QUESADILLAS ESTILO TEXCOCO
Mexican restaurant · East Hollywood
501 N Berendo St, Los Angeles, CA 90004
Highlights
Mexican street food with handmade tortillas, fresh ingredients
Mexican street food with handmade tortillas, fresh ingredients
"A Los Angeles street-stand operation that has given away thousands of free meals through community cookouts is shifting toward sustainability with a share-a-meal program that lets customers pay a bit extra to buy a free quesadilla for someone in need. Over the pandemic the organizer has helped distribute roughly 7,000 free meals, but dwindling donations and returning volunteers threaten that model; typical collections per cookout ranged from about $300 to $700. With eviction moratoria expiring and economic need persisting, the operator is planning to embed community funding into menu pricing (for example, directing a dollar from certain items toward cookouts) while bracing for customer pushback at higher per-plate prices." - Jaya Saxena
"The East Hollywood resident, whose last name Eater has withheld at his request, runs Quesadillas Tepexco, a sidewalk evening operation that spent more than a year feeding locals and neighbors, using produce like calabacitas that Heleo grew himself from a nearby community garden." - Farley Elliott
Catherine Leighton
Chris O
Fernando Pulido
Dora Palmer
Remzi Xhemalce
Scarlett Bermudez
P. Adrián Medrano
Sam Klemmer
