Spot Check! Welcome to L.A. TACO’s latest column, where we bring you the latest and most exciting openings, pop-ups, finds, and food events around all of Los Angeles this week. Because the newer the spots, the downer the food…
The Mochomitos Asador truck is now open in Whittier, offering a Sonoran steak experience centered on offerings like arrachera and top sirloin, plus chorizo and pastor, available in tacos, burritos, papas locas, and quesadillas, with both corn and flour tortillas, including those for burritos, made in-house and to-order. One of the truck's most popular orders is costillas, a whole beef rib is sliced up into your taco; the bone is served on the side. The truck also offers tacos lorenzas, where the tortilla is grilled to a crispeir texture. 12252 Whittier Blvd. Whittier, CA 90602
Santo Fish Restaurant is now open in Pico Rivera. The bar and grill offer cocktails such as a Mole Poblano Mezcalini with mezcal, mole poblano, Abuelita chocolate, and Ancho Reyes, along with marisquería-style menu items such as tacos gobernadores, aguachile Vallarta, lobster tails, charred octopus, oysters, and shrimp in multiple permutations.