CaCao Mexicatessen
1576 Colorado Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90041
323-478-2791
CaCao Mexicatessen has been on my bucketlist of places to try for about three years. Even though I frequently go by the area, I still haven't stopped in. That changed on a raining day in Los Angeles! CaCao is a casual restaurant, with counter service. It's fairly small with limited seating on one side of the restaurant, with a large bar and booth seating on the other side of the restaurant. There is very limited parking, street parking that is usually taken by shoppers of the Trader's Joe next door. It's not far from the now closed Larkin's, an overpriced soul food restaurant!
The fried version has a Alesmith Nut Brown beer-batter. This was very crispy and flaky! Everything was fresh and full of flavor.
The pan seared is also very fresh and full of flavor.
Service- you order at the counter and they bring the food to your table. Nice, friendly and helpful.
