La Cocina del Puerco

• Cuisine(s): Mexican
  Hours: Sun 12pm-8pm, Mon-Thu 11am-8pm, Fri-Sat 11am-9pm
  Price: $
• Payment Types: MasterCard, Visa
  Features: Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout
  Serving: Dinner, Lunch
• Alcohol: Beer/Wine
  Reservations: Accepted, Not Accepted, Not Necessary
  Parking: Street

Description

Sister to El Puerco Lloron in the Market, this Mexican restaurant is decorated with brightly colored walls, rickety tin tables, and enough trinkets hanging from the ceiling to keep a small child fascinated while you finish your carnitas platter in piece. The taqueria does just a few things in order to do a few things well. The most important, of course, are its made-to-order tortillas, which come off the griddle sweeter and more supple than store-bought. Order the taquito combo, and they'll come rolled up around flank steak or long-braised pork carnitas. (The spare tortillas are turned into round tortilla chips.) Also good are the tamales, filled with chunks of roasted pork or tomato-sauced chicken.