Highland Park is back to fully Highland Parkin’.
The highly curated funk music is bumping loudly at the Gold Line, hop nerds are sitting at the bar and drinking hazies at Hermosillo, and the thick-cut callo de lobina is glistening under the NELA sun at Mariscos El Faro (whenever they’re open). And the tacos dotted around the barrio-turned-flipper’s paradise, in all their juicy, crispy, and handmade tortilla glory are calling your name after a night out in the Avenues.
If you know wassup, Highland Parque’s taco scene can hold its own against the rest of the neighborhoods in L.A. It’s not the best taco ‘hood, but it’s definitely enough to satisfy the casual taco lover. What the neighborhood lacks in regional styles it makes up for with being the pop-up home of some of the city’s most coveted taquero stars. Also, let’s not forget the old-school taco trucks that have been slanging absolutely solid takes of the timeless asada-lengua-tripa weeknight classics like Tacos La Estrella and El Pique on York, and Tacos Sinaloa and Tacos Viva Azteca on Figueroa.
All that being said, these are the L.A. TACO-approved spots that are taste nearly absolutely perfect on a wild weekend night.