Churros Lady

I don’t think the woman who sells churros here has given her operation an official name. Anyway, I didn’t see any sign or placard… just her (with a box of churros atop her shopping cart). To appear even more unassuming, she doesn’t hawk her product in the least. Not that my Spanish is great or my hearing suspect; but, I’m pretty sure that her shouting, «Come get your churros here!» would have been quite discernible.
Churros, which are fried dough sticks that have been extruded from a star-​shaped nozzle to give them their unique appearance, are dusted with a light coating of sugar and cinnamon and commonly served hot. While the ones here were not piping hot and freshly fried on the spot, they were slightly warm and very good nonetheless. The delicate coating of sugar and cinnamon adds just enough pizzazz to the agreeable texture.
If the Churros Lady had taken choux dough and freshly extruded it into form and fried the dough in a portable fryer on the sidewalk as part of the vending operation, that would have made for an outstanding product. As it is, the churros are fried «off-​site» somewhere (which is quite understandable). Anyway, one bag of churros (which comes with four sticks) costs a mere $ 1.00. That’s a great deal by any standard.

Plus, the cacophony and energy of the neighborhood provides a unique backdrop. Unless one ventures across the street to MacArthur Park to sit on a bench or on the grass, eating the churros while standing or, better yet, while slowly walking down bustling Alvarado Street to check out the other food vendors, is the most likely outcome.