Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Chuper michelada La Chupería. The drink's origin is the stuff of culinary urban legend. (Mariah Tauger/Los Angeles Times) The ...

The five basic types of micheladas, from left: gomichela, michelada botanera, chelada, michelada and michelagua (Susana Sanchez / Los Angeles Times) There is no truer measure of a food’s popularity ...

The michelada is a delicious Mexican drink made with beer, lime juice and assorted spices and sauces. Today is the day to celebrate this spicy yet refreshing cocktail and if you’re ready for a sip, ...

Mexico City-based author and critic Alonso Ruvalcaba refers to the michelada and the beer cocktail’s evolution into popular culture as “democracy at work.” There’s no use stopping, he argues, the ...

Late one afternoon in the fall of 1985, I was sitting alone at a table inside a giant coffee cup two doors down from the Music Machine on Pico Boulevard in West Los Angeles when the waitress brought ...

He was a barrel-chested, good-natured fellow who oozed testosterone and breathed as if every gulp of air was a cleansing breath. He had a gravelly voice, and after growling a sentence he would repeat ...

While some people think a michelada is just a bloody mary made with beer instead of vodka, fans of the famous Mexican favorite that's risen in popularity in the U.S. know there's a little more to ...

What exactly is a proper michelada? I’d love to hear a debate on this subject between my opinionated relatives who live on the border of Arizona and Mexico and Pati Jinich, the host of PBS’ ...

The perfect michelada is a mindfuck. Cold beer and lime offer the promise of refreshment, and then the other stuff hits. An undercurrent of hot sauce makes your mouth start to burn and you reach for a ...

In Zacatecas, an old mining town high in the mountains around Mexico City, in a sleek bar strung with paintings by Dalíó and Miro, a man pours tomato juice into my beer. To be strictly accurate it's ...

Adding a squeeze of fresh lime and a dash of salt to a lager or pilsner has long been Mexican tradition, and in the 1980s, this practice evolved into the refreshing beer cocktail known as michelada.