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Celebrating the Taco Lifestyle in Los Angeles, CA

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L.A. TACO

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.

Hadley Tomicki

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Food

Spot Check! Burritos La Palma Now in Highland Park, Beef Cheek Pastrami Tamales, Filipino Tortas, and THC Ketchup

L.A. TACO STAFF

Urban Wilderness

The L.A. River Runs Through All of Us, Here Are Four Places to Visit, Take In Nature, and Reflect

Editor 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).

Javier Cabral

Tacos

Simón’s ‘Mariscos Chingones’ Is Doing Mexican Fine Dining-Level Seafood Out of a Food Truck In Silver Lake

Janette Villafana is a multimedia journalist from Santa Ana, CA who often covers stories that highlight diverse communities, their issues, success, and personal stories.

Janette Villafana

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Featured

Fruteros, Taqueros, y Paleteros de Cypress Park Protestan El Desalojo de Más de 150 Vendedores Ambulantes

Los Angeles

Cypress Park Ice Cream Trucks, Fruteros, and Taqueros Are Protesting the Sudden Eviction of Over 150 Vendors At Their Commissary

Events

Weekend Events: DJ Arabian Prince, Houston Tacos in Hollywood, and The Punk Rawk Swap Meet

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

Laura Tejeda

Investigative Report

Slaughterhouses and Burning Corpses? Examining Why East and Southeast L.A. Often Smells So Bad

Kamren Curiel is a fourth-generation Chicana born in East L.A. and raised in South San Gabriel. She&#8217;s written for the L.A.Times, Latina, LAist, KCET, Huffington Post, and was the L.A. Editor for Remezcla.com.

Kamren Curiel

History

Hermon’s Hidden History as the Epicenter of L.A.’s Thriving Chicano Tennis Scene Goes Back to 1976

Ben Mesirow is an Echo Park native who writes TV, fiction, food, and sports. At one time or another, his writing has appeared in The LA Times, Litro, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Los Angeles Magazine, and scratched into dozens of desks at Walter Reed Middle School.

Ben Mesirow

L.A. Taco Guides

Wake and Roast: The L.A. TACO Guide to Finding the Best Low-Key Local Coffee Beans

‘Memories of Souplantation:’ This Website Is Here to Help You Mourn the Closing of Everyone’s OG Favorite Soup and Salad Buffet

Cypress Park