The Carbajals’ third location, 3801 W. 26th Street, also features something their other two restaurants lack: cocktails and beer. The new space, the former La Concordia restaurant, opened on Monday, January 27.
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February 6, 2026After years of searching for a flagship location in the heart of La Villita, Carnitas Uruapan has found one in a former concert venue for Mexican grupera acts. The father-and-son team of Inocencio and Marcos Carbajal have launched the next chapter in their restaurant’s 50-year history with an art deco space featuring a spacious dining room boasting a Mexican aesthetic with deeply personal touches that ownership hopes will remind visitors of home.
For Marcos Carbajal, the second-generation restaurateur whose father built the stalwart emporium for crispy golden carnitas, crunchy chicharrones, and craveable tacos dorados in Pilsen, expanding the family-owned business into Little Village feels like a full circle moment.
