THere is a brand new tune on La Tijera, and it is a few taquería that serves San Diego-style tacos and burritos. It additionally has a club-style toilet on your personal personal listening expertise. We get to the musical John in a minute, however let’s digest first.
House owners Jessica and Cesar De Santiago love tacos as a lot as most music and so determined to mix the 2 with their new restaurant. Acapela. They arrive from San Diego the place they personal Tacos el Paisa, a household that Taquería Cesar has labored for since he was 14 years previous. Rising up and finally taking on, he discovered the ability of simplicity and know-how, each of that are totally represented of their latest restaurant on La Tijera Boulevard.
Acapela is dedicated to bringing one of the best San Diego-style tacos and burritos to Los Angeles. To make this occur they supply every part they will from San Diego together with the tortillas to maintain that SD sazón as a lot as attainable. “We’ve got chosen our high articles [at Tacos El Paisa]making the menu less complicated and extra environment friendly with out compromising recipes and style. We used know-how to see what was promoting and what ought to keep on the menu. ”If you have not discovered this, San Diego loves french fries, and the menu has fries in burritos, adobada fries, and even french fries as a aspect dish on your tacos (if you need) coated. And also you finest imagine that breakfast burritos will be dealt with with fries as a substitute of hash browns for lunch.
A burrito at Acapela. Photograph by Memo Torres for LA TACO.
Acapelas tortillas for fish tacos are dipped in crimson chilli. Photograph by Memo Torres for LA TACO.
Cesar tells LA TACO why they got here to Los Angeles from the south: “The chance within the LA space for this model was not used.”
The tacos are served with loads of meat. The adobada is flavorful sufficient to differentiate it from the remainder of the Al Pastor in LA. Nonetheless, clients flock to the crispy fish taco. The tortilla for the shrimp taco is dipped in its “diabla” sauce, just like birria tacos usually ready and cooked with scorching orange on the plancha.
Whereas most spots can misunderstand a burrito and simply throw something right into a flour tortilla, Acapela focuses on the less-is-more strategy to each burrito. The carne asada, for instance, is made with simply pico de gallo and guacamole to maintain the Angus taste from being misplaced in rice, beans, and crema that usually spill from different burritos round city. The adobada solely has coriander, onions and guacamole. The identical simplicity will be mentioned of their breakfast burritos, that are served with both ham, bacon, steak or beans, cheese and egg. Easy, vigorous and satisfying.
Acapela makes use of Angus beef and even San Diego tortillas for his or her menu. Photograph by Memo Torres for LA TACO.
However of all of their burritos, the “California-style” burrito proudly born in San Diego is the correct one to order. It could possibly be the most effective “California model” burritos in Los Angeles, with Angus steak, cheese, bitter cream and naturally nice fries. It is the one menu merchandise you’d count on this place to be proper and so they nail it.
However earlier than leaving this contemporary Mexican taquería, head down the corridor previous Joan Sebastian, Elvis Pressley, Drake, and different artists on the wall. Unlock your telephone, open your bluetooth settings and have a music prepared. Go to the toilet, discover the sunshine change on the door, hit the music button and sync the toilet along with your telephone. (Sure, you may join your telephone to the toilet through bluetooth). Hit play and hit the “night time gentle” button and be able to expertise Membership Taquería toilette up there. Groove to a corrido tumbado as you clean up.
The occasion tub within the Acapela. Photograph by Memo Torres for LA TACO.
The occasion tub within the Acapela. Photograph by Memo Torres for LA TACO.
When requested “Why? Why this toilet? “Cesar replies,” Within the Mexican meals trade, bogs are at all times forgotten and so they … [usually] have ugly bogs. So I believed, let’s do it utterly otherwise, very clear, stunning and simple to take care of. ”
Jessica and Cesar each imagine that two issues are closest to your soul; Meals and music. They inform LA TACO: “Whenever you eat one thing scrumptious and hearken to good music, it fills a variety of gaps. It feels good and we wish folks to really feel good. “
Acapela is headquartered at 6913 La Tijera Blvd, Los Angeles, California
