Open before the sun. Closes after dinner.

La Perlita has been on N Figueroa Street in Highland Park for years. Half bodega, half deli, half taqueria — the kind of corner shop the neighborhood depends on for coffee at six, breakfast burritos at seven, lunch sandwiches at noon, and dinner tacos at eight.

Open every single day from six in the morning until nine-thirty at night. The breakfast burrito is the signature — egg, chorizo or bacon, beans, cheese, salsa, all wrapped in a hand-pressed flour tortilla.

Cash and card welcome. Sit at the counter, grab a table, or take it to go. The morning regulars know each other by name.