Carnitas y Chicharrones El Tacubayo — Restaurant in Pasadena

My rating is slightly more than just four stars because of the good flavor of the food. I had carnitas and asked for pork skin to be added. The server piled on the pork skin so it seemed that I had more of the skin than actual meat. The taste however, was good on both. I also ordered menudo and asked for corn (hominy) to be added. The server piled on the corn so it seemed that half of the container was corn and not menudo. Once again, the taste was very good. I will say that it did have a little too much grease on the top of the soup though. I think the flavors are there but what I received based on the above, could have given me a better overall experience. I went there for carnitas and menudo which should have been what I received the most of and not the sides (pork skin and hominy). Fix the ratios of what is served and this would definitely be a five...

I went in at the recommendation of a friend to get carnitas. When I was about to head out I mentioned to the gentleman helping me out that a friend had highly recommended them. He quickly asked if it was my first time there, I said yes. He offered to let me try the chicharrones (pork belly), I took a little piece and left. As soon as I pulled out of the parking lot as I was eating the small piece, I regretted not getting a few pieces to take with me that very instant. I took that U and went back, lol. The pork belly is soooo good. Crunchy on the outside and good quantity of meat to it. It was delish! Definitely will be purchasing from them...

Found out about this place from a recommendation from Facebook and they were right. Very tasty and soft carnitas. We showed up after 1pm and they still had a good selection of carnitas. They also offer homemade tortillas at $4 dozen if not, they have packs of tortillas from a tortilleria too(not sure on price) we got homemade and they were good. Chicharrones were super crispy and good too. Carnitas are like $10/lb but worth it. This is our go too place now. La montaña...