El Borrego Restaurant
What started nearly two decades ago as a weekends-only lamb barbecue kitchen based out of a convenience store has become a City Heights destination for mixiote de borrego, which is marinated for 24 hours inside maguey leaves and simmered for six more hours. El Borrego Restaurant owner Rodnia Novarro and her mother Rosario Sotelo — whose cuisine draws upon dishes from her hometown of Hidalgo — prepare succulent barbacoa tacos for $2.99.
Inside a bright orange storefront, this counter service restaurant offers dishes ranging from enchiladas to pozole. It specializes in fascinating Mexican lamb dishes, including spicy, and pancita, similar to haggis. Or, you can grab a half-pound of lamb or cochinita pibil (pulled pork marinated in citrus and achiote and ‘cued in a banana leaf) for $11.99, or up to a kilo (that’s 2.25 pounds, America) of barbacoa for $43.99.
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Hours
| Sunday | 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. |
| Monday | 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. |
| Tuesday | 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. |
| Wednesday | 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. |
| Thursday | 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. |
| Friday | 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. |
| Saturday | 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. |