La Michoacana

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La Michoacana on Chula Vista's Broadway corridor serves Mexican-style ice cream, paletas, and nieves from a storefront in the Otay district near Palomar Street. Fruit-forward flavors including strawberry, watermelon, and cholado rotate through the display case alongside savory antojitos such as tostilocos and nachos with hot Cheetos, bridging the sweet-and-savory format found in the same Broadway dining scene that includes Mariscos Mar Y Tierra. A 97-out-of-100 county health inspection score covers the shop's cold-chain handling for both dairy-based ice cream and fruit-based paletas produced on-site. Aguas frescas and lemon water supplement the frozen menu, pulling from the same fresh-fruit sourcing network that supplies Chula Vista Farmers Market vendors during growing season. Paletas are produced in mold trays using whole fruit chunks frozen into cream or water bases, maintaining visible fruit density throughout each bar's cross-section.