Customers place orders with owner Ilonka Garcia for food to go. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
Desserts are all homemade and include rice pudding, bread pudding and flan. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
Ilonka Garcia holds a plate of appetizers from the cuisines of Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
El Camaguey Meat Market, where La Cocina del Camaguey is located, is on Venice Boulevard, about five blocks east of Sepulveda, in the Palms neighborhood. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
