Mitla
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Just head out to San Bernardino’s Mitla Cafe, where Hackbarth’s former boss, Glen Bell, learned to make the tacos that turned the two of them into millionaires.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
Irene Montaño, a daughter-in-law of the founders, was thinking of selling or closing when I told the Mitla story in my 2012 book, “Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024
Great tacos weren’t the only reason I wanted to visit Mitla.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024
Spanish chroniclers christened Mitla the Vatican of the Zapotec religion, and its wonders were said to continue underground.
From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2023
Indeed, the nature of the building has doubtless obeyed the character of the stone, which does not lend itself to careful cutting and carving like the easily-worked trachyte of Mitla.
From Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development by Martin Hume
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