You used to have to know your way into the semi-covert backyard operation these days, there's usually a truck right in the street.įor as long as Americans have been eating pizza, New Haven has been one of America's most important pizza cities, a designation it takes extremely seriously. Elsewhere in the neighborhood, you'll find some of the best carnitas north of the border at Carnitas El Momo. Barely a block away, Tacos Y Birria La Unica sets itself apart in a city where the birria taco, filled with a rich, intricately seasoned stew popular in Jalisco, is nearly ubiquitous.
Here, you're minutes by car from some of the most exciting restaurants in the city, so next, you go everywhere, from the historic East Side neighborhoods all the way out to the beach. You order and sit on the wall like everyone else, or go inside the windowless church basement-like space and grab a table. By now almost everyone knows that you're just a short ride away, down Olympic Boulevard, to Mariscos Jalisco, which specializes in fried corn tortilla tacos dorados stuffed with shrimp and topped with fresh salsa and avocado. Just over the Los Angeles River, nearly in the shadow of the vastly expanded downtown skyline, Boyle Heights was once on the other side of one of those invisible lines.
