{"id":907457,"date":"2026-07-02T12:07:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T12:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/907457\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T12:07:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T12:07:31","slug":"this-pico-rivera-restaurant-is-home-to-the-best-chilaquiles-in-l-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/907457\/","title":{"rendered":"This Pico Rivera restaurant is home to the best chilaquiles in L.A."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                 <a class=\"link\" aria-label=\"Jenn Harris\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/people\/jenn-harris\" data-click=\"enhancedBylineAuthorImage\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img class=\"image\" alt=\"Los Angeles Times staffer Jenn Harris\"   width=\"130\" height=\"130\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1782994049_43_.jpeg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>  <\/a>  <a class=\"link\" aria-label=\"Mark E. Potts\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/people\/mark-potts\" data-click=\"enhancedBylineAuthorImage\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img class=\"image\" alt=\"Mark Potts.\"   width=\"130\" height=\"130\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768741212_428_.jpeg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>  <\/a>      July 2, 2026 3 AM PT        <\/p>\n<ul data-element=\"action-bar-menu\" class=\"flex gap-2 list-none \">\n<li data-element=\"action-bar-share\" class=\"flex  relative \">\n<p> Share via     Close extra sharing options  <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This week\u2019s restaurant review is Taquearte, a restaurant hidden in a Pico Rivera strip mall. It draws lines for its chilaquiles, which stand out as the best in the city. Owners Monica Quinto and Anyelo Farf\u00e1n channel their Mexico City upbringing into the menu with massive tacos, chicharr\u00f3n de queso, and family salsa recipes.<\/p>\n<p>               <a class=\"link\" aria-label=\"Jenn Harris\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/people\/jenn-harris\" data-click=\"authorBioImage\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1782994049_43_.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"130\" height=\"130\"\/> <\/a>           <\/p>\n<p class=\"author-bio-text\">Jenn Harris is a restaurant critic for the Food section of the Los Angeles Times. She was a finalist for the 2025 James Beard Award for criticism, and holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in literary journalism from UC Irvine and a master\u2019s in journalism from USC. Follow her @Jenn_Harris_.<\/p>\n<p>         <a class=\"link\" aria-label=\"Mark E. Potts\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/people\/mark-potts\" data-click=\"authorBioImage\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768741212_428_.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"130\" height=\"130\"\/> <\/a>           <\/p>\n<p class=\"author-bio-text\">Mark E. Potts is the senior editor for video at the Los Angeles Times. A native of Enid, Okla., Potts graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a master\u2019s degree in broadcast journalism. He has created and edited video for DreamWorks, YouTube, Microsoft, Sony and BET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"July 2, 2026 3 AM PT Share via Close extra sharing options This week\u2019s restaurant review is Taquearte,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":907458,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,367266,23512,169125,367262,316,313666,23515,2961,23521,224,2444,5337,367264,367265,23514,169124,367263,989],"class_list":["post-907457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-ca","tag-california","tag-chicharron","tag-degree","tag-enid","tag-good-chilaquile","tag-home","tag-jenn-harris","tag-journalism","tag-la","tag-literary-journalism","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-times","tag-losangeles","tag-mark-e-potts-july","tag-massive-taco","tag-master","tag-okla","tag-pico-rivera-restaurant","tag-video"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116850304445714535","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=907457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907457\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/907458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=907457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=907457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=907457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}