{"id":507644,"date":"2026-10-25T17:18:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T17:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/507644\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T17:18:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T17:18:07","slug":"in-1935-a-spanish-immigrant-opened-a-churro-shop-in-mexico-city-91-years-later-the-historic-brand-brings-its-handcrafted-recipe-to-a-new-storefront-in-la-habra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/507644\/","title":{"rendered":"In 1935, a Spanish immigrant opened a churro shop in Mexico City; 91 years later, the historic brand brings its handcrafted recipe to a new storefront in La Habra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A nearly 91-year-old<a href=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/mexican-restaurants-la\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/mexican-restaurants-la\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_0\" data-category=\"click_internal\"> Mexico City institution<\/a> has brought its traditional churros to La Habra. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Churrer\u00eda El Moro, which first opened its doors in 1935, is now serving its signature fried dough and hot chocolate from a new storefront on <a href=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/ciclavia-street-closures-7-miles-six-neighborhoods\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/ciclavia-street-closures-7-miles-six-neighborhoods\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_1\" data-category=\"click_internal\">Whittier Boulevard.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This marks the third California location for the historic brand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Francisco Iriarte, a Spanish immigrant, founded the original shop after arriving in Mexico City and realizing the area lacked a churro vendor. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since then, the business has grown to include roughly 17 locations in Mexico before expanding its footprint into the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Handcrafted behind glass<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The La Habra location features a designated churrero window, allowing customers to watch the production process from start to finish. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Staff members mix the dough from scratch and pipe it through a funnel directly into the fryers. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The dough is fried in a continuous, large spiral before being cut by hand into individual pieces.<\/p>\n<p>A tradition of hospitality<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The freshly made treats are traditionally paired with hot chocolate, continuing the shop\u2019s long-standing focus on hospitality. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This provides a welcoming space for families and friends to share a cultural staple. You can find the new L.A. area storefront at 1327 W Whittier Blvd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A nearly 91-year-old Mexico City institution has brought its traditional churros to La Habra. Churrer\u00eda El Moro, which&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":507645,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164,128256],"class_list":["post-507644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-videoarticle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507644","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=507644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}