logo_fixed_outline

image (9)

lede_post_card_default

lede_post_card_stacked

lede_post_card_featured_post

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero

lede_post_card_featured_posts_sidebar

lede_post_card_highlighted_post

lede_post_card_horizontal_a

lede_post_card_horizontal_c

lede_post_card_related_post

lede_article_featured_16x9

lede_article_featured_3x2

lede_article_featured_flexible

lede_article_content

lede_article_content_wide_width

lede_article_content_full_width

lede_byline_avatar_post_card

lede_byline_avatar_highlight

lede_profile_coral_avatar

lede_logo

lede_logo_banner

lede_logo_footer_banner

lede_logo_simple_header

lede_sponsorship_logo

lede_sponsorship_logo_river_card

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card_logo

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card

Explore

Footer - NEW

Legal Footer

Main - NEW

Mobile

Celebrating the Taco Lifestyle in Los Angeles, CA

la-taco-horizontal-1

L.A. TACO

Support L.A. TACO

support_snipe002 (1)

Gilberto Godoy Jr is born and raised in Huntington Park, Los Angeles. His passion for photography has led him to showcase the authentic side of L.A.

Gilberto Godoy Jr.

IMG5595-R01-001 (2)

Photo Essay

As L.A. Keeps Gentrifying, the Three Vaqueros Behind ‘Connecting Compton’ Want Their ‘Hood to Stay Riding Horses and Growing Their Own Food (Photo Essay)

Professional punk and Editor-In-Chief for James Beard Award-winning L.A. TACO. Associate Producer for JBA-winning Las Crónicas Del Taco. Former restaurant scout for Jonathan Gold. Co-author of &#8220;Oaxaca: Home Cooking From the Heart of Mexico (2019, Abrams) and &#8220;Asada: The Art of Mexican-Style Grilling&#8221; (2023, Abrams).

Javi headshot

Javier Cabral

carne en su jugo

Food

Eat Like Chente: Where to Find Vicente Fernández’s Favorite Mexican Dish Around Los Angeles

francisco aviles pino is a Mexican writer and producer for LA TACO. Born in Acapulco Guerrero, Mexico, and raised in Los Angeles and Anaheim California, francisco is a passionate observer who has written and produced special projects for The Intercept, Vogue, The Appeal, Netflix, the OC Weekly, Million Dollar Hoods, and Brave New Films.

francisco aviles pino

latina moshing

Music

For L.A.’s Latinx Punks, Rude Boys, and Metalheads, Moshing Is Ceremony and a Form of Healing

One of L.A. TACO&#8217;s co-founders, Hadley Tomicki is a writer and editor on food, travel, and culture whose work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, New York Magazine, UrbanDaddy, High Times, and many other places.

Hadshot2022

Hadley Tomicki

Five Itineraries for Exploring Los Angeles While Stoned Out of Your Mind

Janette Villafana is an award-winning bilingual multimedia journalist. Her heart lies in community-based reporting, and her work is highly centered on showcasing and uplifting community voices, with a significant focus on the Latino community. She developed her beat at L.A. TACO, covering street vending communities in Los Angeles. Past work has been featured on NBC, LAist, Latino Rebels, and more. She is currently featured at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington in an exhibit titled “¡De última hora! Latinas Report Breaking News.”

Untitled design (3) copy

Janette Villafana

DSC07781

Culture

‘It’s All Love and Unity:’ Meet the Dancing Trio Unifying Black and Brown Communities One Quebradita At a Time

Laura is a desmadrosa, a product of East Los, an educator, and a hood establishment connoisseur.

Laura Tejeda

Taken by Paolo Riveros Sizzle and Coco

They Used to Make Fun of Her for Being the Daughter of a Street Vendor, and Now They Just Opened Their First Restaurant in HP

LA_TACO_LOGO_SC_WHITE_Black_240

L.A. TACO STAFF

Koreano213 for LA Taco-04

ICYMI: Here Are the Wildest Scenes From the Hundreds of Bikers with Fireworks That Cruised Through L.A. This Weekend

Scouring the brick jungles of Los Angeles with my arsenal of cameras. In my adventures I am photographing anything that piques my interest.

Erwin Recinos

FirstClassBC_ERecinos-3

Scenes From East L.A.’s Latest Lowrider Bike Show and Where to Go Admire Them This Weekend

EchoPark_CruiseNight (5 of 23)

For the Lowrider Bike Club ‘Bikes on the Blvd,’ Building and Riding Provide Members a Sense of Family and Purpose

AngelViramontes_ERecinos-7

Featured

Santa Fe Springs’ Lowrider Bike Prodigy Has Been Building Lowbikes Since He Was 11 Years Old