Except for few food trucks, the West Side doesn’t have any decent tacos — and Loqui came to shake things up. Here the tacos are called “primos”, and they are the size of your hand. The flour tortillas are made...
Don’t go looking for Tacos in Bell: at La Casita Mexicana, mole rules. After driving East for more than an hour (channeling your inner Jonathan Gold), order a margarita pitcher and start counting the piñatas above you. A plate of...
Esdras Ochoa, already praised for his Chinatown “Mexicali”, gives us the perfect spot for a drink on the East Side: Salazar. Entirely outdoor, with cocktails designed by Brandi Boles and tacos al pastor to be shared before dinner. Enjoy boozy horchatas...
I inspired Jon Favreau’s movie Chef, I have 5 food trucks and 147K followers on Twitter … who am I? Roy Choi, who else! It’s impossible to miss Kogi in LA, this KoMex fleet (the first ever to do Korean–Mexican...
In a social network era, Tacos Tu Madre has found the key to success: a pop-colored calavera mural by “The Art of Chase”, i.e. the perfect background for Instagram pictures. Joshua Pourgol (from Groundworks Coffee) and Oliver Mateen dynamited the...
At the intersection of Silverlake, Los Feliz and East Hollywood, Ricky Piña gives away big smiles and $3 tacos in his “Ricky’s Fish Tacos” taco truck. His recipe for happiness? Only three options (fish, shrimp or Ricky’s special, which is...
In several spots around LA, a few chicos are doing very good tacos at Chicas TAcos: organic, local, GMO-free, and sustainable. You order them in the cutest 60s-inspired hut: peppered steak, beer-battered fish, cauliflower, stewed pork… Then devour them on...
The time you go to Gracias Madre will determine your impression of the place. At 1PM, you may feel like the butternut squash quesadilla is a bit dry, despite its tempting cashew cheese you’ve already tried and liked at Cafe...