Ventura Blvd, Ventura CA.
If you're not from there, it's easy to forget about Ventura. It's only 78 miles north of Los Angeles, and over 100,000 people live there. But it's low profile, it doesn't ask for your attention or care where you're from. I set up my camera on Ventura Avenue...
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And a new Downtown pizza place from Issa Rae and friends, a Drag bingo night for Cinco de Mayo, and a promising new food hall in a former juvenile detention center now filled with murals and Estevan Oriol photos.
Boyle Heights has changed since Gregory Nava filmed 'Mi Familia' 30 years ago, and gentrification threatens the neighborhood’s very essence. Unchangeable, however, is the commanding presence of the concrete viaduct at 4th and Lorena where he shot most of the iconic film.
This is L.A.’s taco-soul on full display—diverse, delicious, and the best of the best available in one spot only this Saturday.
These slider-sized sandwiches are served five to an order for $16. Built on a split bun of pão de queijo, each contains a single wedge of picanha sliced perfectly to fit inside, slicked with a garlicky aioli and churrasco’s chunky longtime companion, the salsa known as molho a campanha.
“No customer of mine leaves hungry,” says the taquero behind the very popular shop specializing in beef head tacos. “All my employees have the authority and approval to gift a free taco to new customers, even if they don’t buy anything. We want you to try it before you say no.”
