#family-restaurant

#family-restaurant

Isabel M. (@isaraveandrips) watched her mother sit at her taco shop, waiting for customers all day long. She was obviously sad, and all she wished for Christmas was for some customers to relish her mother's food. To grow her family business, Isabel posted a TikTok video of her mother sitting at the empty taco shop in December. Much to her surprise, the post blew up overnight, and their shop was packed with customers the following day.

A couple of years after the pandemic, the Castro family decided to take a leap of faith and open a small Mexican restaurant in an unassuming corner on Vineland Avenue near a smoke shop and a used car dealership in North Hollywood. Gema and José Castro decided to focus on birria and used a recipe passed down from Jose's mother for their tacos.