Brandcore CaCao Mexicatessen

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Website proposal · October 2026

The food already has the draw.The website still hides it in pictures.

CaCao Mexicatessen runs taquería, cantina and catering from 1576 Colorado Blvd. The site has the right bones: the logo, real photos and a menu for each service. It also has gaps that cost guests time.

Prepared for CaCao Mexicatessen · Brandcore contacts Hector Gonzalez and Luis Guzman

  • Hecho en Eagle Rock
  • Est. 2009, from the site badge
  • Taquería · Cantina · Catering
  • Los Angeles, CA 90041

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01 / Site audit · from the public pages

Six things the site asks a hungry guest to do.

We read the nine pages the site serves publicly, on the day of this proposal. Each finding names where we saw it. Nothing here estimates traffic or sales.

  1. High

    Menus are pictures, not text

    Twelve menu images hold the prices. The served pages carry navigation, contact and hours text, with no menu items in text.

    SOURCE · /regular, /happy-hour, /taco-tuesdays, /catering

  2. High

    The phone number cannot be tapped

    TEL : 323.478.2791 is plain text on all nine pages. The served HTML has zero tel: links.

    SOURCE · every page, contact block

  3. High

    Ordering leaves the site

    Order Online points to ChowNow and DoorDash. No catering request appears in the served HTML. The one form on each page is the weekly e-mail list.

    SOURCE · homepage links and form

  4. Medium

    Hours are written two ways

    Sunday reads “11am - 2pm/ 4 - 8pm” and Sunday Brunch “11am - 2pm”. The happy-hour menu says DAILY 5PM-6PM, but the hours list no Monday.

    SOURCE · OPENING HOURS block, happy-hour menu

  5. Medium

    Search cannot read the homepage

    No meta description and no H1 in the served HTML. 22 of the 31 homepage images have no alt text.

    SOURCE · homepage HTML

  6. Low

    Leftover page addresses

    The main menu lives at /copy-of-menu and the brunch page at /copy-of-catering.

    SOURCE · site navigation links

Main menu page one, La Comida, as published on the site as a picture
Main menu, page 1 of 4, as served at /copy-of-menu. The prices are in the picture.
Brunch menu as published on the site as a picture
Brunch menu, as served at /copy-of-catering. Its hours appear again in the Sunday line.

02 / The gap · illustrative scene

Friday, 9:40 PM. Is the kitchen still open?

The answer is in the contact block at the bottom of the page. The phone number sits beside it as plain text, so the guest copies digits by hand.

Today, as served

  1. Open the homepage.
  2. Scroll past the gallery to the contact block.
  3. Read Fri - Sat 5pm - 10pm.
  4. Copy 323.478.2791 by hand. It is not a tap link.
  5. Menu, then a page, then pinch-zoom a picture to read a price.
  6. Order, which leaves for ChowNow or DoorDash.

Proposed

  1. Open the homepage. The status line reads “Open now, until 10 PM”, or the next opening time.
  2. Tap Call, Menu or Order in the same row.
  3. Read the menu as text, search it, then order or request catering in place.

Steps are counted from the served pages. They are not timed and are not a traffic measurement.

Crispy tacos with lime wedges and red salsa, beside a beer can

03 / The concept · working prototype

The same restaurant, built to be used on a phone.

  • 01“Open now” or the next opening time, from the hours already published.
  • 02Menus as live text with search. Two sections are transcribed; the rest follow in the 3-day plan.
  • 03Tap-to-call, and a catering planner that prepares a request. It sends nothing.

Illustrative concept. It is not connected to ChowNow, DoorDash or any booking system. Confirm every price against the printed menu before launch.

CaCao Mexicatessen

Checking hours…

Tacos, cantina and catering.

Call 323.478.2791

Concept. Tap targets are at least 44 px.

Concept · cacaodeli.com · not live
Three tacos on a dark plate, with lime and salsa

Checking hours…

Tacos, cantina and catering on Colorado Blvd.

Taquería · Cantina · Catering, Eagle Rock, Los Angeles.

This week, from the published hours and menus

  • Tuesday Taco Tuesdays menu all day, dine-in only
  • Daily 5–6 PM Happy hour per the printed menu, dine-in only
  • Sunday Brunch 11 AM – 2 PM
  • Fri – Sat Open 5 PM – 10 PM
Tall beer glasses with a Hecho en Cacao badge Cocktails and chips beside a Hecho en Eagle Rock menu folder Fried bites on green salsa, with radish and microgreens Green pozole with radish and cabbage, with chips and salsa on a wooden board

Concept, in readable detail

  • Home: open status, the week’s menus and hours, four photos from the site.
  • Menu: live text with search. Taco Tuesdays and happy hour are transcribed so far.
  • Catering: a planner for guests and format. It prepares a request and sends nothing.
  • Visit: address, tap-to-call and one hours schedule with the Monday gap flagged.

04 / What Brandcore builds

Six pieces, built around this menu.

Each piece answers a gap from the audit. None of them promises a result. Each one is checked against your own pages.

01

Menus as text

Brandcore builds Every printed section as live, searchable text, in the printed order.

Guest sees A price, found without zooming.

02

Ordering and catering in one row

Brandcore builds Order, Call and Menu on every page. ChowNow and DoorDash stay; an in-site catering request goes to your inbox.

Guest sees The next step in one tap.

03

Hours that agree

Brandcore builds One hours schedule covering Monday, Sunday, brunch and happy hour, with an Open now status.

Guest sees Whether the kitchen is open right now.

04

Pages search can read

Brandcore builds A title, meta description and one H1 per page, alt text on every photo, and redirects from the copy-of-menu and copy-of-catering addresses.

Guest sees The right page from a search.

05

Photos that match the menu

Brandcore builds Your existing photos, sorted by menu section and used once, with descriptive alt text. No generated food or people.

Guest sees The plate before ordering.

06

A partner who keeps it current

Brandcore builds A monthly menu and hours check, review-request prompts after catering orders, and a one-page report of what changed.

Guest sees A current menu and current hours.

05 / Proof on your own menu

Before: a picture to zoom into. After: text a phone can search.

A format test on CaCao’s printed Taco Tuesdays menu. It is not a case study, and it cites no client results.

  • 01Same sections, in the printed order.
  • 02Each price is text, so a phone search finds “margarita” or “chorizo”.
  • 03An edit is a text change, not a new picture and a re-upload.

Prices are transcribed from the printed menu. Confirm each one before launch.

TACO TUESDAYS

All tacos à la carte · menu available all day · dine in only

Tacos de calle 4.50

Handmade corn tortilla, onion, cilantro, salsa. Choose: asada, birria, chicken, cochinita pibil, coliflor rojo.

Sonoran quesa-taco 5.75

Flour tortilla, pickled red onion, cilantro, avocado-salsa, cheese. Same five choices.

Tacos de la chefa

La Chicana 10.95 · whole chile relleno with cheese, carne asada, onion, cilantro, pec. romano, salsa verde

Chorizo-CDMX 5.95 · toluca style, chorizo verde, housemade fries, onion, cilantro, salsa verde

Dorados · fried corn tortillas

Americano 5.95 · prime ground beef in ranchera sauce, crema, lettuce, cheddar, tomatoes

De papa 5.95 · potato, poblano corn, ranchera salsa, crema, lettuce, cheddar, pec. romano, tomatoes

Cantina specials

Draft pint 7.50 · Modelo or Pacifico · Michelada 12.95 · Margarita 11.95 · Margarita flight 24.95

The Taco Tuesdays menu as the site serves it, a picture of the printed page

06 / Roadmap · 3 days · 7 days · 60 days

Confirm first, build second, keep it current.

Nothing public changes until you approve it in writing.

Days 1–3

Confirm

  • Confirm hours: Monday, Sunday, Sunday brunch and happy-hour days.
  • Confirm who owns the ChowNow and DoorDash accounts.
  • Send the menu files, or approve the transcription of each picture.

Owner Brandcore client success · CaCao owner

Days 4–7

Build

  • Five pages on the approved concept: Home, Menu, Catering, Visit, Gallery.
  • Every menu section as live, searchable text.
  • Tap-to-call, alt text, titles, and one H1 per page.

Owner Brandcore build lead · CaCao reviews a private preview

Day 8 onward

Launch, then keep current

  • Launch day after your written approval. Redirect the copy-of-menu and copy-of-catering addresses.
  • Update the Google Business Profile hours and menu link.
  • Monthly check of menu, hours and catering requests, with a 60-day report.

Owner Brandcore growth partner · CaCao owner

Pictures we convert into live text

Catering menu as published, a picture
Catering menu, published as a picture
Cantina menu as published, a picture
Cantina menu, published as a picture

07 / Three ways to work together

Pick the level that matches how much changes.

Each level builds on the one before. No prices appear here; each quote is fixed after a 20-minute scope call.

Plated ceviche with cucumber and radish, with tortilla chips and salsas

Level 1

Clean-up

Fix what is already there.

  • Tap-to-call on every page.
  • One hours schedule, with Monday and brunch settled.
  • Titles, meta descriptions, one H1 per page.
  • Alt text on the 22 homepage images that lack it.
  • Redirects from the copy-of-menu and copy-of-catering addresses.

Outcome The same site, with fewer dead ends.

Fried bites in a wire basket with guacamole and salsa, beside a beer can

Level 2 · Recommended

Full concept site

Five pages, built on this concept.

  • Home, Menu, Catering, Visit and Gallery.
  • Every menu section as live, searchable text.
  • A catering request form that goes to your inbox.
  • Open now status and a checked Google Business Profile.

Outcome Every menu searchable, every contact one tap away.

Fruit cocktails with chile-salt rims, in a four-panel photo

Level 3

Growth partner

Keeps it current.

  • Everything in Level 2.
  • A monthly menu and hours update.
  • Review-request prompts after catering orders.
  • A one-page monthly report of what changed.

Outcome The website changes when the menu does.

08 / Let’s talk

Make the menu as easy to find as the tacos.

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Good food should be easy to find.