Hot Grease Co. LLC

Hot Grease Co. LLC This ain’t no damn fish & chips, it’s fish fry.

09/22/2026

I just want to say a huge, major THANK YOU to y’all. 🖤

This has been such a huge shift and an unexpected bump in the road for me and Hot Grease. I’ve dropped the ball on communicating. We haven’t been outside. I’ve been mentally drained and physically exhausted, and I really appreciate y’all giving me the space and support to get my feet back underneath me.

Thank you for helping us transition. Seriously. The kids have transitioned sooooooo smoothly it’s crazy. I definitely anticipated this being much harder for them, but they’ve been taking everything like champs, and seeing them settle in has been such a relief.

Hot Grease is my livelihood, my love, and my baby, and I’ll admit I’ve been a little embarrassed, overwhelmed, and stressed about how much all of this knocked me off course. Especially because I felt like we were building some incredible momentum. Coming off a high like Daisy Chain and then suddenly having to put so much on pause has been hard for me to process.

But sometimes life be life-ing BAD. 😭

I’m figuring out what Hot Grease looks like in this new season and how to keep building in a way that’s sustainable for me and my babies. We’re still here. I’m still cooking. I’m still dreaming big. I just needed a minute.

I’ll be updating y’all very soon with our new schedule and where you can catch us next!!!

Thank you for continuing to love on me, my babies, and Hot Grease through all of it. 🖤

HOT GREASE SUNDAY DINNER 🍽️No Friday pop-up this week or Smorgasburg; Auntie’s cooking Sunday dinner instead.Fried snapp...
09/12/2026

HOT GREASE SUNDAY DINNER 🍽️

No Friday pop-up this week or Smorgasburg; Auntie’s cooking Sunday dinner instead.

Fried snapper or Cajun tofu + cornbread, greens, succotash & chow chow potato salad.

One plate. No mods. Limited quantities.

Preorder for Sunday PICKUP or DELIVERY: LA only

You don’t even have to leave the house. Come get fed. 🖤

what’s cookin’? 👀something new. something shady.9.20
09/09/2026

what’s cookin’? 👀

something new. something shady.

9.20

08/29/2026

Same place. Same time.

Swamp Princess guh the hell, you brought the swamp here with you?! Now come get these boiled peanuts!

Hey y’all, I’m Asha! Founder of Hot Grease, a Black q***r woman owned Southern food and culture brand bringing a little ...
08/27/2026

Hey y’all, I’m Asha! Founder of Hot Grease, a Black q***r woman owned Southern food and culture brand bringing a little bit of the South to Los Angeles and Orange County. 👋🏾🐟

I was born and raised in Anaheim, California, with family roots in Georgia, and after spending more than a decade living in Florida and Georgia, I came back home to Southern California carrying a whole lot of Southern food, culture and tradition with me.

I’m not a classically trained chef. My expertise comes from lineage, lived experience and feeding people. From knowing what a real fish fry is supposed to feel like. From building community as a full-spectrum doula. From years of reproductive justice work. And now, from turning Hot Grease from an idea into thousands of fish plates served across LA and OC.

Hot Grease was built on a pretty simple belief: celebrate the tradition of fish fry.

I wanted to create the kind of food spot where just about anybody could pull up and eat. That’s why there’s delicious seasoned tofu. Why our fish fry batter is gluten-free. Why we’re intentional about making more of the menu accessible without making the food feel like a compromise.

Because everybody deserves a plate.

Except ketchup. F**k ketchup. We made Ill Dill.

A fish fry can be a gathering place.
It can feel like home.
It can move money through our community.
It can preserve Black Southern food traditions while creating something new.

That’s why 3% of every Hot Grease sale goes to The Potlikker Line, our reproductive justice mutual-aid fund. It’s why we care just as much about who’s around the table as what’s on the plate. And it’s why I’m building Hot Grease to be bigger than a restaurant.

So if you’re new here: welcome to the fish fry. 🖤

And if you’re in LA, come meet me at Auntie’s House or Smorgasburg. If you’re in OC, eat with us at Daisy Chain. Come hungry I got you.

Day 260 of posting our boiled peanuts until Swamp Princess comes to try them 😌Guh we’re gonna be in the same place in 5 ...
08/25/2026

Day 260 of posting our boiled peanuts until Swamp Princess comes to try them 😌

Guh we’re gonna be in the same place in 5 days, don’t deprive yourself at Daisy Chain Fields

📸 justin pulley

06/11/2026

Catch us at Black on the Block® 5yr anniversary this Saturday!
Fried snapper, banging hush puppies, mint julep Arnold Palmer, of course that Ill Dill.

06/06/2026

June 6th Anniversary fish fry in Placentia (and you ain’t gotta leave your kids this time)

I’m so excited for yall to celebrate with us and be fed with all the goodness.

Come with an open heart and empty stomach!

I’m tryna see yall double dutching, playing spades, slamming bones!

See you tomorrow!

05/23/2026

We’re taking over Club 616 for a fish fry with Old Forester: good music, good drinks, and that same feeling you get when the food hit right.

Would love to see you there:
but.ly/HotGreaseAnniversary

05/20/2026

One year of Hot Grease. 🐟🔥

We’re celebrating June 6 in Placentia with a proper fish fry: DJs, fried fish, b**r, community, and folks who helped keep the grease hot this year.

Featuring community partners
Sponsored by FITax + The Bruery

This ain’t no damn fish n chips.

http://bit.ly/HotGreaseSaturdayAnniversary

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