Tia Juana's

I have to say, I'm a sucker for fresh, hand made tortillas. Store bought or premade tortillas really only resemble hand made tortillas in shape and nothing more. With that said, La Parilla in Boyle Heights has always been a treat because of their great food and even better tortillas. Tia Juana over on the west side is a suprisingly good and even more surprisingly inexpensive place to eat.
Even though my chile verde was un-spice-ified to the point of being bland, everything else seemed to be par for the course. I will add that the pork in the previously mentioned chili verde was lean and none of that gnarly fatty chewy scrap meat was added in.
Everyone else ordered the ubiquitous combo plates that one would expect at a mexican restaurant. A combination of either a taco and an enchilade or a chile relleno and a taco or whatever. These dished generally are pretty good, Tia Juana's was no exception to the rule. Good but not remarkable, which in my opinion is all you can hope for with a menu like that. The chili rellenos weren't overly greasy and were relatively fresh. You really need to eat a chili relleno in less than 2 minutes after its been fried and generally a restaurant won't be able to deliver on that. I actually thought the margaritas were a little watered down or generally just not that tasty or stong. Its refreshing to say that the food is better than the margaritas, although the chips and salsa are good too.


fresh, hand made tortillas


ubiquitous combo plate


chili verde


Tia Juana
11785 W Olympic Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90064