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Mountain Views News, Sierra Madre Edition [Pasadena] Saturday, April 1, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||
9 FOOD AND DRINK & MORE Mountain Views-News Saturday, April 1, 2017 BORN TO DRIVE TO EAST LA If and hopefully you have been following me right here in the newspaper and my radio show on Sundays at 5 PM. With that said you know I have found many Mexican restaurants in Southern California. It makes sense, doesn’t hurt to have many Mexican Restaurants, but how many of them are good. I mean even acceptable. There are those that have above average food but the drinks plain stink!!! Or the drinks are good but the food sucks!!! Well my friends since I am high and dry this month, the food part of this equation was what I was looking for, so with my friend Janice, (claims to be a restaurant critic in waiting) I trekked down to East LA to the Original El Tepeyac Café on Evergreen in the heart of East LA. The restaurant is fairly small with a counter and plenty of parking. The atmosphere is lively and the patrons come from all and I mean all walks of life. So what is it that brings patrons from all parts of the city to this Café? It’s the food, and it’s darn good too. Portions are big and you’ll always leave with half of your food in a to-go bag. I’m telling you friends I tried to order the whole menu so that I could bring to you my loyal readers and viewers the best review possible, but I failed the portions are toooo big. So what did I have ? I asked the server on a few suggestions and I went with the Taquitos with Guacamole, as soon as saw this portion I knew I ordered too much food. Next was the Manuel tacos , friend Janice wouldn’t share but the look on her eyes I can tell she was pleased or was it that I am so handsome? Hmmm. The staple or the signature dish at El Tepeyac are the burritos my selection was the #2 A chile Colorado at this is a great dish and is pork slowly simmered in a red chile sauce, man it’s worth driving back for. If you are running from the cops stay away, El Tepeyac is a fav of the men in blue. The Hollenbeck Burrito is a favorite of the police and comes with chips and guacamole. Next time I’m going to order the Okie de Pollo…shredded chicken breast. So what does El Tepeyac mean? The Hill that the Virgin Mary was sighted!!! No beer or wine. My only complaint is this darn to go menu. I guess I’m just getting old the print is too small. Hey love to hear from you.. follow me on twitter or facebook, ot the old fashioned way… e mail me thechefknows@yahoo.com AM 830 KLAA Sundays at 5 PM TABLE FOR TWO by Peter Dills thechefknows@yahoo.com We'd like to hear from you! What's on your mind? Contact us at: editor@mtnviewsnews.com or www.facebook.com/mountainviewsnews AND Twitter: @mtnviewsnews Mountain Views News 80 W Sierra Madre Blvd. No. 327 Sierra Madre, Ca. 91024 Office: 626.355.2737 Fax: 626.609.3285 Email: editor@mtnviewsnews.com Website: www.mtnviewsnews.com | ||||||||||||||||||||