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Mitla

American  
[meet-lah] / ˈmit lɑ /

noun

  1. the ruins of a Zapotec Indian city near Oaxaca, Mexico, yielding elaborate remains of temples and other artifacts.


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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

Great tacos weren’t the only reason I wanted to visit Mitla.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2024

Mitla Cafe, meanwhile, became an Inland Empire institution, hosting the likes of Cesar Chavez and other Mexican American leaders.

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

The next day, we were again at Mitla.

From In Indian Mexico (1908) by Starr, Frederick

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