Welcome to Lancaster in the Antelope Valley, home to L.A.’s High Desert, famous Poppy Field Reserve, Edwards Air Force Base, and the lesser known “Musical Road.” Besides a consistent battery of heat waves and extreme cold, the city has so much to offer its visitors.
For starters, its growing community of taqueros is not to be missed.
After the housing market’s surge in the early 2000s, many Angelenos found themselves establishing roots in the desert, far away from the generations-old Mexican restaurants they grew up with. Decades later, Lancaster’s very own taco scene has blossomed and solidified into one that holds its own, born out of necessity, from a reluctance to drive over an hour in traffic for a nice plate of tacos.
Here are Lancaster’s very own local tortilla heroes.