These are the best tacos in West Covina and Covina.
West Covina and Covina are neighbors and easily confused by name alone. But the two cities couldn’t be more different.
Covina’s history is rooted in agriculture and in 1909, Covina was the third largest producer of oranges in the world. Today, a drive down Arrow Highway into Covina certainly feels more rural.
West Covina, stretching all the way from Baldwin Park in the northwest to La Puente and Walnut in the southeast, was incorporated in 1923 to prevent neighboring Covina from building a sewage farm. Distinctly more suburban and working class, West Covina saw a major post-World War II population boom from 1950-1960, jumping from around 5,000 residents to 50,000 in that time.
Both are distinctly different, but one thing they share in common is great tacos, ranging from CalMex freshness to taqueria classics, from hard-fought brick and mortars to inventive pop-ups.