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Taquería · Mezcalería · Since 2015

Tacos al carbón y mezcal.

Corn from Oaxaca ground every morning, tortillas pressed the minute you order, al pastor turning over the coals and forty mezcals poured the slow way.

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Three tacos with pink pickled onion and three salsas in a paper tray on a painted talavera tile table, guacamole and rice beside them
Tortillas pressed every ten minutes
  • Al pastor
  • Carnitas
  • Suadero
  • Quesabirria
  • Hongos
  • Mezcal de Oaxaca
  • Salsa macha
  • Horchata
A stack of fresh tortillas in a clay dish on a dark wooden table dusted with flour, a rolling pin beside it
El Maíz

It starts with corn, not flour.

Our tortillas are made the way they have been for three thousand years. No bags, no shortcuts: heirloom corn, lime, water and a hot comal.

  1. Nixtamal

    Heirloom corn from Oaxaca simmers overnight with cal (lime) to soften the skins and wake up the flavour.

  2. Molino

    The corn is stone-ground every morning into fresh masa. You can smell it from the street.

  3. Comal

    Each tortilla is pressed to order and puffed on the comal, then straight into your taco.

Tacos

Por pieza.

Order by the taco, add as you go. ★ the house favourites · V vegetarian.

Tacos

Per taco, on corn tortillas pressed to order. Three make a meal.

  • ★Al pastor$4.50

    Adobo pork off the trompo, pineapple, onion, cilantro

  • Carnitas$4.50

    Pork confit in its own fat, crisp edges, salsa verde

  • Suadero$4.75

    Slow-cooked brisket, griddled, onion, cilantro

  • Carne asada$5.50

    Charcoal skirt steak, guacamole, salsa roja

  • Pescado$5.00

    Beer-battered cod, cabbage, chipotle crema

  • HongosV$4.25

    Roasted mushrooms, epazote, queso fresco

Para la mesa

To share while the tacos come.

  • GuacamoleV$12

    Made to order in the molcajete, warm totopos

  • Tostada de ceviche$9

    Lime-cured fish, avocado, radish, pickled onion

  • EloteV$7

    Grilled corn, mayo, cotija, chile piquín

  • ★Quesabirria$14

    Beef birria folded with cheese, consomé to dip

Salsas

Free, refilled, made every morning.

  • Verde crudaMildFree

    Tomatillo, serrano, cilantro

  • Roja de árbolHotFree

    Toasted chile de árbol and garlic

  • MachaHotFree

    Dried chiles, peanuts and sesame in oil

  • HabaneroVery hotFree

    Roasted habanero and orange, for the brave

Our corn tortillas are gluten-free; the fryer is shared. Tell us about allergies when you order.

Mezcal

Forty mezcals, sipped not shot.

Small-batch mezcal from family palenques in Oaxaca, Durango and Guerrero, poured into a copita with orange and sal de gusano.

  • Espadín joven

    $11

    Espadín · Santiago Matatlán, Oaxaca

    Smoky and bright, roasted pineapple

  • Tobalá

    $18

    Tobalá, wild · Sola de Vega, Oaxaca

    Floral, mineral, a long sweet finish

  • Cenizo

    $15

    Cenizo · Nombre de Dios, Durango

    Earthy and green, wet clay

  • Papalote

    $16

    Papalote · Chilapa, Guerrero

    Herbal and peppery, a little fruit

  • Flight of three

    $32

    Your choice · Any three from the list

    With orange, sal de gusano and a guide from the bar

A glass of mezcal over ice with a dried orange slice and a rim of chile salt
Sip, don't shoot: kiss the glass, bite the orange, repeat.
Two tostadas topped with shrimp ceviche, avocado, radish and pink pickled onion on a red table
The dining room under strings of papel picado and red lanterns, the bar at the back
Blue agave plants growing among dry grass
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Pull up a chair. The comal's hot.

Hours

Tue – Thu
5:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Fri – Sat
12:00 pm – 1:00 am
Sunday
12:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Monday
Closed

Find us

2218 Avenida del Sol
Los Angeles, CA 90033

+1 (555) 017-4410
hola@lumbre.example

Walk-ins are always welcome at the bar. Groups of eight or more and private parties: e-mail us.

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