With a multitude of fillings, such as pork and pineapple or tamales, the Mexican torta boasts nearly endless varieties. In the case of a typical torta, the bread is a crusty, oblong bolillo roll or ...

In 2000, Javier Padilla started a restaurant in his Oakland home. He sold tortas ahogadas, the gloriously messy sandwich of his upbringing in Guadalajara, Mexico. It's stuffed with carnitas, then, ...

You do not nibble at a torta ahogada. You go to battle with it. A symbolic dish of Guadalajara, the “drunken sandwich” is a monster of sorts — one mightier than the torta Cubano or even the Mexico ...

Carmen Romero prepares the birote bread for the tortas at Tortas Ahogadas Guadalajara in Fort Worth on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025. Juan Figueroa / Staff Photographer This story is part of a series on ...

Food & Wine published a listicle praising the “Best Sandwich in Every State.” In Texas, the magazine celebrated the torta ahogada, nodding to two great San Antonio restaurants: Ro-Ho Pork & Bread and ...

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The lonche de pierna (center) is a torta stuffed with pork leg meat in adobo sauce. Credits: Photo by Lance Yamamoto The lonche de pierna (center) is a torta stuffed with pork leg meat in adobo sauce.

It's amazing to me to see how many riffs there are on this torta around the country. I have tried many of them, but nothing comes close to the original in Guadalajara, where the star of the show is ...

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