"Pico-Union’s El Parian is an “if-you-know-you-know” kinda place when it comes to Jalisco-style goat birria. After decades of business, this local shop still serves bowls of slow-roasted goat in a flavorful, dark red consommé and pounds of birria tatemada (aka oven roasted) with fresh tortillas on the side. While maybe not as popular as the birria, El Parian’s pozole is worth your full, undivided attention. It comes in a delicious red broth with plenty of dried chiles, garlic, and sweet oregano stewed together with chunks of tender pork. The soup also gets served with a side of chicharron with bits of dried meat still attached, all of which gets gently rehydrated in the soup." - sylvio martins
Matt Gendal
