Carnitas Uruapan

Best pan dulce in all LA.
I know nothing else about this place. I went in for desert after getting tacos next door. They had just put out some fresh conchas and I have to say again. Best pan dulce in LA. Maybe best in California. Don’t know yet. Will be looking for excuses to go here again.

I ordered 2 dz of tamales for Christmas Eve and I’m not lying they were this disgusting!!! The place was a nasty mess and the sweet bread was also nasty!!! I don’t know how people on Unilocal are say its good SMH!!! Ou could tell they use the cheapest ingredients! I was so embarrassed!

Loved it! Absolutely amazing place that we stumbled across after our lunch at Guisados! The apple pastreis and other baked goods were beyond wonderful! This is a must visit while in LA.

After stuffing our faces on a mini food tour when my sister was in town, we walked out of Guisados agreeing to «walk off» our day of gorging. We walked a few steps and were instantly enticed by the smell of pan dulce next door. We wandered into the tiny bakery/​market and stared at all the baked goodies. The guy from Guisados was there and when he saw us he reappeared with a freshly baked pan dulce. The only pan dulce I’ve tried has been dry and stale so maybe my bar is low, but this was delicious. My sister ended up buying a bag full of various breads.
It seems we looked at everything with such wide eyes they must have decided we were starving children. Shortly after eating the pan dulce, one of the bakers reappeared and gave us all huge slices of cake topped with fresh strawberries. We wrapped the rest of the cake for later but somehow my friend managed to finish his. So much for walking off our huge meal! On our way back to the car, my friend said he felt like we were adopted and my sister said «You have to Unilocal about this place!»

I too have eaten at Guisados and indulged in a pan dulce from it’s lucky neighbor. All of the pan dulce is delicious and freshly made. The mini cookies are great if you want to try to be good and only have a bite instead of a whole size. What I truly come here for is their birote which comes out fresh, soft and warm everyday at 8 am. I get it for my sandwiches and my menudo… yummy! They have this incredible queso fresco that is so soft and delicious that you can spread it onto the bread like you do cream cheese. Absolutely delicious. I live in the area and I am very excited to see that I can get fresh and good quality foods in my neighborhood… no matter how tough and sketchy the place seems to the outside world…“no credit cards”.debit and cash only.

As I finished off my taco lunch at a newish restaurant called Guisados with my friend’s dining group Pleasure Palate, the owner of Guisados drops off a tray of fresh baked Pan Dulce for us to nibble on.
I could not believe what I saw right in front of me. I was a little skeptic, because the Pan Dulces that I normally eat are from the local Latino grocery chains like Vallarta. The large grocery chains have breads that super dry and dense like stale bread. A few bakeries that I’ve gone to in Santa Ana and in the San Fernando Valley are a little fresher and much larger in portion, but it still lacks a little flavor.
As the tray of the Pan Dulce was passed around our table, questions tossed around in my head…“Do I want it? Or should I pass on it, because I ate too many tacos?” Oh dear, I really didn’t have the appetite to eat one more bite, but I grabbed a piece instead. «I’ll find room in my stomach,» I said to myself.
I took a large bite into the Pan Dulce. Oh, it was wonderful! It is not like the stuff that I’m familiar with from the grocery chains. It was light, fluffy, and has the texture of Hawaiian bread. This Pan Dulce is remarkably tasty and fresh.
According to the owner of Guisados, his brother owns Carnitas Uruapan Market, which is directly next door to Guisados. I’ve literally drove passed Carnitas Uruapan Market many times on my way to chase down a taco truck or two before Guisados ever opened in Boyle Heights. Carnitas Uruapan Market is actually a meat market, Panaderia (bakery). Coincidentally, they also mass produce and sell the masa for those infatuated with making their own tamales and tortillas at home. The also sell to a few local restaurants including Guisados, which is no surprise.
Well, a few dining buddies and I headed next door to Carnitas Uruapan Market after our luncheon at Guisados. I purchased 7 pieces of Pan Dulce. Surprisingly, it only cost me less thant $ 2. The organizer of Pleasure Palate indulged on her purchase, a 2 pound hunk of chicharone to bring home to her family.
I looked around the market and found prices for fresh cut meat very reasonably priced. Just by looking at the meats in the case, I can tell that the quality is pretty good and they butcher their own meats.
Now that I know about Carnitas Uruapan Market, I’ll be back for more Pan Dulce.