Chef's Night Out: Wes Avila

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  • čas přidán 2. 07. 2024
  • Guerrilla Tacos started as a two-person food cart in 2012, and has now become quite possibly the most celebrated food truck in country, earning the distinction to be the first food truck ever reviewed by legendary LA food critic Jonathan Gold.
    Head chef and owner Wesley Avila serves up some of the most unique and delicious tacos LA has to offer, so we tagged along with the LA native (on his birthday, no less) to see where he heads out to on his day off. The first stop of the night was Walter Manzke's Republique for serious French fare, with truffle pasta, caviar, and a ton of wine (even a Magnum bottle to go). After getting crushed with food, it was off to Cliff's Edge in Silverlake for some lighter dishes and few cocktails. We then headed all the way to the other side of town to Tonga Hut, Wes's favorite bar that he frequents so much his name is on the wall. The crew quickly downs some tiki drinks and they zips to Mexikosher to cook the final meal. There, Wes whips up lamb tacos for his friends and family, and caps off a very special birthday.
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Komentáře • 123

  • @x_july_o
    @x_july_o Před 8 lety +1

    I love Chef Wes Avila, his wife, friends and peers! they seem like cool, bad ass, down to earth people! please do more of these episodes with them!!

  • @henrygomez6538
    @henrygomez6538 Před 3 lety

    El mejor CHEF de CALI gran persona yo TUVE el honor de trabajar con el y fue una gran puerta que se me abrio.
    Gracias, chef WEST por todo, gracias por la oportunidad de ser parte de su equipo del 2018.
    Espero y les den una estrella michelin que tanto se la merece, pero para eso hay que trabajar duro y se que algún día no tan lejano ese honor va a llegar.
    Les deseo lo mejor y para adelante.
    Había trabajado antes con CHEF Tony esnault y pasar a GUERRILLA fue UNA GRAN oportunidad de desarrollarme en comida MEXICANA, que nunca había estado y más a ese nivel, fue un BUMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!
    de las mejores experiencias en mi vida.

  • @BF30Duca
    @BF30Duca Před 8 lety +1

    nice episode, thank you👍👌👏

  • @LorenzoCiani
    @LorenzoCiani Před 8 lety +1

    Fantastic episode, very entertaining guests!

  • @malakhaipearson8222
    @malakhaipearson8222 Před 8 lety +4

    great ep. i can tell this dude is legit and has a real love for food. anyome who can't see that is a fcuhk boi in my mind. dude is french trained and he still rocks it out in a taco truck. props dude.

  • @franciman2
    @franciman2 Před 8 lety

    Great series, lovely looking food

  • @mandyg5444
    @mandyg5444 Před rokem +2

    Katsuji! Another one of my favorite top chef’s. He’s funny af and an inspiring. However I didn’t expect to see Phillip in the mix?? How does that work. He was one of the most irritating chefs from the show. I just don’t see Katsuji and Phillip as homies. 😂

  • @AMP21EBP
    @AMP21EBP Před 8 lety +3

    I'm down with this guy, looks great! Wish I lived in LA

  • @steveditko1
    @steveditko1 Před 8 lety +3

    I'd like to see a Chef's Night Out with Katsuji. Saw him on Top Chef and he seems like a funny, interesting dude.

  • @jws14
    @jws14 Před 8 lety +4

    The guests were like we waited all night for some lamb tacos? Damn

  • @RealCaribbean
    @RealCaribbean Před 8 lety +3

    Chef Wes is such a good dude. His IG makes me hungrier than anyone else's. Uni Tacos WHAT?!?!!

  • @SirSpaceboots
    @SirSpaceboots Před 8 lety +35

    I liked it. Yall grumpy down here

    • @Tearyatobitz
      @Tearyatobitz Před 4 lety

      SirSpaceboots hey man I’ve had this friend I’ve know for like 20 years and I can just remember that his birthday is some day in June.

  • @mickkeim4142
    @mickkeim4142 Před 4 lety

    Love it...

  • @Dinnerwiththeavilas
    @Dinnerwiththeavilas Před 8 lety

    Great video.

  • @sheldonsmith1739
    @sheldonsmith1739 Před 8 lety +61

    an Asian guy named Jerome. That's a new one for me

    • @zerocoolkid9757
      @zerocoolkid9757 Před 8 lety +13

      wat, did u expect a ramon

    • @yourlocallad4647
      @yourlocallad4647 Před 8 lety +2

      +Tonathyu Perez An asian guy named 'Ramon' would be weird as well ! Lmao

    • @arfriginal
      @arfriginal Před 7 lety +2

      +angel jacobs you guys should know some filipinos then. A lot have spanish sounding names.

    • @ryansilver11
      @ryansilver11 Před 7 lety +4

      i met an asian guy named Carleton

    • @yoshiakishii204
      @yoshiakishii204 Před 6 lety +1

      A black person named Humphrey lmao

  • @BoyAditya
    @BoyAditya Před 8 lety

    awesome. I think this is my first time watching chef from food truck. is this video the first for foodtruck chef? ...
    there's a lot of awesome foodtruck chef. hope there will be others

  • @stoopidoh1104
    @stoopidoh1104 Před 7 lety +1

    Had brunch at Republique back in June of this summer. That place is incredible. Great coffee too, which is super fucking important!

  • @DuckOfDeath1332
    @DuckOfDeath1332 Před 7 lety

    I like this guy.

  • @bvausch1
    @bvausch1 Před 8 lety +2

    It's LA after all, damn I wish I was LA hipster for a day.

  • @waynecager93
    @waynecager93 Před 8 lety +1

    honestly i love watching night out because it reminds me of nyc nightlife

    • @danlee3055
      @danlee3055 Před 8 lety

      Then im afraid it was not really nyc nightlife as meant to be experienced

    • @danlee3055
      @danlee3055 Před 8 lety +1

      Jk i actually wish we had more eclectic dining options here in baltimore

  • @rendopatto2751
    @rendopatto2751 Před 7 lety +11

    we've become really good friends...happy birthday, it's your birthday? lmao

  • @dowaynbotha754
    @dowaynbotha754 Před 8 lety +12

    from around 09:00 his wife at the back keeps checking his hand near his "friend" lol

  • @LouTheLoo
    @LouTheLoo Před 8 lety +1

    Nice video

  • @thee_calamity
    @thee_calamity Před 5 lety

    He’s a nice guy. Cultured.

  • @XxGrizZ
    @XxGrizZ Před 8 lety +1

    $4 for a single tiny-ass taco that doesn't even have any meat on it and $3 for a bottle of soda?! You're crazy, homie.

  • @ashwoods21
    @ashwoods21 Před 8 lety

    Reminds me of the film Chef.

  • @ieprince
    @ieprince Před 7 lety

    10:25 "orale lets bounce." that sounded proper chicana right there

  • @domdelaweeds677
    @domdelaweeds677 Před 7 lety

    u had from the beginning brody with that tassle action lol

  • @hibachi4491
    @hibachi4491 Před 8 lety +1

    I'm just trying to figure out how I get on the 'invite' list to the late night meals at one of these spots...

  • @cpu278
    @cpu278 Před 4 lety

    text: "where the fuck are you it's your birthday and you gotta start cooking these tacos!"

  • @KingDennisJensen
    @KingDennisJensen Před 8 lety

    >kosher
    >rabbi needs to be present during cooking
    TIPPITY TOPPITY KEKAROO0O0O0O0O0!!1!1!1

  • @failuretocommunicate8690

    Taco chef is cool.

  • @Mnguyen92
    @Mnguyen92 Před 8 lety +34

    Already watched it on the official website... All I could say about this episode was: weirdass hipsters

  • @armzbarmz
    @armzbarmz Před 8 lety +24

    A Japanese who owns a Jewish Mexican restaurant wtf

    • @ren5043
      @ren5043 Před 8 lety +1

      Mexican jew with a Japanese name.episode on it

    • @jziskind
      @jziskind Před 8 lety

      +rene amador he's not jewish

  • @TheSkullboy1996
    @TheSkullboy1996 Před 8 lety +29

    incoming disingenuous hipster chef complaints

    • @_AdrianD
      @_AdrianD Před 8 lety +2

      +Books vs Cigarettes You called that one man! People troll so hard on here I don't understand..? Whats not to like, food and drink with good friends. Bless..

    • @TheSkullboy1996
      @TheSkullboy1996 Před 8 lety

      i know, people really don't understand Chef culture, they just blindly comment, it's really irritating

    • @_AdrianD
      @_AdrianD Před 8 lety

      Very true. Working in the service industry was one of the hardest and most fun jobs I've ever had. Bonds built and memories I'll never forget. S.I. people really know how to party.

    • @TheSkullboy1996
      @TheSkullboy1996 Před 8 lety

      totally man, work hard, play harder

  • @erikadowdy686
    @erikadowdy686 Před 8 lety

    She says; " just edit me out". lol

  • @dawsosweekends9744
    @dawsosweekends9744 Před 8 lety +1

    I wonder if one of these chefs could go a whole episode without fucking swearing

  • @Redjacket14
    @Redjacket14 Před 8 lety +35

    I feel like the Asian guy was there just to spice up the demographic. He didn't even have a dialogue.

    • @jws14
      @jws14 Před 8 lety +1

      Yeah was pretty awkward too

  • @Capitalistic_Commie
    @Capitalistic_Commie Před 8 lety +30

    I think poor Wesley married an old man in a pink wig.

  • @mezcaltalk4354
    @mezcaltalk4354 Před 3 lety

    love guerilla tacos!

  • @TheWillog
    @TheWillog Před 8 lety +1

    its mad how closed minded people see someone different and call them a hipster.

  • @michaelshen7977
    @michaelshen7977 Před 7 lety

    we all need good looking friends

  • @BANE760
    @BANE760 Před 6 lety

    Nasty ass tacos

  • @p00pie
    @p00pie Před 8 lety

    THE CUTE OLE RABBI HAD AN IPHONE 3GS

  • @dustoin1386
    @dustoin1386 Před 8 lety +2

    72 drinks in 1 year, sounds like a weekends work lol

  • @roidAholic
    @roidAholic Před 8 lety +1

    @1:50 isnt that a hair in the taco ??? bottom left lmao!
    id still eat it though

  • @Ozeki_Negima
    @Ozeki_Negima Před 8 lety

    I wonder how many of the folks who make the "damn hipster" complaints have actually worked in a kitchen. It's FULL of eclectic personalities.
    That said, I'd like to see a more traditional white-coat featured in Munchies.

  • @liamfebruary1622
    @liamfebruary1622 Před 8 lety +2

    fuck I enjoyed that way to much 😂😂

  • @jimwilson3157
    @jimwilson3157 Před 8 lety +2

    I'd say humanity is in trouble.

  • @cornbreeshalmazo7552
    @cornbreeshalmazo7552 Před 8 lety

    wow the tonga hut I'm tongan so woah

  • @danlee3055
    @danlee3055 Před 8 lety

    Can someone explain the whole rabbi kosher thing, and how much it is exactly enforced

    • @paytrip
      @paytrip Před 8 lety

      +Daniel Lee Theirs an episode on that joint, look it up.

  • @Aesthetics45
    @Aesthetics45 Před 8 lety

    o look LA. Again...

  • @Xiven123
    @Xiven123 Před 8 lety +1

    Reminds me of jack black. ahaha

  • @gpm1945
    @gpm1945 Před 8 lety +2

    rabbi aint no like munchies?

  • @ZzzNamorZzz
    @ZzzNamorZzz Před 8 lety

    1:50 hair in your taco bro

  • @telesforojuandedios
    @telesforojuandedios Před 8 lety +1

    look at 7:20 is that pewds? the girl also looked like marzia

    • @oceanborn05
      @oceanborn05 Před 8 lety +1

      +Mark Magboo Holy shit, sick catch man! That's totally Pewds XD

  • @javieralba5116
    @javieralba5116 Před 3 lety

    8 dollar tostada???? Wow

  • @LiiRAE.
    @LiiRAE. Před 8 lety

    Why didn't the asian guy ride the car with them? Did he drive himself while drunk or did he have a personal ride :o

  • @lettersndnumbers
    @lettersndnumbers Před 7 lety

    "Edit me out"

  • @mikeknight42
    @mikeknight42 Před 7 lety

    mmm those little things you pick up at cocktail parties and pasta with truffle and fois gra dosed over it... tell me that restaurant didn't pay him to go there or was just trying to spoil him with off the menu dishes.e

  • @sebastianarielguri3612

    What I learned from munchies: every california chef is a fucking hipster

  • @GaGaCrazy333
    @GaGaCrazy333 Před 8 lety +1

    why are him and his wife never sitting together in the car

  • @eujeeves
    @eujeeves Před 8 lety +3

    They ate overpriced samples served on huge plates! I would've expected Chefs knew the better places to eat I guess they were just promoting their tightwad friend Chef's restaurants in this video. And as a token of their appreciation only got free alcohol for the plug on Munchies haha.

  • @hiddenbladezzz
    @hiddenbladezzz Před 8 lety

    2 Dollar strippers? The world is a magical place

  • @Dave....
    @Dave.... Před 8 lety +2

    Is he a Mexican hipster?

    • @KingDennisJensen
      @KingDennisJensen Před 8 lety +6

      +Dave He ate tacos before they became mainstream. #TacoEnthusiast

    • @Dave....
      @Dave.... Před 8 lety

      KingDennisJensen loool

  • @julioGonzalez-zn5fm
    @julioGonzalez-zn5fm Před 8 lety

    what muscles lol?

  • @khunopie9159
    @khunopie9159 Před 8 lety +32

    These are not hipsters.
    Real hipsters drink PBR and ONLY PBR.
    Take your anti-hipster chatter elsewhere yo

    • @zerocoolkid9757
      @zerocoolkid9757 Před 8 lety +1

      tecate is the new PBR

    • @WanderlustIndie
      @WanderlustIndie Před 8 lety

      +Washingtonian SEA why do you have to care about what you eat to be a hipster?

    • @djbobfive
      @djbobfive Před 8 lety

      actually hamm's tecate and pbr all work. also whiskey's.

  • @chimpchimperton
    @chimpchimperton Před 8 lety +3

    I've seen worse episodes.

  • @askbob
    @askbob Před 8 lety +4

    They should have a night out to the gym.

  • @CAfakmykak
    @CAfakmykak Před 7 lety

    i barf at his wife

  • @010FRnr1
    @010FRnr1 Před 8 lety

    americans..

  • @mcm4point2o
    @mcm4point2o Před 8 lety +1

    Freemason much?

  • @justinarias88
    @justinarias88 Před 6 lety

    Lol who's his wife ...... how did he go from driving a forklift to going to Paris..haha sugar mama for sure

  • @pvendeloo7512
    @pvendeloo7512 Před 8 lety +1

    if you put weird shit on a taco munchie will make about your business

  • @seavale11
    @seavale11 Před 3 lety

    the brighter outside the worst inside.. stop swearing yig

  • @franco521
    @franco521 Před 8 lety

    How the fuck does that guy have a JAPANESE name????

  • @guezcisco
    @guezcisco Před 5 lety

    Once you get really old those tattoos are going to make like old lizards ughhh.

  • @typ7657
    @typ7657 Před 8 lety

    Typical rude hipsters

  • @NibraasAhmad
    @NibraasAhmad Před 8 lety

    cringed too hard at the first 20 seconds. im out

  • @christopherfelker5524

    Yeah no grow up.... you are entitled and your friends
    boost you ego along with there’s alike. This video made me very sad.

  • @autumnlegend287
    @autumnlegend287 Před 4 lety

    rip-off artist, that fuckin food DOES NOT taste good

  • @ashwoods21
    @ashwoods21 Před 8 lety

    Reminds me of the film Chef.