


El Pastor
Trompo-roasted pork in achiote and guajillo, roasted piña, onion, cilantro, salsa verde.

Tacos worth shouting about.
Hand-pressed tortillas, a trompo that spins 14 hours a day and salsas with a temper. Highland Park & Boyle Heights, Los Angeles.



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Trompo-roasted pork in achiote and guajillo, roasted piña, onion, cilantro, salsa verde.



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Pollo asado, charred onions, avocado salsa.


Watermelon agua fresca, blended every morning, a squeeze of lime.

Heirloom yellow corn, nixtamalized every morning, pressed to order.
Pork shoulder in achiote and guajillo, stacked by hand, spun for fourteen hours.
Roasted on top of the trompo, sliced straight onto your taco.
Chopped every hour, never earlier.
Tomatillo and serrano, charred on the comal. Your call on how much.
Squeeze. Always squeeze.
Our masa starts as heirloom corn, nixtamalized every morning in our kitchen. We press each tortilla to order, so it hits the comal about ninety seconds before it hits your hands. It takes longer. You'll taste why.
Bright, tangy, friendly. Tomatillo, serrano, cilantro, lime.
Fridays and Saturdays until 2 a.m. at Highland Park. The trompo doesn't sleep, so neither do we.
Fri & Sat11 a.m. to 2 a.m.

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That's a free taco on your next visit.
Taco bars for 20 to 300 guests: weddings, offices, backyard birthdays. We carve on site and leave the salsa.

The al pastor made me cancel my other dinner plans.
Tortillas so fresh they're still warm when they land.
The macha de árbol lived up to the waiver.
Best 2 a.m. decision I've ever made.
Birria consomé I'd drink by the cup.
They carved the trompo at our wedding. Our guests still talk about it.
York Blvd, Highland Park, Los Angeles, CA 90042
E Cesar E Chavez Ave, Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, CA 90033