![Get Your Mexico-City Style Carnitas at Metro Balderas
Metro Balderas is a well-known taqueria in Highland Park. Actually, you might as well just say “it’s a taqueria in Highland Park”. The concentration of high quality tacos that come from this sliver of land northeast of downtown Los Angeles is remarkable, from the fantastically fried fish at Via Mar Seafood to the permanently parked La Estrella lonchero. What Metro Balderas is said to do exceptionally well, though, is carnitas.
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Get Your Mexico-City Style Carnitas at Metro Balderas
Metro Balderas is a well-known taqueria in Highland Park. Actually, you might as well just say “it’s a taqueria in Highland Park”. The concentration of high quality tacos that come from this sliver of land northeast of downtown Los Angeles is remarkable, from the fantastically fried fish at Via Mar Seafood to the permanently parked La Estrella lonchero. What Metro Balderas is said to do exceptionally well, though, is carnitas.
![Try the Whole Pig at Tacos y Carnitas Sahuayo
In which I eat a pig’s snout (and why you should, too).
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Try the Whole Pig at Tacos y Carnitas Sahuayo
In which I eat a pig’s snout (and why you should, too).
Working offsite. #dontsleep #tacos
Paul Bartunek is a food photo master.
