Huevos Rancheros: El Huarache Azteca

Posted on January 9, 2009 by EL CHAVO!

If you live in Northeast LA, you probably know about El Huarache Azteca. It’s been featured by Mr. Gold, had write ups in magazines and newspapers, and is regarded as a place for excellent huaraches. Their huarache sin carne is pretty much perfect and the torta vegetariana is great, especially with a large agua fresca. A few months ago I noticed a hand written sign on the door that mentioned Huevos Rancheros, but of course, I had already placed my order. Drats.  I figured I’d make it back some time to give them a try. And I did.

Now I kinda hate Huarache Azteca.

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LH X-mas Parade 2008

Posted on December 24, 2008 by EL CHAVO!

You all thought I’d forgotten, eh? Nah, I’ve just been a tad busy. So yeah, it’s more than a week late but I had too many pictures to pick from, too many to process, very little time to spend, and not enough wisdom to edit this post down to a more appropriate size. Thus, I give you close to 100 picutres of the Lincoln Heights Xmas parade! Oof, que desmadre. Sorry about that. But I figure at this time of night on a X-mas Eve you’ve already had all the tamales and buñuelos you can stomach, finally got tired of the work stories from your Tio that’s just a tad into borracho territory, and can’t make it thru another hour of christmas programs on TV. But you don’t want to leave the party just yet, you just need to kill some time until midnight. Well as a gift to you trapped-with-the-family readers, I submit this long boring post about the LH X-mas parade, which will help to kill some time but might actually increase the boredom. Oh well. You can send me those thank you cards later! 🙂

Listo? Siganme los aburidos!

Posted in Chanfles, Fotos, Lincoln Heights, This Chicano Life | 9 Comments

Holiday Decor

Posted on December 22, 2008 by EL CHAVO!

The decorations are coming up and it’s starting to look like the holidays around LH. I think I’m gonna go caroling!

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RIP-VONS-PISS

Posted on December 4, 2008 by EL CHAVO!

Yesterday I read on the Lofty Thoughts blog that the LH Vons was closing down, but I didn’t believe her, that just seemed crazy. But I apologize for my skepticism because today I found out that yes, it is indeed closing down, Vons will be gone and suppossedly Smart & Final is going to take over the space. That’s pretty messed up. Lots of the people shopping there tonight were also surprised and saddened that this local supplier of food items was closing down on us when it seemed like it was doing pretty well, at least judging by the long lines and packed parking lot. But no doubt the Corporate Kingpins have other calculations in mind (mostly consisting of profit margins) and this particular outlet is expendable. It’s certainly going to be an inconvenience not having that store around, but I kinda don’t care if they leave. For as long as I can remember, that store has cultured an antagonistic relationship with the neighborhood, so fuck ’em. Click ahead to see some of those reasons.

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Huevos Rancheros: La Casita Mexicana

Posted on November 30, 2008 by EL CHAVO!

After a few days of too much tofu turkey it was time to take a break from that holiday fare and be thankful for some new HR opportunities! My friend Chimatli had a brief chat with Jonathon Gold recently at the Archives Fair and asked him about his favorite Huevos Rancheros, it turns out he’s partial to those from this small but popular restaurant in Bell. I’ve always wanted to try the place out as they get lots of press coverage (even in La Opinion and some Univision tv news shows) so I might as well kill two birds with one stone. Err, I mean, two tofu “birds” with one, umm..Oh never mind, you know what I mean! Vamos!

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“Cafe In The Heights”

Posted on November 27, 2008 by EL CHAVO!

One of my LH homies let me know about this cafe that was set to open “in the heights”, but last week I saw this sad sign postponing the grand opening until further notice. That can’t be good. I’ll keep an eye out pa ver que pasa, hopefully they get it going.

But “the heights”? That’s a terrible name.

Posted in La Comida, Lincoln Heights | 13 Comments