These Simple Mexicali-style, Aluminum Foil-Wrapped Burritos Are For ‘Lonches,’ Not Influencers ~ L.A. TACO

These Simple Mexicali-style, Aluminum Foil-Wrapped Burritos Are For ‘Lonches,’ Not Influencers

These are the burritos that northern Mexico is familiar with, especially in the borderlands that stretch from Juarez to Mexicali. These are the not french-fried filled burritos of San Diego, the beans-rice-and-meat burritos of Los Angeles, or the everything-and-your-mama burritos of San Francisco that most average civilians are familiar with. These are laborers' burritos sold out of a cooler, and so satisfying in the simplest way possible.

If simplicity in authenticity reigned supreme, these burritos would have their castle rather than an EZ-UP, a king’s table instead of a folding one, and a golden chest full of cachanilla burritos instead of an igloo with reused tortilla bags full of aluminum-wrapped burritos.

The stretch of Vermont Avenue where you’ll find El Cachanilla Burritos is desolate. Behind the stand is a barbed wired metal fence protecting shipping containers, while across the street, a long-gardened stucco wall gates a residential community.

A blue tent over an LA burrito stand on the sidewalk — El Cachanilla Burritos' stand on Vermont Boulevard. Photo by Memo Torres for L.A. TACO.