Jugos Azteca
Jugos Azteca, a juice place and restaurant in Highland Park, is run by Efrain Peña with his family -- the same family who runs Huarache Azteca.
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Steak torta from Jugos Azteca.
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Efrain Peña pours a drink at Jugos Azteca.
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Chicken tostada from Jugos Azteca.
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Efrain Peña who runs Jugos Azteca, posts as many as 30 videos a day on social media, sometimes racking up 5,000 views in a few hours.
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Shrimp quesadilla from Jugos Azteca.
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Efrain Peña’s Instagram account for Jugos Azteca has 14,000 followers.
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Customers inside Jugos Azteca wait in line to place their orders.
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Efrain Peña’s son Raul Peña pours a juice in Jugos Azteca.
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In Jugos Azteca’s kitchen, the staff makes not only juice but also traditional tortas and burritos.
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Veronica Rodriguez makes traditional tortas and burritos at Jugos Azteca.
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The menu of “healing juices” at Jugos Azteca.
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From left, Efrain Peña, son Raul Peña, wife Veronica Rodriguez and son Randy Peña.
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