BLVD MRKT

It’s a community-first affair at BLVD MRKT, a food hall and incubator program for first-time restaurant owners in Montebello. The half-outdoor hall features eight food vendors grilling up tacos, pulling espresso shots and frying up New Orleans-style beignets inside six repurposed shipping containers in a beautifully landscaped courtyard. Not every shop is a newbie, however; you’ll also find a new outpost of Downtown’s Pez Cantina and Vchos Modern Pupusería, which has served pupusas and modern takes on Salvadoran food for close to a decade, including their must-order chicken pastelitos, which run slightly smaller than Argentine or Filipino empanadas.