Normal Dreams - Liana Zhen-Ai + Astrid Sonne

Before

short ride recommended · 4 min - Los Feliz

Socorro Herrera and her husband Jaime turned an eight-by-ten-foot shoeshine stand into this on April 1, 1976, cooking the Merida recipes she grew up with. It won a James Beard America's Classics award in 2005. Cochinita pibil is the order; there are also vaporcitos and Yucatan tamales. Socorro died in December 2024 and her daughters Dora and Margie run it now.

After

0.1 mi · 2 min walk - Thai Town

Around twenty-five years of late service have made this strip-mall restaurant a Thai Town fixture. Crispy morning glory salad and the pork with Chinese broccoli are what regulars order. It runs until quarter to eleven every night.