The green salsa was just as spicy and the pork enchiladas just as satisfying under a lacy pull of cheese. But it wasn’t just the merengue music playing on the sound system that felt especially upbeat.

@taqueriaguerrero17 reopened this week after a hiatus of about five weeks that carried uncertainty of when it might return amid the Border Patrol’s campaign in the area.

After it announced plans to temporarily shutter, people packed the small Mid-City spot on its final weekend in a show of support. They lined the block waiting their turn for a table until the restaurant sold out of food.

The reopening has seen a steadier return to its normal pace, and that’s exactly what owner Jesus Martínez hoped would happen.

The regular progression of familiar faces coming back has been a welcome sight, he told me.

The return means one of my favorite soups is back, the pozole rojo, as is a part of neighborhood life that’s been a Mid-City touchstone since the early post Katrina days.

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