Bettina Boxall:
In a city of thousands of humble taco stands and family-run Mexican restaurants, El Tepeyac Cafe in Boyle Heights gained legendary status for the gargantuan, chili-spiked pork burritos created by owner Manuel Rojas.
In the kitchen at 3 a.m., seven days a week to prepare for the 6 a.m. opening, Rojas spent a half-century serving up his famous Hollenbeck burrito and the hulking “Manuel’s Special” — five pounds of roast pork, rice, beans, guacamole, cheese and chile verde stuffed into a plate-sized tortilla.
Rojas, 79, died Tuesday evening at White Memorial Medical Center in Los Angeles, said his nephew, Joey Duran. The cause was throat cancer, with which Rojas had been diagnosed last year.
via Manuel Rojas dies at 79; El Tepeyac proprietor served up popular burritos – latimes.com.
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