El Moro Echo Park

On our list of the best dessert spots in Los Angeles.

El Moro opened its Echo Park location in January 2026 inside the former Patra Burgers building, rebuilt over eight months into a 1,500-square-foot shop with a covered patio and a mural by local artist Ozzie Juarez. The churreria traces to 1935 and the original Churreria El Moro in Mexico City; here the churros come in long spirals fried crisp and tossed in cinnamon sugar, meant for dunking in hot chocolate that ranges from a cinnamon Mexicano to a corn-thickened champurrado. There's also a Consuelo, a churro split and packed with strawberry or vanilla ice cream, and parking in the attached lot on Laveta Terrace.