No. 01 / Stack
Double Smash
Two-patty / american / griddle onions / brioche
The Combatera Smash
№ 01Two patties smashed paper-thin on the flat top, american cheese, griddle onions, house pickle, brioche. The reason we exist.
01From Backyard Pop-Ups
The Story
From Backyard Pop-Ups
to Full Catering.
— a backyard, sunday —
Built Around Smoke
Fire & community since 2019
EST. 2019Chef-DrivenPop-Up Co.
Started in a backyard. Built on smoke, fire, coffee, and good people.
La Combatera grew out of a love for cooking, late-night pop-ups, and the kind of food you remember a week later. What started as one griddle in a backyard turned into a roster of events, a catering kitchen, and a small line of rubs and sauces we make ourselves.
We're chef-driven and street-food shaped: smashburgers cooked on the flat top, ribs and brisket smoked low and slow, and pour-over and espresso poured by people who care about both. No corporate menus. No filler.
— Built for backyard hangs, late-night pop-ups, weddings, corporate lunches and everything between.
50+
Pop-Ups
Hosted
04
Signature
Sauces & Rubs
12h
Average
Smoke Time
1
Cherry Dr Pepper
House BBQ
02Slow Smoke.
Signature Plates
Slow Smoke.
Fast Smash.
No. 02 / 14hr
Smoked Brisket
14-hour post-oak smoke · sliced thick
Brisket, 14-Hour
№ 02Choice brisket, La Combatera rib rub, post-oak smoke for fourteen hours. Sliced thick, served with cherry Dr Pepper sauce.
No. 03
Smoked Ribs
St. Louis cut · house rub
St. Louis Ribs
№ 03St. Louis cut, slow smoked, glazed in cherry Dr Pepper. Bark you can eat with your hands.
No. 04
Cherry Dr Pepper
House BBQ · 8oz bottle
Cherry Dr Pepper BBQ
№ 04Sweet, dark and slow-cooked. Our signature sauce — bottled by hand and sold at every pop-up.
No. 05 / Pork Belly
Pork Belly Special
Rotating · smoke + sear
Pork Belly Special
№ 05Rotates monthly. Smoked, scored, seared on the flat top, finished with a glaze that changes with the week.
No. 06 / Pour
Iced Oat Latte
Double shot · house oat blend
The Iced Oat Latte
№ 06Double shot over oat milk and ice. Smoked by day, sipped by everyone. Our most-ordered coffee at pop-ups, by a mile.
03Coffee, Smoke,
Craft Coffee
Coffee, Smoke,
and Good People.
— a slow pour —
Flat White
Double shot · steamed milk · craft cup
Third-WaveSmall-Batch
Espresso
for the
backyard.
We started slinging coffee out of a blue backpack at pop-ups and didn't stop. Single-origin espresso, oat lattes, and pour overs poured by people who care about both ends of the menu.
Flat White5
Iced Oat Latte6
Cortado4
Pour Over5
Cold Brew5
Espresso3
04
Upcoming Pop-Ups
Downey & Beyond.
24 MAY
Saturday · 6:00 PM – 11 PM
Backyard Pop-Up № 51
Downey · BYO Chair
SmashburgersCoffee BarLate Night
07 JUN
Saturday · 11 AM – 4 PM
Brisket & Brew Day Pop-Up
Bellflower · Backlot Pop-Up
BrisketRibsFamily
21 JUN
Saturday · 8 AM – 12 PM
Coffee & Smoke Morning
Long Beach · Beach Lot
CoffeePastriesMorning
05 / Catering
Food for Backyard
Parties, Late Nights
& Big Gatherings.
Backyard birthdays. Weddings. Brand activations. Corporate lunches. Wherever it goes down, we'll bring the smoke, the smash, and the coffee — built to order, cooked on site.