Altadena, California
EL CAPORALKitchenEl Caporal Kitchen
Come hungry. Leave as familia.
Carne asada on the griddle, mole stirred by hand, and tamales steaming before dawn — the same way our dad taught us, inspired by our family.
A neighborhood table on Fair Oaks
El Caporal is the kind of place where the server knows your order before you sit down and the kids get a warm tortilla while they wait. Dad runs the kitchen six mornings a week, and the recipes have not changed — because Altadena would notice if they did.
Antes de la cocina
Before there was a kitchen, there were two brothers and two horses.
El caporal is the horseman who leads the ride. They carried that name across the border, and it still hangs over the door on Fair Oaks — the same familia, just a different kind of long day.
Straight from the kitchen
Familia
Room for the whole table
Birthdays, baptisms, Sunday after church, or a Tuesday when nobody wants to cook — we push the tables together and keep the chips coming. Large parties are welcome with a call ahead.
- Where
- 2100 N Fair Oaks Ave, Altadena, CA 91001
- Call
- (626) 345-0802
- Hours
- Monday – Saturday · 9:00 AM – 7:30 PMSunday · 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
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Same familia recipes, delivered through Uber Eats and Grubhub.
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