Yuca's Restaurants

06/26/2026

What Dora said. 🤩🥰😎

06/26/2026

Proud to be and make the melting pot (or mixed salad) of the a more delicious place to live! Ajua!

06/25/2026

Something is rotten in the USA. Those who are supposed to safeguard our rights (the "un"Supremes) have approved allowing federal immigration agencies to continue using enforcement practices that critics call unconstitutional and racially discriminatory.

"...including apparent race or ethnicity; speaking Spanish or English with an accent; presence in a particular location like a bus stop, car wash, or agricultural site; or the type of work a person does.”

Thankful for Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, UFW (United Farm Workers), Los Angeles Workers Center, and the Immigrant Defenders Law Center for continuing the fight.

End the madness and hate.

06/14/2026

🦋 THEY SAID THE MONARCHS WERE DISAPPEARING… MEXICO PROVED THEM WRONG 🦋

For years, scientists watched in silence as one of Earth's most breathtaking natural events slowly faded away.

The monarch butterfly migration.

Every autumn, millions of these tiny, impossibly delicate creatures leave Canada and the United States… and fly thousands of miles south — guided by instinct alone — to rest in the highland forests of central Mexico.

It is one of the greatest migrations on Earth.
And it was in serious trouble.

But in March 2026, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Mexico's own environmental agency released numbers that stopped the scientific world in its tracks:

📊 Monarch populations in Mexico GREW by 64% this season.

From 4.42 acres of occupied forest… to 7.24 acres.

Millions more orange wings filling the oyamel fir trees of Michoacán and México state.
Millions more lives completing the journey.

And this isn't just luck. This is what protection looks like in action.

Illegal logging inside Mexico's Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve — which once destroyed nearly 500 hectares of forest in a single year — has been reduced to almost nothing. Local communities, the Mexican government, and conservation organizations worked together. And nature responded.

🇲🇽 Mexico IS the heart of this miracle.

These forests in the mountains of Michoacán and Estado de México are not simply land.
They are sanctuary.
They are survival.
They are the reason this species still exists.

Now — let's be honest, because the monarchs deserve our honesty:

⚠️ This is NOT a full recovery
⚠️ Populations are still below historic levels
⚠️ The species remains at risk of extinction
⚠️ Climate change, pesticides, and habitat loss still threaten them every single year

But here is what we also know:

✅ When forests are protected, monarchs return
✅ When communities lead conservation, it works
✅ When governments act with urgency, populations respond

This 64% increase is not the finish line.
It is proof that the finish line is reachable.

The monarchs traveled thousands of miles — through drought, through wind, through every obstacle nature and humanity placed in their path.

And they chose Mexico. Again.

That is not coincidence.
That is legacy.
That is belonging.

🦋 Share this if you believe Mexico's natural heritage is worth fighting for.
💬 Drop a 🦋 below to honor these incredible travelers.
📌 Tag someone who needs to hear this good news today.

Because when we protect the land… the land gives us miracles.

06/14/2026

Makes our hearts sing to see this!

🦋 THEY SAID THE MONARCHS WERE DISAPPEARING… MEXICO PROVED THEM WRONG 🦋

For years, scientists watched in silence as one of Earth's most breathtaking natural events slowly faded away.

The monarch butterfly migration.

Every autumn, millions of these tiny, impossibly delicate creatures leave Canada and the United States… and fly thousands of miles south — guided by instinct alone — to rest in the highland forests of central Mexico.

It is one of the greatest migrations on Earth.
And it was in serious trouble.

But in March 2026, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Mexico's own environmental agency released numbers that stopped the scientific world in its tracks:

📊 Monarch populations in Mexico GREW by 64% this season.

From 4.42 acres of occupied forest… to 7.24 acres.

Millions more orange wings filling the oyamel fir trees of Michoacán and México state.
Millions more lives completing the journey.

And this isn't just luck. This is what protection looks like in action.

Illegal logging inside Mexico's Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve — which once destroyed nearly 500 hectares of forest in a single year — has been reduced to almost nothing. Local communities, the Mexican government, and conservation organizations worked together. And nature responded.

🇲🇽 Mexico IS the heart of this miracle.

These forests in the mountains of Michoacán and Estado de México are not simply land.
They are sanctuary.
They are survival.
They are the reason this species still exists.

Now — let's be honest, because the monarchs deserve our honesty:

⚠️ This is NOT a full recovery
⚠️ Populations are still below historic levels
⚠️ The species remains at risk of extinction
⚠️ Climate change, pesticides, and habitat loss still threaten them every single year

But here is what we also know:

✅ When forests are protected, monarchs return
✅ When communities lead conservation, it works
✅ When governments act with urgency, populations respond

This 64% increase is not the finish line.
It is proof that the finish line is reachable.

The monarchs traveled thousands of miles — through drought, through wind, through every obstacle nature and humanity placed in their path.

And they chose Mexico. Again.

That is not coincidence.
That is legacy.
That is belonging.

🦋 Share this if you believe Mexico's natural heritage is worth fighting for.
💬 Drop a 🦋 below to honor these incredible travelers.
📌 Tag someone who needs to hear this good news today.

Because when we protect the land… the land gives us miracles.

05/24/2026

We will be CLOSED on Monday at BOTH locations to observe and remember those who sacrificed so we can enjoy our freedoms.
Have a wonderful weekend familia ♥️

05/20/2026

We’re happy to celebrate the 5th annual Dine Latino Restaurant Week! Come try our James Beard Award-winning tacos. Buy 2, Get 1 Free just for ! Stop by, say hi, and support our women and Latino-owned restaurant!

05/16/2026

05/10/2026

We love you Mama ♥️
Happy Mother’s Day everyone —from Dora and Margi

04/29/2026

Our hidden treasure at this little taco spot 🍔