After more than five years of selling tostadas, enchiladas, and tacos from her East Oakland backyard, Elvira Varela is officially opening her first brick-and-mortar restaurant on Feb. 21. Her backyard shop, which she started during the COVID-19 pandemic, has been closed since the end of December in order to focus on her new place, and the regulars have noticed.
“They’re eager to come in and have the food, and have been calling nonstop for the past few weeks,” Varela told Nosh in an interview a few weeks prior to soft opening, as she was setting up her new restaurant.
468 3rd St. (at Broadway), Oakland; www.cenaduriaelvira.com…