La PorteÑa Heritage Deli - Tustin

For $12.00 a portion. Their Locro was horrible. It was a posole with pumpkin. Locro was missing Sausage, tripe, stomach lining, and beans. I mean it was interesting for posole but disappointing as locro. I understand not adding Tripe to the locro since it is impossible to find as most won't sell it. But stomach lining (mondongo/ menudo) that is always accessible. Some places I argentina also don't always use it. So I may even understand that. But it was mostly hominy, had no beans, no Chorizo, and only two types of meat as locro usually has 5. The color was what I remember and the smell. But the taste was not what locro, not pozole but a mixture of both.

A counter inside a liquor store. We got a variety of empanadas to-go. It took a while, I assume because they were making them fresh. My favorites were the norteña and the arab. The chimichurri sauce was delicious too, my boyfriend wanted to go back to buy one of their jars.

I placed my order through Grubhub via the Yelp app; it was quick and easy. La Portena is located inside of a liquor store towards the back. The service was quick and very friendly from the owners (husband and wife). The La Portena pizza was thick slices of dough per slice with light seasoning, cheese, tomato, bell peppers, and olives. If you prefer a lighter or thinner style pizza, this may not be the one for you. The beef empanadas were hearty and filled with tons of meat and veggies. The chimichurri sauce gave it a nice added flavor. Overall, I think it was good to try and would come back if I am craving empanadas.

The chicken was very rubbery and I wouldn't recommend this to anyone! I was honestly hoping they would have a chicken parm sandwhich, but I guess I got this instead, which left me very unsatisfied! I thought it was going to be one of those really good hole in the wall places, but I was very wrong!

This place was soooooo good I had to go back to back days to try more items! I found this gem randomly looking for a new spot to eat at and my god what a gold mine this is! Tucked in the back of the liquor store is a handful of amazing Argentine cooks enjoying some music, cooking their hearts away and laughing amongst themselves to whatever stories they're telling each other. Then comes out the orders you've placed and let me tell you, nothing disappointed! I tried 3 different types of Empanadas yesterday which were all absolutely incredible and perfectly baked, then I ordered two sandwiches, Steak Milanesa and Lomita, to try a little of each and wow were they delicious! My family shared the rest of them once I got home and wanted more! So today I went back and ordered 3 different pizzas, the Napolitana, Fugazza, and Chimichurri and wow! Brought back flashbacks of being in Argentina when I was younger. I think I found a new go to spot and honestly I'm gonna make my way down the entire menu because I can't imagine anything not being just incredible!