Los Angeles is filled with vendors who don't have a social media account nor are they on Yelp or anywhere else. They're in neighborhoods to mostly feed other people in those neighborhoods. This isn't unique to L.A., of course, but the propensity of these kinds of casual vendors is part of what makes L.A., L.A.
Case in point: my friends from City Terrace told me about this woman who sells homemade burritos off a simple street stand, just outside St. Lucy's Catholic Church. She usually sets up in the morning (look for the blue tent top) and then sells until she runs out. I have no idea how many days a week she's out there but I went on a Friday morning, around 10am, and sure enough, there she was.
She sells at least half a dozen kinds of burritos, in addition to tamales and tortas. I was there to try a burrito and I ordered the mole poblano which is pulled chicken in a bittersweet mole sauce.
First, these are smaller burritos — similar overall to the burritos at La Palma but more squat. It's a fist-burrito and at $4, seems priced just about right. Besides the primary protein, there was rice in here too but I don't think there were beans.
Overall, for some "street corner, abuelita-made burritos," this was pretty decent. If one wanted to nitpick, you could find small faults with it but overall, for a homemade burrito sold in front of a church, this was tasty and if I lived closer (I'm not far but not around the corner either), I'd be tempted to come back on a regular basis to patronize. But it's also not a "must have" that warrants a special trip. Just know that if it's a morning where St. Lucy's holds mass, roll out and look for the blue tent top to find Our Lady of Immaculate Burrititos.
by soulsides
Dining and Cooking