Oakland’s La Perla Puerto Rican Cuisine serves meals suit for a Golden State Warriors championship run

by Marie Rodriguez

The Golden State Warriors’ playoff run may have a few Latin tastes this 12 months way to a small Puerto Rican eating place tucked away in a nook of a community marketplace in Oakland’s Dimond District.

Oakland's La Perla Puerto Rican Cuisine serves meals suit for a Golden State Warriors championship run 3

“We’ve been cooking for two or three days, preparing, getting ready, and excited for this second. It’s a possibility of a lifetime,” said Jose Ortiz, proprietor of La Perla Puerto Rican Cuisine.

His circle of the relatives-run eating place has been chosen to cater to the VIP sections at Oracle Arena for the Warriors’ first spherical playoff games. His customers are excited.

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“All proper, that’s what I am talking about. That is the right information,” stated Willie Lewis, who traveled from Walnut Creek to eat there with his spouse.

It became a client who cooked up this opportunity.

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Ortiz said he made friends with a Panamanian guy who could cross and purchase food at least twice weekly. At one point, the man stated he was on the Warrior’s cooking personnel and advocated the eating place to the group.

“We did an audition in there. We introduced a bit little bit of the entirety. And they fell in love with the empanadilla and the sauce,” stated Ortiz, who proudly wears a cap with a Puerto Rican flag.

La Perla is making 1,000 beef empanadillas for Saturday’s collection opener towards the L.A. Clippers and another 1,000 chook empanadillas for the game on Monday. It’s part of an attempt by the Warriors to pick out nearby chefs to provide food for the VIP areas within the arena during the playoffs.

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