A popular birria restaurant in Boyle Heights was forced to shutter its doors on Wednesday after an early morning fire destroyed the business.
Jose Pacheco, owner of Birria Los Socios, shared on Instagram that his life’s work had been ripped from both him and the community it served.
“…Everything my family and I have poured our hearts and souls into, reduced to ashes by a devastating fire,” Pacheco wrote. “The sight of our dreams and hard-earned business engulfed in flames was beyond heartbreaking.”
Firefighters responded to a row of one-story commercial buildings on fire near 3rd and Indiana streets shortly after 3 a.m. Wednesday, according to an LAFD alert.There were no reported injuries.
One of the buildings was Pacheco’s business. Photos on social media showed the charred interior of the popular eatery with flames scarring the exterior.
Birria Los Socios began as a food truck in 2017 and established their brick-and-mortar location in Boyle Heights just three years later. The restaurant offers cheese birria quesadillas, mulitas and birria pizzas. In addition to its Boyle Heights brick-and-mortar at 3544 E. 3rd Place, Los Socio’s food trucks also serve Cypress Park and West Covina.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
The business set up a GoFundMe to help offset the costs of rebuilding the Eastside restaurant.
