Antojitos Mexicanos El Paisa
Mexican restaurant · Highland Park ·
Mexican small plates, cemitas, pambazos, tacos, quesadillas
Mexican small plates, cemitas, pambazos, tacos, quesadillas
"El Paisa is a small counter-service spot off Figueroa with a huge menu of every Mexican lunch option imaginable. The kitchen makes homemade corn tortillas for its quesadillas and tacos and can whip up anything from huaraches, tostadas, sopas, and tortas within ten minutes. You enter the orange-painted room, give your order to the cook, and sit at one of the four tables as a Univision crime drama plays on the TV. Everything we’ve tried is quite tasty, including a chewy, loaded huarache with minced chorizo, crema, and queso cotija and their excellent milanesa torta with a slathering of mayo. If you don’t want to watch reruns of an early 2000s telenovela, call ahead to place a pickup order." - Sylvio Martins
"I was on the scene in Highland Park sampling the tacos de canasta here, noting them as part of a pre-gentrification moment when the simple, portable delights of Mexican street food were being made with care and helped define the neighborhood's culinary identity." - Matthew Kang
CleverLittleCat
Austin W.
Stedman S.
Bea H.
TC
Andrew C.
Terence P.
Roy N.