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L.A.’s First ‘Salvi Breakfast Burrito’ Arrives, With Yuca Frita, Chicharrón, and Curtido In A Flour Tortilla
This breakfast burrito is genuinely “very L.A.” It reflects the time and place well, with Salvadoran cooks and a Japanese-Jewish co-creator taking on a Mexican favorite that was originally an amalgamation of Mexican and North American cuisine itself.
Here’s The First Look at Punk Rock Bowling’s 2025 Lineup, With Cock Sparrer, Social Distortion, Peter Hook, and More
"This is Punk Rock Bowling’s 25th anniversary, so it’s extra special," Shawn Stern, Presidente of the Punk Rock Bowling Festival, tells L.A. TACO.
L.A.’s Latest Great Sonoran Taco (and Hot Dog) Contender is a Taco Stand in Boyle Heights
The menu includes crispy lorenzas, papas locas loaded with asada, and bacon-wrapped "momias." This taquero keeps his homemade flour tortilla purveyor a secret, too.
In Absurd Twist, City of L.A. Serves Itself a ‘Notice of Violation’ After Installing Anti-Homeless Fence On Sidewalk
The city now finds itself in an embarrassing situation where one city department is using taxpayer dollars to erect a fence that limits people’s access to public space, while another city department uses up even more city resources to have that same fence taken down.
L.A. TACO’s 2024 Holiday Gift Guide
From a lowrider rug to "bong candles" to a handmade goth Huichol-inspired bead necklace to a cazo for carnitas to decolonized coffee, here is our gift guide that focuses on local small businesses and unique things around. L.A.
L.A.’s First ‘Paw-nadería’ For Dogs Just Opened Its Doors In Downey, With Pet-Friendly Pan Dulce
After a year of doing pop-ups, Adriana Montoya has opened L.A.'s panadería in southeast Los Angeles, including a menu of all the pan dulce classics, doggie guayaberas, and even 'Paw-cifico' cold ones to crack open with your loyal canine familia.
Foos Gone Wild’s Insane, First Ever Art Show Was Held at Superchief Gallery In DTLA, Here’s Everything You Missed
Punk foos, cholo foos, Black foos, old lady foos, and young foos all came out to check out Foos Gone Wild's highly anticipated art exhibition at Superchief Gallery L.A. just south of the 10 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles. It was the craziest ensemble of thousands of foo characters ever to assemble anywhere in the most peaceful way.
LAPD Officers Watched a Nearly $1 Million Metro Bus Get Lit On Fire. Why Didn’t They Do Something?
On social media, people were quick to criticize fans that participated in the celebrations. But few people questioned why the LAPD, a public agency with an annual budget of over $3 billion, stood around and waited until the bus was on fire before they did something. Or why the city wasn’t better prepared to handle public celebrations considering the same exact thing happened three years ago when the Dodgers won the World Series (again).
A ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ Star Looks Back On Filming at Evergreen Cemetery in Boyle Heights After 40 Years
“I remember driving early in the morning, in the dark, to get to the cemetery,” says Heather Langenkamp, who played Nancy. “I remember thinking to myself, 'I’ve never been over here, but I’ve heard that there’s really great tacos over here on Soto. Robert Englund was such a foodie. He probably told me that the best food in town was over there.”
Arlington Heights’s 11-Year-Old Salvadoran Panadería Serves Crispy Shrimp Pupusas, ‘Slutty’ Semitas, and Chocolate Rats
The couple credits their bakery’s success to high standards. Whereas many Central American bakeries may lean on more obtainable, cheaper cream cheese for their quesadillas, the family imports the unique type of hard cheese traditionally used in El Salvador.
