The Lopez family’s Guelaguetza restaurant. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
Siblings Bricia and Fernando Lopez, scions of the Guelaguetza restaurant empire. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
Chicken black mole tamal wrapped in banana leaves. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
A clayuda with cesina, pork chorizo and Oaxacan beef. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
The Lopez’s Huntington Park sandwich shop. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
Each of the sandwiches is named for one of the paintings on the wall. This one is called “La Muy Muy.” (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
Sister and brother Bricia and Fernando Lopez, left, serve ice cream. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)