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Yuca’s Founder Socorro Herrera Dies at 89
L.A.'s cochinita pibil matriarch and the first ever TACO MADNESS champion—back in 2009—Socorro "Mama Yuca's" Herrera has passed away. She was a taquera powerhouse who was born in Merida and changed L.A.'s Taco Life forever when she opened Yuca's at a former 8 x 10 square feet shoeshine stand in Los Feliz in 1976. In 2005, against all odds, she won a James Beard Award.
This Weekend: Nigerian Goat Pies, Five Generations of Shumai, and Gambas Al Ajíllo With Basque Cider
Plus, Malay-style wings, a collaboration pizza-topped with Philippe The Original's French-dipped beef and hot mustard, and more in this week's roundup.
January 3, 2025
The Dark Origin of Rosca de Reyes, Plus the 10 Best In L.A.
Eating a rosca de reyes is a way to beat the post holiday blues. Here are where to find the best ones in L.A. and plus, the macabre origin of the religious holiday that involves murdering infants.
January 2, 2025
L.A. TACO’s Most-Read Investigations Of 2024
In the past 12 months, L.A. TACO published investigations that other media outlets ignored or overlooked about people experiencing the worst food poisoning of their lives at a swanky food event, the alarming increase in people legally carrying guns in Los Angeles, hardworking restaurant workers struggling to get paid, cops watching a $1 million bus burn to the ground, and an attorney general who says he wants to free innocent people from prison but has yet to do so.
December 31, 2024
L.A. TACO’s 14 Most-Read Culture Stories Of 2024
From revisiting famous Repo Man locations and being the only publication in the city documenting L.A.'s thriving underground punk scene, to highlighting the hard-working people of L.A., here are some of our most read feature stories.
December 31, 2024
