Guatemalan Food in Los Angeles: Where to Find Pepián, Shucos and Hilachas (2026)

Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Where the Guatemalan places are

The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area has the largest Guatemalan-origin population of any US metro in the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS 2024 1-year estimates): 336,464 people (±20,661, 90% margin of error), about 15% of the national total of 2,174,242. The places we could verify fall into four clusters.

Central Los Angeles: Koreatown, Pico-Union, Westlake and Downtown. Amalia’s Restaurant is on Beverly Blvd in what LAist calls Koreatown / Wilshire Center, and has been open since 1994, per LAist. Mi Cocinita Chapina is on Venice Blvd in Pico-Union, and Daly’s Guatemalan Stews is at 363 S Broadway downtown. Two Pollo Campero restaurants sit close by, at 7th & Alvarado and on W Olympic Blvd, and Pollo Pinulito’s announced store at 2021 W 3rd St is in the same ZIP code (90057) as Campero’s 7th & Alvarado restaurant, per the brand’s TikTok post and Campero’s locator.
The San Fernando Valley. Puchica Guatemalan Bar & Grill is on Sepulveda Blvd in Sherman Oaks and El Sabor Auténtico de Xela is on Devonshire St in Chatsworth. Campero has Valley restaurants in Van Nuys, North Hills, Canoga Park and Burbank. Pinulito’s announced Van Nuys store, at 7207 Van Nuys Blvd, is on the same stretch of Van Nuys Blvd as Campero’s Van Nuys restaurant at 7249.
South and Southeast LA. Shucos LA has its South LA location on E Jefferson Blvd and a second one on S Atlantic Blvd in Commerce. Campero’s restaurants in Huntington Park, South Gate and Lynwood are in this part of the county.
The east side and the San Gabriel Valley. Antigua Bread’s café and bakery is on Huntington Dr N in El Sereno, and its website also lists a La Verne location. Campero has restaurants in Boyle Heights, El Monte and Covina.

In Orange County, the three Pollo Campero restaurants (Anaheim, Garden Grove and Santa Ana) are the only places we list so far.

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Guatemalan Food in Los Angeles: Where to Find Pepián, Shucos and Hilachas (2026)

Where the Guatemalan places are