ook, here it comes!” said Elsa Barragan ofMariscos el Garageas her newly wrapped food truck made its way around the corner of 17th and Sherman in Long Beach.
In big letters, it read “Mariscos El Garage, Estilo Sinaloa & Michoacán!.” The truck had a picture of her father and the silhouette of his garage imprinted on the side. You see, Barragan is no newbie to seafood. She is continuing her father’s mariscos (seafood) legacy with the opening of her first food truck.
But, before her grand opening on Sunday, she closed the door to a significant place. A place that up until early this week was a hub for some of Long Beaches’ best cócteles de camarón.