Muelle 8 has reopened in East LA after a year and a half closure with a food trailer providing a streamlined menu of regional Mexican seafood. The restaurant initially debuted in February 2023 but closed in January 2024 due to partner dissatisfaction. Chef Luis Cortez is back with a limited team, using the same purveyors for fresh seafood, including Sonoran callo de hacha and Mexican shrimp. Orozco decided on a trailer format to reevaluate the operation's success.
"We also had to wait for our cooks and staff from the original location to make themselves available because they'd been working at other restaurants," says Orozco.
"I wanted to start with a trailer just to see how it goes this time around," says Orozco, who is now the sole operator and owner of Muelle 8.
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