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What To Eat This Weekend Around L.A.: Salvadoran Fried Chicken Sandwiches, 48-Hour Pho, and Tacos Placeros

Plus, a new Enrique Olvera-approved monthly "mercadito" in D.T.L.A., a new arepa spot with patacon burgers that use fried plaintains for buns, and more in this week's roundup.

12:30 PM PDT on May 17, 2024

Salvadoran fried chicken sandwich with relaj

Salvadoran fried chicken sandwich with relajo. Photo via Walking Spanish/Instagram.

In which L.A. TACO's Hadley Tomicki fills you in on the most exciting new restaurants, pop-ups, and events cracking in Los Angeles...

West Hollywood

Curtido, pork belly-topped yucca frita, and pupusas at Walking Spanish. Photo via Walking Spanish/Instagram.

We've previously written about the French escargot and Korean short rib pupusas served at chef René Alesandro Coreas' Walking Spanish pop-up. Now you can find this Petit Trois vet cooking every Sunday and Monday afternoon at Las Perlas in West Hollywood. 

Coreas' creative Salvadoran menu will include chile masa-and-sweet corn pupusas, birra de res pupusas with consomé masa, a fried chicken sandwich with relajo, loaded yucca fries with optional pork belly on top, a fried plantain-and-black bean tartine, and much more. 

Sundays, 2 P.M. to 12 A.M. and Mondays, 5 to 10 P.M. 7511 Santa Monica Blvd. West Hollywood, CA 90046. Closest Metro line and stop: Bus Line 4 - "Santa Monica/Gardner."