Message: | Of my East LA wanders, the truest and greatest taco, better than anything I've had at Grand Central or the Mercado, is the Antonijiro Denise's on Olympic. (Its cousin in Hollywood is truly fine, and would have won my soul over, were it not for the taste of the Original True.) Carnitas, chicharon, lonja, cabeza, al pastor. Near the Tito's area, there's a few Oaxacan places that are pretty fine. One on Washington a flew blocks west - El Sazon Oaxecqueno, I think? and one on Santa Monica on the same block as the 50's cafe. Very fine. Aguila is the name? I might be totally wrong. Diverging from the exact country, but close in soul the Tito's, is Empanada's Place, for the crunchy-fried on the outside, savor on the inside. It now has beat out Tito's for when I gots the *need* for crunch and grease, and I'm in that part of town. Corner of Venice and Sawtelle, about a block and a half from Tito's. -thi |