{"id":149957,"date":"2026-03-27T11:11:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T11:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/149957\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T11:11:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T11:11:16","slug":"tlali-serves-chef-brothers-homeland-specialties-from-puebla-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/149957\/","title":{"rendered":"Tlali serves chef brothers&#8217; homeland specialties from Puebla, Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">UPPER DARBY (WPVI) &#8212; At Tlali, brothers Alberto and Efrain Sandoval are trying to preserve the cuisine of their culture.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Originally from San Mateo Ozolco in Puebla, Mexico, they serve dishes made from the recipes that have been handed down by their family over the years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">They had their first restaurant in South Philly for almost twenty years with La Fonda de Teresita, named after their mother. Chef Alberto&#8217;s fine dining experience includes stints at Amada, Lacroix, and Volver, and the brothers have also worked side by side over the years at restaurants like Suraya and Condesa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8216;Tlali&#8217; translates in the language of the Aztecs into &#8216;land&#8217;, and Chef Alberto says they are grateful for the bounty they are able to cultivate and present as finely crafted meals for their customers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \"><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tlalirestaurante\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tlali Cocina Mexicana<\/a> | <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61579299761037\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> | <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tlalirestaurante\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram<\/a><br class=\" \"\/>7219 West Chester Pike, Upper Darby, PA  19082<br class=\" \"\/>484-466-3593<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UPPER DARBY (WPVI) &#8212; At Tlali, brothers Alberto and Efrain Sandoval are trying to preserve the cuisine of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149958,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[68433,5453,2129,13225,51026,68432,147,149,148,150],"class_list":["post-149957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-upper-darby","tag-68433","tag-fyi-philly","tag-hispanic-heritage-month","tag-mexican","tag-taco-tuesday","tag-tlali","tag-upper-darby","tag-upper-darby-headlines","tag-upper-darby-news","tag-upper-darby-township"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}