By Bill Esparza – LA.Eater.com – Photo: Wonho Frank Lee.
Photo: Dia de los Puercos in Pomona with a lowrider outside
Pomona could be considered the gateway to the Inland Empire’s exploding Mexican food scene and Rick Garcia, owner and el chefe at Dia de Los Puercos stands squarely in the center of the movement. On a bright Sunday at his restaurant, it’s friends and family day, Chicano-style. Garcia greets a customer dressed in an immaculately pressed black Dickies button up with baggy jeans.