Sometimes nostalgia gets a bad rap. Like it's some kind of purely reactionary force that keeps people stuck in their ways, resistant to change.
But nostalgia can also be a way of sharing memories and forming community.
"What we're going for more than anything, we want nostalgia to hit when you eat here,” says Marlo Tornel, who runs Cactus Taquería with his family. “We want you to be like, alright, this is an L.A. taco like I grew up eating.”