492486 Sat Feb 23 08:43:02 -0800 2008 11 2 Los Angeles Area 0 3427061 Plenty of Oaxacan, but how about Michoacan in Los Angeles? Simple and homestyle if anyone knows of one. Thank you Sat Feb 23 08:43:03 -0800 2008 136339 noshie 1 3427199 Lindo Michoacan (Anaheim)... Carnitas Michoacan (Highland Park and Valley Glen)... Uruapan (Van Nuys)... there are LOTS of Michoacanos out there. Just drive down Vanowen Street in the Valley. Sat Feb 23 09:44:43 -0800 2008 3427061 10811 Das Ubergeek 2 3427971 Carnitas Michocan #3 I believe Corner of Venice Blvd & Hoover Just east of USC Sat Feb 23 14:47:12 -0800 2008 3427199 61476 Skunk2Racer 3 3428385 I have been a frequent and consistent supporter of Carnitas Michaocan on this board, so please let me be clear. Yes, there are similarly named branches such as the above and another on or near Soto in E.L.A. But the one I love and recommend is the one on North Broadway and 19th, above Chinatown, near where the 5 intersects. They are the one with the extraordinary salsa roja and the al pastor on a rotisserie spit. I've stopped in at both of the others (not yet another up in the Valley somewhere) and eaten only once -- in my limited experience they don't compare. Sat Feb 23 17:44:27 -0800 2008 3427971 10855 nosh 4 3428463 The one at Victory and Coldwater is very tasty. The one in Highland Park is better, though. Sat Feb 23 18:36:08 -0800 2008 3428385 10811 Das Ubergeek 4 3429551 The E. LA one is at the corner of Soto and Whittier. I like it because I work mere blocks from it, and the menudo is YUM for those Saturday mornings I have to go in and get stuff done. The tacos are tasty enough -- it's East LA, after all -- but I wouldn't go out of my way for 'em. Sun Feb 24 09:33:00 -0800 2008 3428385 154259 jen.m 4 3429938 I think they are all the same chain. I and my latino Coworkers like the one near USC even though the North Broadway is closer to our work. Sun Feb 24 11:54:30 -0800 2008 3428385 61476 Skunk2Racer 4 3432593 Yes, this is in Lincoln Heights and it's at Broadway and Avenue 19, just a couple blocks south of the 5 fwy. Mon Feb 25 10:29:02 -0800 2008 3428385 20504 hpcat 1 3428373 What defines Michoacan food to you? Seems like it's sort of been the "default" L.A./SoCal Mexican food, at least before the proliferation of Oaxacan places on the Westside/Pico corridor in the 90s, and L.A. has a huge population of people from that part of Mexico. Any particular dishes you're seeking? Sat Feb 23 17:37:36 -0800 2008 3427061 15494 cant talk...eating 2 3432181 Years ago in Santa Cruz there was a fabulous Michoacan restaurant below the clocktower that had wonderful burritos to which I added nopales. These tasted different from the Oaxacan places where I add the nopales to cecina, carne asada or carnitas burriots. Maybe different flavorings/herbs/seasonings? I don't really know, I went to Lindo Michoacan in Las Vegas, but that did not taste the same (and I didn't really like it all that much) Mon Feb 25 08:44:47 -0800 2008 3428373 136339 noshie 1 3428414 El Metate in Highland Park is run by Michoacanos. Sat Feb 23 17:58:50 -0800 2008 3427061 27619 Hailyn 2 3428478 I just went there for the first time on Friday and it was tasty! The owner was very nice. Sat Feb 23 18:46:23 -0800 2008 3428414 48137 metaphora