Siblings Turn an Eagle Rock Auto Shop Into Zero Fox, Their Dad's Dream Restaurant

On York Boulevard, the family spot serves chilaquiles, burgers and cocktails under $15, and no dinner dish tops $20.

Robby Herrera Sr., a Northeast L.A. plumber, bought a former auto shop on York Boulevard in 2017 to open a family restaurant. His three kids just opened it.

It's called Zero Fox, an all-day room on the line where Eagle Rock turns into Highland Park, three blocks from where the siblings grew up. It doesn't cost much: daytime plates run $13 to $24, nothing on the dinner menu goes over $20, and every cocktail stays under $15.

Robby Herrera Jr. runs it with his sisters, Ingrid Herrera and Cindy Lemuz. Eater LA first reported the opening, which started with short hours in mid-September and a grand opening on September 26.

Their father worked at a family restaurant in Mexico before he came to the United States, then spent 25 years running a plumbing business in Northeast L.A. The parents supplied the idea and the money, Herrera Jr. told Eater. "My sisters and I are in charge because our parents are getting older," he said.

Brunch is built around chilaquiles rojos, the dish the restaurant put in front of the camera, from a kitchen run by Chalo Martinez and David Paulino, who was born in Oaxaca. Dinner is the burger shift, with four of them, including a straight cheeseburger.

The drink to know is the Te Quiero Mucho, a tequila-forward dessert of a cocktail from Cesar Flores, who tended bar at Border Grill. It stacks espresso, Kahlua, cinnamon syrup and vanilla cream under Mexican chocolate. Coffee drinks and aguas frescas run all day for anyone who'd rather not start at 7 a.m. with tequila.

The dining room seats 78 and has several TVs for games, with a 20-seat patio out back, and with October arriving, that's a Dodgers question for a lot of Northeast L.A. households.

The family wants those seats filled with neighbors. Eagle Rock and Highland Park have changed fast over the past decade as rents and home prices climbed, and Herrera Jr. told Eater he's watching people from out of state and investors buy up commercial buildings along the corridor.

"I'm really proud that we're from the neighborhood and have our own little neighborhood spot," he said.

Zero Fox is at 4607 York Boulevard, open 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on weekdays and from 7 a.m. on weekends.

Source: la.eater.com, retrieved September 30, 2026.