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Restaurants in El Sereno release a food passport to explore local eats
Alex Garcia and Elvia Huerta, the masterminds behind Evil Cooks. (Cesar Hernandez for LAist)
Alex and Elvia Huerta of Evil Cooks have released the El Sereno Food Passport, a $10 booklet to promote local restaurants.
The first edition of the booklet features 18 local restaurants, each offering its own little perk when you visit and get your passport stamped. Customers can either get free snacks or drinks or get a discount.
At Tirzah’s Mexi-Terranean, you can either get 15% off your order or a free esquite when you show your passport.
Evil Cooks is so metal, they make black octopus tacos. They have also experimented with gansito tamales. This Halloween, they collaborated with Amiga Amore, a Mexitalian eatery, to create a special “witches menu” that included huitlacoche, aguachile negro and lamb shank in fig mole.
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- Evil Cooks, 3333 N. Eastern Ave., Los Angeles
- Lil East Coffee, 2734 N. Eastern Ave., Los Angeles
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