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| WAR at the Sunset Grill, mid 1970s. (L-R) Charles Miller, Lonnie Jordan, Howard Scott, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lee Oskar. Not pictured Papa Dee Allen. |
When Gustavo Arellano asked for XLNT tamale fans to represent, I answered the call. Arellano was working on a story for the
Los Angeles Times.
I told Gustavo that it all started for me when I worked with the band WAR, at Far Out Productions at 7417 Sunset Boulevard, next to the
iconic Sunset Grill, right after I moved to Hollywood:
"Los Angeles web producer Dennis Wilen first ate XLNT tamales fresh from a slow cooker at the Sunset Grill in Hollywood when the Philadelphia native had just arrived in the city in 1977 and still enjoys their slightly spicy, not-too-greasy flavor.
When I moved here, I discovered a whole new world,” he said, “and that flavor takes me back to that time of wonder and exploration. I’ve graduated to other tamales, but I always go back to them."
Read the
fascinating history of XLNT tamales here...
