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"A cornerstone of L.A.'s Chicano burrito tradition, the place established by Ramon Manuel “Manny” Rojas (originally opened by his father in 1942 and relocated in 1952) popularized outsized burritos — most famously the five-pound Manuel’s Special — piled with rice, beans, guacamole, cheese, pico de gallo and chile rojo, with an extra ladle of chile rojo on top for a drippy, savory, blue-collar masterpiece." - Eater Staff