Torta Movil
Mexican restaurant · South Los Angeles
2623 San Pedro St, Los Angeles, CA 90011
Highlights
Mexico City-style tortas, including the Porky and Cubana.
Mexico City-style tortas, including the Porky and Cubana.
"This seven-by-ten-foot trailer has been around since the ’90s and continues to make some of the best tortas you’ll find in Los Angeles. The South Central operation specializes in Mexico City-style sandwiches with fillings like breaded steak, pork leg, and chorizo. Torta Movil has changed things up over the years though, and offers vegan options, too, like one with soyrizo, potatoes, and mushrooms on a soft telera roll. If you want a meatier torta, go for the Porky—it's a trifecta of slow-cooked pork, chorizo, and the often misunderstood (but delicious) head cheese. All of these savory, spicy, and fatty flavors play nicely with your sandwich’s raft of toppings: mayo, jalapenos, avocado, lettuce, queso fresco, and frijoles." - brant cox, sylvio martins, cathy park
"This roughly 7-foot by 10-foot operation has been around since the ’90s and makes some of the best Mexico City-style tortas in LA. The South Central truck presses its tortas on the grill until the telera rolls get extra crispy, and they stick to classic fillings such as milanesa, pork leg, and sliced hot dogs. If you’re going big on meats, the Porky torta is our favorite with its trifecta of slow-cooked pork, spicy chorizo, and carnitas, plus all the usual accompaniments like avocado, mayo, lettuce, and frijoles. They also offer meat-free options too, like the Veggie with a blend of mushroom, onions, and bell peppers that get a nice sear on the plancha. " - sylvio martins
"This roughly 7’x10’ operation has been around since the ’90s and continues to make some of the best tortas you’ll find in Los Angeles. The South Central truck specializes in Mexico City-style sandwiches with classic fillings like breaded steak, pork leg, ham, and chorizo. However, Torta Movil has changed things up over the years and now offers vegan options too, like the Soyri-Papa, which comes with soyrizo, soft-cooked potatoes, mushrooms, and caramelized onions on a soft telera roll. If you’re interested in a meatier sandwich, go for the Porky torta that comes with a trifecta of slow-cooked pork, spicy chorizo, and the often misunderstood (but seriously delicious) head cheese. All of these savory, spicy, and fatty flavors pair great with the sandwich’s mayo, jalapenos, avocado, lettuce, queso fresco, and frijoles. Food Rundown Soyri-Papa Torta This plant-based sandwich is heavy, oily, and absolutely what we want after a night of questionable decisions. The soyrizo releases all of its smoky paprika flavor that gets soaked up by slices of starchy potato. The cooked mushrooms and caramelized onions bring extra sweetness and savoriness to the mix before it all gets piled into a fluffy, semi-toasted telera roll. Porky Torta This torta is like pork’s “Greatest Hits” album. The marinated pulled pork is very juicy and goes well with the fatty head cheese and spicy chorizo sausage. It’s definitely rich and maybe not something we want every day, but it gets a little kick of freshness from its lettuce, tomato, and avocado. You know, for balance. Cubana Torta Texture is king in the Cubana Torta: you get crunch for the breaded steak, chewiness from the sliced ham, spicy crumbles from the chorizo, and some meaty tenderness from the shredded pork leg. And in case you thought that’s every adjective we can possibly think of, the gelatinous head cheese melds all the meats together before it all gets topped with its lettuce, tomato, and avocado." - Sylvio Martins
"A bright red horse trailer, converted into a Mexico City-style torta stand, is one of a quartet of chilango sandwich veterans offering sandwiches as good as you’ll find in Mexico’s capitol. Get the Porky, a pork lover’s trio of shredded pork, chorizo, and head cheese, in a crusty telera roll." - Farley Elliott
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