[dropcap size=big]F[/dropcap]igueroa Street in Highland Park will now be elotero-less.
At approximately 8 PM last night on the southwest corner of Avenue 57, Andres Santos, sold his very last steaming cup of esquite.
“Fue una sensación muy padre, nunca esperé esta recepción—jamas de los jamases.” It was a truly great experience, he says. And that he never expected it would end this way. The support was overwhelming.
It’s 11 PM and Santos is finally relaxing at home.
He is humbled, exhausted, and fatigued after getting up at 5 AM and single-handedly shucking and slicing the kernels off 500 ears of corn. He prepped up until 3 PM for his very last day of service.