From outside, it looks like a mini mart. It's small, but they have Mexican food in the back. I got…read morea breakfast chicken burrito. It was edible. You can pick up some snacks and drinks. However, there's no place to sit and eat, unless you want to sit on the curb.

Stopped in here some pan dulce. Everything was fresh perfectly cooked and the place smelled…read moreamazing. The service was great and the tamales were pretty good! Everybody was friendly and the place was crowded but they moved along everybody super fast I would recommend this place to

Driving the areas below downtown, canvassing voters for the '24 presidential election, I told my…read moreco-worked that I wanted to stop off for a snack. I went for a taco at the hidalgo style barbacoa place, she came into La Asuncion. When I met her in there I noticed something peculiar about the pictures on the wall. One of them showed a quesadilla, bifurcated to reveal the bodies of several crickets. When asked, the woman at the counter identified herself as Oaxacan. I apologized to my co-worker and told her how we will be returning to La Asuncion later for lunch. She had an easy going attitude about it. I thanked her. Back again, I ordered a tlayuda with chorizo and chapulin (crickets). A tlayuda exists under the general domain of the tostada. An ultra thin, yet ultra wide disk of dough is cooked on a flat surface and comes up a little crisp, a little leathery, and a little burnt. A smear of a lardy black bean puree is applied and so is a web of the dry stringy oaxacan cheese. The aforesaid is the base trim tlayuda. I asked for mine with chorizo - the Oaxacan kind - formed like a string of pearls, very orange, very large and very porky pearls. Of course, I also got the crickets. A group of three middle aged Pinoys were in that day. We struck up a conversation. They spoke of having spent the previous Dia de los Muertos in Oaxaca. They came to grab a loaf of pan de muerto. I recommended they order a huitlacoche quesadilla. They were nice people and asked to take some pix of my cricket studded tlayuda. The crickets are more about the optics than the sabor. As they are dried with lime and salt, they taste of lime and salt, which is good, just not really crickety. But their partly crunchy/partly chewy bite matches that of the tlayuda. The beans are rich with manteca. Lettuce onion and tomato freshen up the affair. And the chorizo gives the zest. The cajera/cocinera armed me with a squeeze bottle of a dried chili salsa. The heat, fat, and direct bug protein makes for an invigorating experience.

La Asuncion Oaxacan Bakery/Bites preserves heritage and gastronomic traditions from the…read morePre-Hispanic era. Come here for your Day of the Dead colorful sugar skulls and decorative Pan de Muerto. Or, dive into a good representation of Oaxacan cuisine. Decolonize Your Diet! You'll find tasty lunchy-snacky bites here you won't find elsewhere in the city. Please be patient with Doña Martha as she's the only one in the kitchen cooking. In her baked goods display, you will find: PAN DE MUERTO - Day of Dead edible bread art with the dead depicted in a very Art Deco Tamara Lempicka style. PAN DE YEMA (DE HUEVO) - Egg Yolk Bread, a staple in Oaxacan cuisine with strict rules about size, weight, egg ratio. PAN DE CAZUELA (or, DE TLACOLULA) - oddly shaped bread due to the baking vessel. Ever so subtle chocolate, raisins, cinnamon, anise. Quintessentially Oaxacan! EMPANADAS - recognizable sweet-filled empanadas (strawberry, coconut, or pineapple) Bakery breads here are not as sweet or showy as other panaderias - most are intended for dunking with your café de olla. For lunch/a bite, just ask and order what's available that day. Here's what's possible: TLAYUDA (like a rustic large flatbread tostada tortilla) - tasajo is beef organs jerky style. Warning: it's tougher/salty (not to my taste). Try the chorizo, cecina enchilada (marinated pork or beef), pollo (chicken), mole (chocolate sauce) version. EMPANADAS AMARILLO: Yellow empanadas with chicken. A Oaxacan delight which you'll recognize as a folded tortilla stuffed with a slightly spicy chicken stew rather than a proper empanada. MEMELAS/PELLIZCADAS - rustic flat sopes with a mole spread, a little drizzle of cream, and topped with quesillo (Oaxacan semi-hard white cheese like string or mozzarella cheese) and then topped with chorizo, beef, or chicken). The chorizo was lovely. A favorite! QUESADILLAS - large tlayuda tortilla stuffed with quesillo cheese and your choice: grasshoppers, sautéed squash blossom, or huitlacoche (corn smut/fungus) or meat choices like barbacoa, chorizo, beef jerky (tasajo) TAMALES - salsa roja or verde (red or green sauce), mole (chocolate based sauce), rajas con queso (poblano chile and cheese) and the very special puerco puñete (which means "punch" and shaped like little tamale balls stuffed with beans and sometimes pork or other meats). Again, something you're really not going to find unless you travel into the region. These are rumored to taste good even when cold. CHILAQUILES - tortilla casserole with eggs and/or meat. Typically, a breakfast dish though good anytime! For a refreshing treat, Oaxacan nieves (snow) are served here. Like an ice/snow cone or sorbet, nothing like ice cream or custard. TUNA - Prickly Pear Cactus LECHE QUEMADA - an unusual and delightful smoky milk flavor. I've never had anything like it and yet, it's vaguely familiar. It's best served Oaxacan style with a little of the tuna (prickly pear cactus) on top, Other flavors NUEZ (Walnut), LIMON (Lime), NUEZ (Walnut), MAMEY, COCO(nut), FRESA (Strawberry), MANGO. CAFE DE OLLA - coffee with cinnamon and brown sugar, it's really delightful on a cold, blustery day. In the same shopping center as Every Grain (a culinary hotspot), La Asuncion is a kinda small, cluttered,unkempt space for maybe 8 people total and it's perfect that way. Sometimes, there's a little rush for bread. Most of the time, it's empty and unassuming. I'm so glad I ventured in and spent a little time learning about this cuisine. While I am Mexican, this region is unfamiliar to me and I'm learning and loving it and have ordered some cookbooks to start experimenting and using the ingredients I bought. Buen Provecho/Enjoy! P.S. Be sure not to miss the specialty ingredients sold for Oaxacan cooking at home including: TOMILLO (Thyme) from Oaxaca SAL DE GUSANITO - Ground worms in salt used as a smoky/salty Pre-Hispanic protein with mezcal or on any dish that needs a little extra insect. ;) HIERBA DE CONEJO - Rabbit's Herb, relative to the daisy used to make black beans, GARBANZO Y FRIJOL MOLIDO - Ground Beans to make soup, OAXACAN CHOCOLATE - used as a culinary ingredient rather than to enjoy on its own, CHAPULINES - Grasshoppers, great in tacos (totally!) COPAL- not edible, used for altars. Mayans used it as incense and as a spiritual thing. Can be used for everyday atmospheric scent CHINTEXTLE - refrigerated wild smoked chili paste made from shrimp, pasilla chiles, avocado leaves, spices, nuts like pecans/almonds, herbs. It's like an ancient Clif Bar paste. Warriors & workers spread this on to tlayuda (large rustic tortillas) to take it with them for energy. Use it as a spread for fish and meats in cooking. Ingredients here sound super exciting - temper expectations. These are very humble ingredients from an ancient cuisine - sometimes much milder and sometimes spicier/more pungent than expected and sold in little plastic bags. :)

Dated. Slow. Ridiculous prices. I can go on, but, let's just…read moreavoid this place like the plague. Incredibly overpriced for subpar food and slow kitchen service. Place was empty and took 30 minutes to serve three people. Embarrassing.

Looked at an old menu photo, ordered their Mexican combo plate for a lunch. According to the photo…read moreit was $18 bucks seemed normal for prices today. Got to the restaurant and they ring me up for 27 and change with tax. At this point I was hangry and didn't care. It was a tiny street taco a chile rellano and an enchilada. Just a tiny step above Roberto's. Will never be back.

Went back here years later to see if they redeemed themselves and i definitely think they did…read moreservice was friendly fast and the burrito was done right this time!

The food was fresh & very tasty Had a burger fries & 3…read moretacos, coke $20 deal and was the best $20 I've spent in a min. Place was clean, people were nice and it took literally 5 min. Will definitely return.

Amazing!!! I have…read morebeen craving a churro but the kind you get in Mexico. And these are just as good or better!! I am obsessed. Very fresh and huge portion for an amazing price. The service so so nice too. Extremely fresh.. I had to wait in my car and they brought it to me. Definitely my new obsession and will be back soon! lol

I love their churros. He's a great person. I've been going to him for years. He's not hard to miss…read moreafter 5:30pm

Best tasting churros in Vegas. Authentic Spanish treats... clean oil and light taste…read more I prefer mine with the custard dip but chocolate is delicious too. They also offer a few other treats like traditional cheesecake and horchata.

They have the most authentic Spanish churros I've ever had the pleasure of eating. Their rice…read morepudding is amazing and their thick rich hot chocolate is absolutely divine. Service was friendly, genuine, and engaging. They were excited to share their food and their journey with us.

First time trying Stick With Chicken and it was delicious! :) We checked them out when they were…read moreat MountainView Hospital. Weekly schedule is posted on Instagram and Facebook. Items tried and liked (so far): Papaya Salad - got spice level 1 due to our tummy issues, could go with level 2 next time. #3 - 2 Thighs, Laos Sticky Rice and 1 sauce. We got 2 sauces, hot and regular. Lao Chicken Sausage. My daughter and I shared and it was perfect for us. Service was excellent. Placed our order at the truck and it was done within 5-6 minutes. Highly recommend. I hope you decide to check them out :)

This is a great tasting roasted chicken, juicy, a subtle salty taste that doesn't over power the…read morechicken. They give you a sauce with a combo. I ended up getting both the spicy a tomato base and a mild which was similar to a sweet chili sauce which I liked better. Will be back to try their sausages.

Fantastic. I had the steak fajitas they were seasoned and cooked perfectly. And the portion size…read morewas generous. Staff is friendly. All in all I was really impressed. My kids really enjoyed their food as well. Not your typical mall food court option.

This is located in the Meadows Mall. The workers handed out small samples of birria tacos…read more I ordered queso birria and a side of beans and rice. The price was a little more than I wanted to pay as the rice and beans were extra and the portion was small. $3.00 for a can of soda was a bit much. But let's get to the queso birria. Wow! I was extremely impressed with the flavors and how the cheese was melted perfectly! It totally reminded of my grandmother's cooking! I will be back if I'm in the area.