Super Tortas D.F. — Restaurant in Los Angeles

I’m not saying any one sandwich is better than another, but these are the best Tortas north of the border and I’ve been to Mexico City and it ranks right up there. The real difference is size and construction, but I’ll get more into that later. It’s not a Mexico City Torta, but it’s made in that style hence the distrito federal in the name.

Everyone tells you to get the Cubano and it’s good, but most of those people have never had a real Cubano in Florida and couldn’t tell you what the difference between that and a Medianoche is. I’ve tried a lot of great sandwiches and part of their glory is simplicity and interplay. The Cubano here is massive, ham, chorizo, egg, 2 cheeses, pork leg, milanesa, avo, mayo, chili, hot dogs and it’s probably just over a pound and a half. It’s well constructed and isn’t messy as long as you leave the wrapper on it while eating, but the egg doesn’t add anything, the chorizo doesn’t stand out and you totally lose the Cubano aspect of it all together. Now when you consider this without the name it’s pretty good, but has way too much going on to compete with famous sandwiches, still very massive with excellent ingredients and well crafted. The telera bread is fresh and I’m sure they are made larger just for them.

It’s filling and inexpensive and in my opinion one of the best food trailers in all of LA (should easily be mentioned in the same breath as El Chato). When you watch the tortero making them you realize he’s got real skill for this stuff. A real specialist. As you watch him make it you may have some regrets on it’s size. Not some fat sals type stuffed sandwich these ingredients are more thought out and more complimentary. It’s a sight to see new customers come here their reactions while watching him. They’ve been around for years and are slowly getting acclaim.

Call ahead if you can as long as you don’t want any crazy customization. They don’t speak the greatest English so your order may not be right Don’t take off that wrapper or your going to have a hard time containing all that stuff. The wait can be a little long, but start with the Cubano and then try the other menu items named after different countries/regions like Italy, Holland, Hawaii, Argentina, Spain, etc. They all start the same, same roll, same butter, same mayo, the cheese is always standard gooey quesillo and some have additional cheeses. The fried and breaded beef milanesa in the rusa pairs well with all the liquid ingredients or non meat/cheese parts.

It’s pretty cool someone did a D.F. stype torta only place. It will really open peoples eyes as I found out myself in my visits to Mexico City was that they have an underappreciated food scene that’s different from the rest of the country and highly underrepresented here...

Well, to be honest I went to pick up a meal for someone. I tried so hard to find the building but could not. I drove around a lot, then I notice a food vehicle. I saw the name of the company I was told to go to, so I jumped out and ran over to a man close to it, and he notified me that the food service vehicle he was in was where I was to pick up the food I was there to pick up for their customer. He was so very, very helpful to me that I was thankful to have stopped at the right place. I must say that the person I told I would pick it up for loved and enjoyed the food a lot. So, now I know where to go, and I am always very impressed with excellent customer service, which I did...

WOW!!! Is just not enough!

I have always had this thought that "sandwich is just a sandwich". Literally, Super Tortas re-defined my perception on sandwiches.

The taste is very abundant, it give a spectrum of flavors. The sandwiches are $8~10 and it is in the middle of nowhere - so tourists! You may think it is "not worth the trip" given $10+ uber expense for a single ride (round trip uber expense at least $20+) meaning your fully loaded sandwich cost, assuming you buy just one, is almost $30.

Hold that thought. I would gladly pay $30 for a sandwich if it tastes like THIS.

Had a Cubano and Argentina sandwich - both "off the...