Food in Pico Rivera
Things to do in this neighborhood
Places
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Barbacoa de borrego cooked the way it is done in Texcoco, lamb wrapped in maguey leaves and steamed overnight in a pit, sold by the pound with consommé, tortillas and salsa borracha. The Pico Rivera branch sits on Whittier Boulevard with a plain dining area and a counter. Weekends are when the full cuts come out. It opens at eight in the morning, because barbacoa is breakfast.
Daily, 8am to 9pm
A 1958 supper house on Washington Boulevard that never updated itself, so the pepper steak is still flamed at the table and the Caesar is still mixed in front of you. Booths are dark red leather and the lounge has a piano on Thursday evenings. Walk-ins are taken and the bar will seat you without a booking, though weekend dinner fills up. Prices are not cheap but nothing about it is fashionable.
Lunch Tue to Fri, 11am to 3:30pm. Dinner Sun to Thu, 4pm to 10pm. Fri and Sat, 4pm to 11pm. Closed Mon
A twenty-four hour taqueria on Whittier Boulevard, part of the small El Atacor group that Angelenos know for the fried potato taco. There is a drive-thru where somebody walks out to your car to take the order, and a walk-up window for everyone else. Asada, carnitas and the potato taco with a green salsa. Nothing about it closes, which is the feature.
Open 24 hours, daily