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Antojitos Carmen
Photo by Anne Fishbein 

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2510 César Chávez Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90033

323-264-1451 

 

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  • Mexican
    Sun, Fri-Sat 8:30am-0am, Mon-Thu 8:30am-10pm
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Description

There are the pambazos, plump, soft French rolls stuffed with chorizo and potatoes, sogged out in a mild chile sauce, and griddled until the texture resembles that of the best French toast. And what you have come here for are the crisp, artfully fried discs of masa: the saucer-shaped sopes; the fat, split gorditas; the fried-pie quesadillas that make up the heart of the Mexico City antojitos kitchen, stuffed with the smoky beef stew called tinga, with squash blossoms, with soft slices of beef tongue, with grilled beef, with stewed pigskin. If you want cheese in your quesadilla, you have to specify quesadilla de queso, which sounds redundant, but pays off. See full review.







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  • Antojitos Carmen: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

    Antojitos Carmen: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

    | Thu, November 10, 2011

    Have you ever encountered a Mexico City–style huarache de huitlacoche? Because if you haven't, you're really missing out: a footlong "sandal" of fried corn dough, too hot to touch but too compelling not to, layered with steaming middens of beans a... More »

  • Jonathan Gold Reviews Antojitos Carmen

    Jonathan Gold Reviews Antojitos Carmen

    | Thu, July 14, 2011

    Click here for Anne Fishbein's slide show.Have you ever encountered a Mexico City–style huarache de huitlacoche? Because if you haven't, at a favorite truck, or at Huaraches Azteca, or especially at Antojitos Carmen in Boyle Heights, you're really... More »

  • Off the Street: Antojitos Carmen comes in from the cold

    Off the Street: Antojitos Carmen comes in from the cold

    | Thu, January 21, 2010

    Back when I used to spend my days as the Weekly's music editor instead of its restaurant critic, my favorite time to see a band was in the weeks just before it released its first major record, after it had scrubbed away some of the grime of the cl... More »

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