How to Pay $2.15 for a Combo Plate in Sherman Oaks: Show Up September 10

The Sherman Oaks Mexican restaurant's anniversary rollback is set for September 10, 2026, per Eater LA. The window runs 11:30 a.m. to midnight, and what the same plate costs the rest of the year was not announced.

A house combination platter will cost $2.15 in Sherman Oaks, for one day only. The date is Thursday, September 10, 2026. The price is a rollback to the restaurant's first year, 1956, when Casa Vega opened on Ventura Boulevard. The restaurant is marking 70 years in business, Eater LA reported on August 28, 2026. The outlet does not say what that platter costs on an ordinary Tuesday, and no current posted prices were included.

That gap matters more than the novelty. Without today's number sitting next to the throwback number, the rollback is a story about an anniversary rather than a story about a discount. The only way to price the difference is to look at the menu yourself before you go.

What the $2.15 buys

The anniversary plate comes with rice and refried beans plus two mains, chosen from enchiladas, tacos, tamales or chile relleno, the outlet reported. The enchiladas are offered in cheese, spinach or chicken. The pricing window opens at 11:30 a.m. and closes at midnight. That covers the whole of September 10, 2026, and no other date was announced.

What was not announced: whether the rollback covers anything beyond that platter, whether there is a limit per table, and whether reservations or walk-ins get first claim on the room. Eater's item is silent on all three.

My take, off the four choices on the record: the chile relleno and a tamale. Enchiladas are the safe pick on any combination plate in Los Angeles, which is exactly why they are the least interesting way to spend an anniversary price. The two items that take the most labor are the ones worth the line.

A busy 70th year

The anniversary lands after a year of building. In March 2026, the Vega family opened a new patio, according to Eater LA. The outlet listed what went into it:

• 3,000 square feet of patio
• 100 seats
• An 18-seat bar
• A fountain at the center, under a roof that retracts

Two months after the patio opened, the City of Los Angeles gave the corner of Ventura Boulevard and Fulton Avenue a second name, Vega Square, in recognition of the restaurant's place in the area's dining history.

Rafael "Ray" Vega founded the restaurant. His daughter, Christy Vega, owns it now.

In 2022, the James Beard Foundation named Casa Vega to its America's Classics list, alongside five other winners nationally. The list honors independent and family-run restaurants with long records. That is the sort of institutional stamp that usually arrives decades late, and it did.

The practical part

Casa Vega is at 13301 Ventura Boulevard in Sherman Oaks. The one-day pricing is scheduled for September 10, 2026. The window runs from 11:30 a.m. to midnight.

Everything above traces to Eater LA's report of August 28, 2026. The desk has not independently priced the restaurant's regular menu. Readers planning around the $2.15 figure should treat the terms as announced rather than confirmed in detail.

Source: la.eater.com, retrieved August 29, 2026.