Pegged as the "best-tasting gang-abatement program ever", the bright Homeboy Diner stand inside City Hall offers "quality" soups, salads and sandwiches, while Chinatown's Homegirl Café augments the menu with tacos and other American-Mex fare – some of it sourced through the organization's own gardens – as part of a project supporting at-risk youth; it all adds up to a "fast", low-cost lunch and...
Healthy, fresh Mexican in Boyle Heights is part of Homeboy Industries, seeking to give jobs and opportunities to wayward homies and heinas who are at risk for re-incarceration. Don't bother your server with questions about who she stabbed and why, just dig on the vibrant, healthy selection of sandwiches, tacos, and big Mexican salads. Simple, but energizing cafe serves locals and is right...