Socorro Herrera, founder of tiny Los Feliz taco stand Yuca’s Hut, dies
LA TimesSocorro Herrera in 2016 taking orders from her chair by the window at Yuca’s Hut in Los Feliz. Socorro Herrera and her daughter Dora Herrera in 2016 at the tiny taco stand Yuca’s Hut in Los Feliz. Set up business where you can.” Socorro Herrera at the stove in an undated photo taken during the early days of her taco stand Yuca’s Hut, which opened in Los Feliz in 1976. Yuca’s Hut founder Socerro Herrera, center, with daughters Dora, right, and Margarita in 2005 when the tiny Los Feliz taco stand won an America’s Classics James Beard Award. “We recognized right off the bat that it was her baby, so we helped her with her baby, but we also said, ‘I think you should change this.’ And once in a while she would say, ‘Yeah, you’re right.’” Socorro Herrera and her daughter Dora, right, chat with customers at Yuca’s Hut in Los Feliz.
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