11 places connecting Angelenos to their Latinidad

Massiel Muñoz gets choked up when she talks about the people who come to the Puerto Rican and Dominican food and dance parties she throws with her cousin and business partner, chef Victor Ramos. Many of their guests came to L.A. by themselves to work in entertainment or other professions. The root of Capicúa, named after a term used in the Dominican Republic when a player wins a game of dominoes, is togetherness and food, she said.

“We’re fortunate enough to have our family here. For someone who doesn’t, just knowing that they can come to these spaces and feel safe. A lot of people show up alone,” Muñoz said of their monthly event. “We have this saying, people come alone, but you’re going to leave with what we say ‘primos,’ cousins in Spanish.”

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