Javier Plascencia’s LUPE Opens in the Valle de Guadalupe
Airstream-turned-food truck tempts with tortas, craft beer, and wine
VALLE DE GUADALUPE – Forget the Javier Plascencia you think you know: the celebrity chef who appears on national network cooking shows; the restaurateur and heir to the family business who deals with the details of his high-profile Bracero Cocina de Raiz in San Diego; the auteur who tweezed his way to culinary fame with his modern Mexican Mision 19 in Tijuana.
On a warm October night in the Valle de Guadalupe, our region’s most celebrated chef was sweating over a hot grill inside of a smoke-filled Airstream trailer, working his ass off as a short order cook. In tight quarters with Finca’s chef de cuisine Pedro Peñuelas, Plascencia churned out order after order of one of Mexico’s simplest, most honest lunchtime meals enjoyed by common people throughout the country. The torta…
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Scott I’m so Jealous, but over joyed by this news! I can’t wait to check this out. Javier is brilliant! Not sure if you remember me, we met at Deckmans & I have bright rainbow hair, I’m loud & obnoxious, I live in South O & I stood you up on your birthday. Sorry I have been out of the culinary activities. We have been slammed with work, & started a few more businesses/corps built another house, well almost, it will be finished in a week. Hope we can dine together soon. All my love to you & your family 💋🌈🍷
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