Name of truck: El Poblanito

Location: 818 SW Forest Ave., behind High Desert Music Hall

Hours: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; closed Mondays

Owner: Luis Rivera

Opened: May 2022

Type of food: Mexican

About the cart: Luis Rivera opened the cart after doing restaurant work in the United States and Mexico for more than 20 years. It serves Mexican food in the distinctive style of the State of Puebla, located southeast of Mexico City. The name Poblanito is translates as “little boy from Puebla.”

Your first order should be: Luis recommends the cemita, a sandwich popular in his home region. It starts with breaded and fried skirt steak then piles on the fixings — pickled jalapeños, onion and papalo (a cilantro-related herb) just to name a few. Also try the fish or chicken tacos made Puebla style — no sour cream or guacamole. The aquachile is unique as well. It’s sort of like ceviche, but tossed in chile water instead of marinated in citrus.

Fun fact: Rivera emigrated from a small village of roughly 50 families outside Puebla, Mexico. His grandmother and mother were both great cooks. When there was a wedding or birthday in his village, they all asked his grandmother to make her famous mole. Rivera started helping out in the kitchen when he was 11 years old and picked up most of his recipes from her.