{"id":239341,"date":"2026-03-27T15:15:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T15:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/239341\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T15:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T15:15:07","slug":"la-casa-garcia-overflows-with-mexican-cuisine-and-a-love-for-people-and-veterans-in-anaheim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/239341\/","title":{"rendered":"La Casa Garcia overflows with Mexican cuisine and a love for people and veterans in Anaheim"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to La Casa Garcia<\/a>, serving Mexican food in the city of Anaheim since 1973.<\/p>\n

A 10-minute drive from Disneyland, this restaurant is a beloved gathering spot in the Orange County community.<\/p>\n

“This is our favorite place to go,” customer Ken Kurtz said. “Just great people.”<\/p>\n

“Frank (Garcia) is an icon in the community and here in Anaheim,” Norma Kurtz added. “Much loved, much loved.”<\/p>\n

He’s the head of house Garcia.<\/p>\n

“The food is good, my service is good,” Garcia said. “And we take care of the people.”<\/p>\n

Hitchhiking from Texas to SoCal as a teenager, Garcia worked as a dishwasher and dreamed of opening his own restaurant.<\/p>\n

“My wife and me worked real hard, day and nights, seven days a week, open and closed,” Garcia said.<\/p>\n

He purchased his space more than five decades ago, and it’s expanded in size again and again.<\/p>\n

Today, customers come in daily for the sizzling hot fajitas, the tamales and a burrito so big, one weighs in at 10 pounds.<\/p>\n

And the menudo?<\/p>\n

“I also love the menudo, and he said that was your best seller,” ABC7’s Rachel Brown said.<\/p>\n

“Number one in the world,” Garcia replied.<\/p>\n

You’ll notice photos of veterans cover the walls. Giving back to them, and local families in need is a mission important to the Garcia family.<\/p>\n

“I believe that if you make money, you have to give some part back to the community,” Garcia said. “They’re my friends, my family, because people, my family are mine.”<\/p>\n

Look out for daily specials all under $20, and weekday happy hour from 3-6 p.m.<\/p>\n

La Casa Garcia is open seven days a week for breakfast, lunch and dinner.<\/p>\n

The restaurant is at 531 W Chapman Ave, in Anaheim.<\/p>\n

Thank you, Desmond, for the submission.<\/p>\n

What’s your favorite local restaurant? Share with us<\/a> and we may highlight your submission on Community Eats with Rachel Brown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to La Casa Garcia, serving Mexican food in the city of Anaheim since 1973. A 10-minute drive…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239342,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164,107750,107749,107748,22661,107751],"class_list":["post-239341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-garcia-family","tag-ken-kurtz","tag-la-casa-garcia","tag-mexican-food","tag-norma-kurtz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239341\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}