Cielito Lindo sits at the northeastern tip of Olvera Street and has ever since Robertson’s grandmother, Aurora Guerrero, founded the famous taqueria in 1934. At the Lincoln Heights location, they’re keeping their family’s legacy going in a new way: by welcoming customers to 1806 N. Broadway for the first time in decades. “Sometimes at Cielito Lindo [on Olvera Street], even though we weren’t making anything at all — $20, $40 — we were still opening,” Robertson says. Robertson sees the Lincoln Heights location as the family’s fail-safe, though there’s no way it can sustain the Olvera Street restaurants alone, and the space isn’t permitted to have indoor dining. Customers line up at Cielito Lindo on Olvera Street.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 09, 2021 12:56 UTC