Cactus Taqueria #1 ~ 950 Vine St. Hollywood, CA 90038 (213) 464-5865
Stumbling out the door of some dank Hollywood bar, a little too blurry still to fit the key in the ignition on the first try, the blocks surrounding Hollywood and Vine can feel taco-impaired, especially as a 'new Times Square'-era TGIFriday-fication encroaches on the beloved seedier reaches of the Walk of Fame. Cactus Taco is a reliable destination in such times, a short amble down Vine to a tiny Fanta-hued hut in a parking lot below Santa Monica that stays open into the wee hours.
Cactus has flavored our pages before, named as favorite taco spot by such Hollywood street heroes as REVOK, among others. After some late-night vodka-infused mischief up the street, I made my way to Cactus to soak up the Slavic salve of Stoli with a serious taco bender.
