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    Home » LA » {updated} Escuela Taqueria - Schooled

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    {updated} Escuela Taqueria - Schooled

    In LA, to eat fancy fusion food from a professionally trained chef, you stand on a dirty street corner with a fistful of flimsy paper napkins and a plastic spork.

    To eat "authentic" street food, you sit down at a table in restaurant with a fork and knife...

    Escuela Taqueria serves no alcohol. They have no website. When we went for lunch, they were out of fish tacos and tamales.

    And yet I quite loved sitting at the sheet metal-topped tables under a ceiling of chairs, eating "street" tacos served in paper trays, with a fork on pretty blue and white plates.

    Fish Tacos

    Escuela Taqueria - fish tacos

    Carnitas (Pork) Tacos

    Escuela Taqueria - carnitas tacos

    Tamale (chicken)

    Escuela Taqueria - tamale

    Grilled Corn

    Escuela Taqueria - grilled corn

    Chicken Tacos

    achiote lime marinade, onion, and cilantro $6
    Escuela Taqueria - Chicken Tacos

    Pork Chuletas Tacos

    Grilled pork chops with avocado and sea salt $6
    Escuela Taqueria - pork chuletas tacos

    Chips and Salsa

    If you're on a diet, at least you won't overdose on chips and salsa. They chips were chewy (underdone?).
    Escuela Taqueria - chips and salsa

    Tables

    Escuela Taqueria - tables

    Decor: Chairs on Ceiling

    Escuela Taqueria - chairs on ceiling

    Decor: Birds

    Escuela Taqueria - interior

    Escuela Taqueria Front

    Escuela Taqueria - front

    Escuela Taqueria
    308 N Stanley Ave (just north of Beverly Blvd)
    Los Angeles, CA 90036
    323.939.8226

    {lunch with James R, Wednesday January 18, 2012, updated with lunch with Le Ben Thursday February 9, 2012}

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    Comments

    1. philandlauren says

      January 19, 2012 at 12:39 pm

      yeesh-desperate for the recipe!

      Reply
    2. jacob says

      January 20, 2012 at 1:14 am

      They don't serve any alcohol, but you can bring whatever you want for free...an important distinction!

      Reply
      • Sarah says

        January 21, 2012 at 3:16 pm

        jacob! this is even better news than finding out that they *do* serve... no corkage! love it! thank you!

        Reply
    3. Snippets of Thyme (Sarah) says

      January 20, 2012 at 4:53 am

      What a super fun restaurant find.  I could live on soft tacos every day.  Just change the fillings around but keep that lush piece of avocado on top.  Those soft tacos look perfect.

      Reply
    4. DHo says

      January 20, 2012 at 3:14 pm

      I'm obsessing over that salted avocado right now. My skin feels younger just looking at it.

      Reply
      • Sarah says

        January 21, 2012 at 3:15 pm

        lol at "DHo." and yes, the avocados were some kind of wonderful... i love how they started sweating around the salt flakes (which sound gross now that i'm typing that out)

        Reply
      • Sarah says

        January 21, 2012 at 3:15 pm

        lol at "DHo." and yes, the avocados were some kind of wonderful... i love how they started sweating around the salt flakes (which sound gross now that i'm typing that out)

        Reply
    5. JAW says

      January 21, 2012 at 11:19 am

      What a great post, I discovered it last week and had the Tamales and the fish both divine the Branzino Tacos were cooked perfectly. The sheet metal tables are actually Zinc, and they are gorgeous. I will be ba k to have those avocado taco thingies.

      Reply
      • Sarah says

        January 21, 2012 at 3:14 pm

        jaw: i totally want to go back just for the fish tacos now! not a huge fan of battered and fried fish tacos (though ricky's fish tacos *are* delicious), but LOVE them when they';re grilled...!

        Reply
      • Sarah says

        January 21, 2012 at 3:14 pm

        jaw: i totally want to go back just for the fish tacos now! not a huge fan of battered and fried fish tacos (though ricky's fish tacos *are* delicious), but LOVE them when they';re grilled...!

        Reply
    6. Jeni says

      January 21, 2012 at 10:25 pm

      oh my, this looks delicious -- AND NO CORKAGE FEE?! okay, this is now on my hit list.

      Reply
    7. Sylvia says

      January 24, 2012 at 8:52 pm

      I grew up down in LA. For the last 20 years ...I've lived in Washington. The two things I miss most are the beach and the tacos. Thanks for the reminder. My mouth is watering.

      Reply
    8. Erick Calderon says

      January 30, 2012 at 4:12 pm

      All those tacos look delicious! Great find will check it out.

      Reply
    9. Lynn Chen says

      March 17, 2012 at 11:19 pm

      the corn is making me drool!  have never heard of this place before and it's closeby.  will try!

      Reply

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