one paper centerpiece flower and Mexican candy are included. Options to add to your meal include a choice of one bottle of wine or six beers. Delivery is available via ChowNow, Postmates and Caviar. Pre-order this special now for May 5 at eatloqui.com/store/catering. Loqui Culver City has a drive-thru at 3920 Landmark Ave., Culver City, (310)220-7260; and street to-go on Traction Ave., at 818 E. Third St., Suite 150, downtown Los Angeles, (213)265-7558.
Madre’s Cinco de Mayo celebration
Create a Madre Cinco de Mayo-themed fiesta in the comfort of your home. Madre is located in Palms and Torrance, providing everything you need for your at-home Cinco de Mayo celebration. Start with Oaxacan breakfast bowls, omelets and Oaxacan family-style brunch packs. Be sure to include mezcal mimosas, Champagne bottles and frozé to-go. Cinco de Mayo dinners include taco kits and mezcal margaritas for takeout and delivery. The $25 taco kit includes chips and guacamole, two chicken tacos, two asada tacos, two carnitas tacos and two aguas frescas. They are also offering a $12 mole bowl kit that includes grilled chicken and grilled veggies with corn, rice, beans and mole for takeout and delivery. Beverage kits include a $15 beer kit with michelada mix that serves six, and a six-pack of beer for $12. Madre cocktail mix “movers and shakers” includes mezcal reposado, tequila reposado, agave, mole bitters, Benèdictine and limes for $10. Call Madre for pickup at the Palms and Torrance locations, or order for delivery through Chownow, Grubhub, Doordash, Postmates, Caviar, Delivery.com and UberEats. 10426 National Blvd., Palms, (310)559-4732; 1261 Cabrillo Ave., Torrance, (310)974-8005.
Burritos Locos for Cinco de Mayo
The Madera Group known for their Tocaya Organica and Toca Madera restaurants is launching Burritos Locos, a craveable, indulgent burrito concept launched in response to the current COVID-19 pandemic. Residents in West Hollywood, downtown L.A., Hollywood, Playa Vista and Westwood can order via Postmates seven days a week from 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. This new effort allows the Madera Group to bring employees back to work, which is hugely important to the team. The menu has Pablo’s spicy beef burritos; organic diablo chicken burrito called the Nashville hot chicken, and a vegan burrito called Beyond Ridiculous made with vegan picadillo, sautéed peppers and onions, roasted tomato salsa, vegan mozzarella, cilantro lime rice and black beans. For children, the Little Loco burrito is available. Add fries, Locos sauce and guacamole. Beer and other beverages are also available to be delivered to your home. To order, visit burritoslocosla.com.
Stay home and go Rogue on Cinco de Mayo
Order canned cocktails crafted with Rogue Spirits for home delivery or purchase on shelves now nationwide. Rogue Spirits canned cocktails begin with two spirits – Rogue Bayfront Vodka and Rogue Spirits Gin. The vodka is the base for the Cranberry Elderflower Vodka Soda, Grapefruit Vodka Soda and Ginger Lime Vodka Mule. Rogue Spirits Gin is the base for the Cucumber Lime Gin Fizz. Rogue canned cocktails are available online for delivery to your home at buy.rogue.com. Rogue is now on shelves at Whole Foods Market at 7871 W. Santa Monica Blvd., (323)848-4200, and 6350 W. Third St., (323)964-6800; BevMo at 7100 Santa Monica Blvd., (323)882-6971, and 5212 Wilshire Blvd., (323)879-6242; Sunset Strip Liquor at 8860 W. Sunset Blvd., (310)652-3622; and at Bristol Farms at 9039 Beverly Blvd., (310)248-2804.
Enjoy Pulp Chips during Cinco de Mayo
Pulp Pantry makes healthier grain-free tortilla chips that are vegetable-based and made from fresh, upcycled pressed greens. These chips provide a good source of fiber in every serving, and offer the same crunch as regular tortilla chips. By supporting Pulp Pantry, you are keeping their warehouse lights on and production team working. The jalapeño lime Pulp Chips offers a slightly spicy burn that packs the heat during Cinco de Mayo. Each chip is made with organic celery and kale fiber offering four to five grams of fiber per serving, or a full day’s serving of fiber in each bag. They are also gluten-free, plant-based and non-GMO. Other flavors include sea salt, barbecue and salt ’n’ vinegar. To order and have a box sent to your door, go to pulppantry.com.
Cinco de Mayo Sol Mexican Cocina
Share Baja flavors and experiences with Sol’s Cinco de Mayo pack for three to five guests for $65. The fiesta pack includes guacamole, TJ Caesar salad with chicken, and a street taco six pack with a choice of grilled chicken, carnitas or black bean sweet potato. This package comes with a pitcher of house margaritas. Order online for pickup solcocina.com/online-order-locations. 12775 Millennium Drive, #160, (424)289-0066.
Dog Haus values nurses
On May 6-7, Dog Haus will donate $1 from every purchase to the American Nurses Foundation. It’s a way to thank brave nurses each day and night on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic. You can show support by ordering Haus Dogs for takeout and curbside pickup. This is not available via third-party apps. Order online at order.doghaus.com.
Mother’s Day
Treat Mom to Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream delivered
Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream is providing cold treats for delivery. As the weather warms up, place an online order for a Cinco de Mayo dessert or Mother’s Day gift. Sit out on your patio, veranda or porch to enjoy Jeni’s Splendid’s new Terrace Brunch flavors. Scoop caramel pecan sticky bun rich coconut ice cream; frosé sorbet offering frozen rosé sangria with strawberry and watermelon flavors; creamy lemon and blueberry parfait made with fresh blueberry jam in cultured buttermilk; raspberry rose jelly donut flakes in a vanilla custard; and Savannah buttermint in mint ice cream with white chocolate flecks. Go online and put in your zip code. Select order next to your preferred shop. Choose your favorite pints, merchandise or beverages. Click on pick up, and proceed to checkout. Enter payment information and push submit order. Jeni’s staff will gather your order and prepare it to be collected at the front of their store or delivered by one of the following delivery apps: jeni’s.com/localdelivery, Postmates, Caviar, UberEats and Doordash. Deliveries are 2 to 10 p.m. 1954 Hillhurst Ave., (323)928-2668; 123 N. Larchmont Blvd., (323)745-0407.
Treat Mom to Pasta Sisters DIY pasta kits
The family-owned Italian restaurant and fresh pasta shop has just launched a market section with delivery through ChowNow and Postmates. Highlights include a seafood spaghetti special made with shrimp and clams in a lightly spicy shrimp bisque sauce. Be sure to include cookies, condiments, super-sweet tomatoes and a fine selection of truffle products. Call for curbside pick up. 3280 Helms Ave, Culver City, (424)603-4503.
Mother’s Day bundle from Maggiano’s Little Italy
Treat mom to an Italian lunch and dinner on Mother’s Day, available for carry-out. The bundle includes mini meatballs in marinara sauce, Caesar salad, fettucine Alfredo, Mom’s lasagna with marinara sauce, chicken piccata, garlic broccoli, ciabatta rolls and a Mother’s Day dessert sampler with mini Gigi’s butter cakes, mini cheesecakes, chocolate Zuccoto bites, fresh strawberries, strawberry sauce and fresh whipped cream. This special dinner feeds up to six people and is $95. Reserve this cold-prepped Mother’s Day bundle online at orders.maggianos.com for pick up on May 8-9. 189 The Grove Drive, (323)965-9661.
Jean-Georges Beverly Hills Mother’s Day to-go meals
Two Mother’s Day decadent brunch packages are being planned, prepared and readied for pick up before Mother’s Day. The Pamper and Brunch package includes JG’s famous pancakes with the recipe and all the ingredients for a celebratory brunch for four people. This includes bacon, syrup, pastries, coffee, Champagne, fresh-squeezed orange juice, red roses and a variety of La Prairie skin care products as gifts for mom. The Pamper and Brunch package is $475 plus tax. The second Mother’s Day meal is Take and Make Brunch includes all of the above without La Prairie beauty items for $350 plus tax. Orders can be placed until 2 p.m. on May 7. Orders will be available for pick up at the entrance of the hotel on May 8-9 between the hours of 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. 9850 Wilshire Blvd., (310)860-6717.
Dickey’s Barbecue Pit Mother’s Day special
Dickey’s Barbecue Pit is hosting a social media giveaway in honor of Mother’s Day from May 1-31. Guests are invited to post the best advice their mother ever gave them on their social media for a chance to win free barbecue for the year. Use the hashtag #motherlyadvice and tag Dickey’s. Dickey’s is also offering its classic family pack to make it easier than ever for moms to enjoy their favorite barbecue. The family pack is available for delivery and takeout for $34.99. Each pack feeds up to four people and includes one pound of pulled pork, one pound of beef brisket, choice of barbecue sauce, baked beans, coleslaw, potato salad and six rolls. Visit dickeys.com/locations.
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