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Cemitas Poblanas Elvirita #1 Restaurante
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3010 E. First St. Los Angeles, CA 90063

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3010 E. First St. Los Angeles CA 90063

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  • Mexican
    Daily 10am-10pm
    $ $
  • cash
    Takeout
    Dinner, Lunch
  • None
    Accepted, Not Necessary
    Street
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Elvirita is a small double storefront just up the hill from El Mercado and across the street from a big cemetery. A decade or so ago, the original Cemitas Poblanas, a café in the same location, was probably the first Puebla-style restaurant in Los Angeles, the first place specifically devoted to cemitas, perhaps the greatest of Mexico's sandwiches. These are the best I've ever tasted - careful, lush compositions of crisp milanesa and quesillo; juicy carnitas and quesillo; head cheese and quesillo; and, in one memorable instance, quesillo and quesillo, punctuated with avocado and chipotles. There is the Poblano specialty called taco arabe, carbonized nubs of pork (perversely enough for an Arab taco) dressed with chipotle salsa and rolled like shwarma into a flour tortilla standing in for the pita. And there are giant quesadillas stuffed with the black, musky fungus huitlacoche. You can combine the two most famous Puebla dishes in cemitas de mole: sandwiches stuffed with shredded chicken in a spicy, pitch-black mole Poblano - as perfect as it is possible to imagine a sandwich to be. Recommended dishes: tacos arabe, cemitas de carnitas, cemitas de milanesa con quesillo.








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  • Cemitas Poblanas Elviritas: 99 Essential Restaurants 2013

    Cemitas Poblanas Elviritas: 99 Essential Restaurants 2013

    These days, it's not hard to find a decent cemita — you'll find trucks from East Los Angeles to Venice assembling the Puebla specialty almost as fast as Ricky can fry a fish taco. But the version that still reigns supreme is the one at Cemitas... More »

  • 99: Cemita de Milanesa at Cemitas Poblanos Elviritas #1

    99: Cemita de Milanesa at Cemitas Poblanos Elviritas #1

    Leading up to this year's Best of L.A. issue (due out Oct. 4), we'll be counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. No. 99: Cemita de Milanesa at Cemitas Poblanos Elviritas #1.... More »

  • Jonathan Gold Recommends Elvirita\'s <i>Cemitas</i>

    Jonathan Gold Recommends Elvirita's Cemitas

    Dear Mr. Gold: My brother called me last night to say that his deployment is almost over, and he can't wait to taste the cemitas from Pal Cabron again. He's been talking them up to his friends, and has built them up in his head as the perfect... More »

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