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Jugos Azteca, a juice place and restaurant in Highland Park, is run by Efrain Peña with his family -- the same family who runs Huarache Azteca.
(Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)Steak torta from Jugos Azteca.
(Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)Efrain Peña pours a drink at Jugos Azteca.
(Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)Chicken tostada from Jugos Azteca.
(Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)Efrain Peña who runs Jugos Azteca, posts as many as 30 videos a day on social media, sometimes racking up 5,000 views in a few hours.
(Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)Shrimp quesadilla from Jugos Azteca.
(Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)Efrain Peña’s Instagram account for Jugos Azteca has 14,000 followers.
(Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)Customers inside Jugos Azteca wait in line to place their orders.
(Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)Efrain Peña’s son Raul Peña pours a juice in Jugos Azteca.
(Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)In Jugos Azteca’s kitchen, the staff makes not only juice but also traditional tortas and burritos.
(Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)Veronica Rodriguez makes traditional tortas and burritos at Jugos Azteca.
(Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)The menu of “healing juices” at Jugos Azteca.
(Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)From left, Efrain Peña, son Raul Peña, wife Veronica Rodriguez and son Randy Peña.
(Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)Sept. 24, 2024
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