Cemitas Poblanas

I my taste buds have been thanking me ever since we found this cemitas truck. I’ve ordered from this food truck times and haven’t been disappointed once. When you pick up your cemita you can also pick up bread, candy, jello and other things. My personal favorite is cemita de Milanesa (breaded steak), the cost is $ 7.

I am honestly not sure how this truck/​random residential house gets around LA zoning laws, but however they’re doing it, I hope they keep doing it indefinitely. What awesome tortas! What a great summer night experience!
Cemitas Poblanas is a truck parked in front of a house that’s had its front porch repurposed to be a restaurant seating area of sorts. The truck is flanked by people selling DVDs and a television mounted on the house blares soccer games, or at least it was doing so the night we were there. It’s also across from a park, so the overall effect is LOUD, extremely friendly, and beyond casual. A lady definitely ate her cemita sitting on the hood of my car.
I ordered from the truck: a cemita de carnitas for me, and three things for greedy, hungry Julian: 2 quesadillas and one bean and cheese burrito. («Just beans and cheese?» said the man in the window incredulously. «No meat? No rice? No vegetables…») He gave me my receipt and instructed me to give it to a lady on the porch who stood behind a huge flat grill. She grilled the quesadillas and the truck cooked and assembled the cemita and the burrito. We strained to hear our number being called, but when it was, it was easy, because it was the only one called in English.
The only cemita that comes close — or torta that comes close, even! — are the ones at La Cemita Poblana in Santa Ana. The ones here might even be better. They don’t skimp on, well, anything. The papalo leaves spilling out of every corner barely hold in the huge avocado and fresh cheese bulges and crazy huge hunks of fall-​apart pork keep cropping up where you least expect them. Entire chipotle chilies lurk in the darkest reaches and make you cry when you unexpectedly bite into one. Are there beans in the crevices of the bread? How is it so hearty? Who cares how?
It was even good cold the next day, a feat not accomplished by any restaurant sandwich before or since, especially not one containing avocado.
I think my sandwich cost $ 7, and we even got a free fireworks show, blasting off over south central LA even though it wasn’t a holiday. At least not one I know of. Now, it’s forever Cemita Day in my mind.

My kind of five star restaurant
I’ve been coming to this place since I was 5yrs old.

Best cemitas ever, I tried the milanesa one and it was delicious, I will be coming back for more. It was tough finding good cemitas around this area.

The cemitas are bomb! I like to have the milanesa one. Their cecina is also delicious as well as their quesadillas de flor de calabaza. If you’re looking for some authentic poblano food this is the place to be!

Never had cemitas but I was introduced by my gfs cousin. They were everything we expected and more. They have a wide selection of meats and more than just cemitas. Had a quesadilla de flor de calabaza and it was amazing as well.
Servers and cooks were super friendly and pleasant.
I will be coming back for more.