La Cocina del Camaguey in Los Angeles
![Bacalao con papas, which is salt cod with potatoes, served with rice and beans and fried plantains.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/b3e3a58/2147483647/strip/true/crop/586x399+0+0/resize/586x399!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F4c%2F8f%2Fc5089c4cd9507570916f347910ad%2Fla-fo-find01-liy2jtnc.jpg)
Bacalao con papas, which is salt cod with potatoes, served with rice and beans and fried plantains. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
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Customers place orders with owner Ilonka Garcia for food to go. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
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Desserts are all homemade and include rice pudding, bread pudding and flan. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
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Ilonka Garcia holds a plate of appetizers from the cuisines of Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
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El Camaguey Meat Market, where La Cocina del Camaguey is located, is on Venice Boulevard, about five blocks east of Sepulveda, in the Palms neighborhood. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)