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Every weekend people flock to the Piñata District to put on a feast at the edge of downtown unlike any other in Los Angeles. ow.ly/Vby650v4XFB
Cumbias boom from giant speakers. Carne asada smoke clogs the air. Fryers sizzle as vendors vie for your attention. Some dance, some sing, some get down on one knee and recite poetry. ow.ly/Vby650v4XFB
The peddlers of the Piñata District have created one of the most tantalizing spaces in the city, with some intriguing characters. ow.ly/Vby650v4XFB 
There’s the Abuelo of the Corn, 85-year-old Candelario Padilla. He’s not like other vendors: He works silently all afternoon, hardly looks up, never shouts, Elote! Elote! “Why should I?” Padilla says. “People who know me know just where to find me.” ow.ly/Vby650v4XFB
There’s also the Cheese Cowboys. Wearing wide-brim cowboy hats and pointy boots, they unload a van carrying about a thousand blocks of queso. They sell half of the inventory at the market. “Queso! Queso! Come get your queso straight from el rancho.” ow.ly/Vby650v4XFB
Read more about the Piñata District and the street food theater that overwhelms the senses and follows few, if any, norms from @LATBermudez: ow.ly/Vby650v4XFB
