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Originally Posted by tabs
In East LA there is a small but real popular little Cafe on Evergreen Street right across the street from the church. I started going there in the late 1970's, usually sitting at the counter and ordering the Machaca dinner. From the time the waitress took the order to the steaming plate of food being placed in front of me was 90 seconds. Manny would sometimes come by and serve you a shot El Presidente.
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"A bit of history about Manuel’s Original El Tepeyac Café. Founded in 1942 by the Rojas family; originally called El Tupinamba Café, located in downtown LA; which then moved to Lincoln Heights, there known as La Villa Café. In 1952 the family made its final move to Boyle Heights, where it would be known as El Tepeyac Café, now the home of the ever famous “Manuel Special” – - the FIVE POUND BURRITO! After the untimely death of his father, Salvador Rojas, Manuel stepped in and along with his mother Rebecca, took the restaurant and built it to become the neighborhood restaurant of Los Angeles and for all who come."
1812 Evergreen - Great food, great people. When I used to go there in the mid '1970s during school, the sign read El Tepeyac #2. As I recall the Manuel Special was free if you could finish it in half an hour. Not many did.