Large 30cm crisp grilled tortilla smeared with asiento (pork fat) and refried black beans, topped with Oaxacan string cheese, cabbage, avocado, salsa, and tasajo or chorizo. The signature dish of LA's Oaxacan community.
Tlayudas arrived in Los Angeles with the wave of Oaxacan migration that began in the 1980s, particularly to South LA and the Pico-Union and Koreatown corridors. Guelaguetza on Olympic Boulevard, opened in 1994 by the Lopez family from Oaxaca, became the canonical LA Oaxacan restaurant and won a James Beard Award. Today the dish is the centerpiece of every Oaxacan menu in the city, from Guelaguetza to the Mercado La Paloma stalls.
4 editor picks for Oaxacan tlayuda in Los Angeles, ranked by editorial score. All Los Angeles signature dishes · Oaxacan tlayuda across every city.
Mercado La Paloma ★ 4.5
3655 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90007
Mercado La Paloma near USC, Los Angeles is a 1940s textile factory turned community food hall, with Chichen Itza, Sarita's Pupuseria and Holbox under one.
Chichen Itza Restaurant ★ 4.5
3655 S Grand Ave, Mercado la Paloma, Los Angeles, CA 90007
Chichen Itza inside Mercado La Paloma, Los Angeles plates Yucatecan dishes including the city's reference cochinita pibil. At 3655 S Grand Ave.
Guelaguetza ★ 4.3
koreatown · 3014 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90006
The Lopez family's Guelaguetza in Koreatown, Los Angeles has cooked Oaxacan moles, tlayudas and clayudas for the city since 1994. A James Beard winner.
626 Night Market ★ 4.1
Santa Anita Park, 285 West Huntington Drive, Arcadia, CA 91007
626 Night Market in Arcadia, Los Angeles County runs the largest Asian-American night market in the country, weekends June through September. 250 vendors.