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HomeState Bringing Tex-Mex to Pasadena

The new restaurant will initially stick to take-out and delivery, incorporating in-house dining as the pandemic allows

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HomeState, a home away from home for breakfast tacos in Los Angeles, will open their fourth location this Spring at 1992 Lincoln Ave. in Pasadena, the former location of the now-closed Lincoln cafe and pastry shop.

When Briana Valdez moved from Texas to L.A. in 2000, she missed the convenient, wholesome familiarity of breakfast tacos. Sold at gas stations, in food trucks, mom and pop restaurants and fast-food chains, breakfast tacos are in such abundance in Austin that they are often just called “tacos.” She opened the first HomeState location on Hollywood Boulevard to fill the void in her heart — and her stomach — and to bring the staple she loved to the West Coast.

Since their first location opened in 2013, two more HomeState eateries have sprung up in Playa Vista and Highland Park. Plans for a HomeState location in Orange County were dashed earlier this year due to COVID-19.

1992 Lincoln Ave Pasadena, CA 91103

Christina Coulter

Christina Coulter is an eager journalist from Connecticut with dogged tenacity and the sensibilities of a small-town reporter. Before and after graduating from Marist College in 2017, Christina covered local news for a slew of publications in the Northeast, including The Wilton Bulletin, the Millbrook Independent, The Kingston Times, The New Paltz Times and the Rockland Times. For nearly four years before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Christina was the lead reporter for The Saugerties Times, living and breathing the goings-on of the 20,000-strong Hudson Valley community. Christina weathered the pandemic in Atlanta, where she got a taste for the city's people and flavors. After a brief stint covering news in Connecticut and New York once more with The Daily Voice, Christina was taken on by What Now Atlanta and What Now Los Angeles, where she aims to unweave the intricacies of both cities' bright restaurant communities.

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