Food
This New Lynwood Studio Is a Sober Living Sanctuary with Coffee, Tattoos, and Streetwear
“People don’t see the sober; they see the matcha,” owner Ruben Barcenas says. “They see some dope clothing. Undercover wellness. It’s how I approach everything.”
This South Central Native Reveals Black L.A.’s Best Hidden Gems through Food Tours
The formula sounds simple: Gather guests, board a bus, and visit several Black-owned restaurants. But the experience unfolds as something much deeper.
L.A.’s 30 Best Black-Owned Restaurants: Vegan, Brunch, Coffee and More for Juneteenth and Beyond
Use this guide to eat your way through all of Los Angeles in real solidarity and keep coming back to support these businesses and chefs.
The Best Tacos Around SoFi Stadium and Intuit Dome
There’s no shortage of taco shops, trucks, and stands in and around the Inglewood area. You can drive down Hawthorne Blvd between Century Blvd and the 105 freeway to find a dozen taco trucks competing for your attention.
I Went Inside Tanlines, L.A.’s New Bikini Coffeeshop
Tanlines presents itself as something transgressive—a bikini coffee shop in an industrial corner of Los Angeles. But after a few hours inside, the novelty wears off and something much stranger emerges: It's just a neighborhood café.
A Ninja Turtles-Themed Pizzeria with a Serious New York Slice
Take it from a California-raised food writer who did ten years in NYC, these slices slaughter the competition like a sai to Shredder's face.
This THC Matcha Latte Vendor in Long Beach Supports Immigrants with Her Proceeds
“I went to Amsterdam, and I saw the combination of the coffee shops and the smoke shops, and I was like, ‘We need something like that here in Cali,’” Nardo tells L.A. TACO.
Weekend Eats: A Chinatown Sandwich Shop From a Howlin’ Ray’s Veteran
Plus larb-and-pickle tacos at Night + Market Song, khachapuri handpies, Vietnamese egg coffee, and a street stand where you bring your favorite chips, and they turn it into a meat bowl.
These L.A. Restaurants Are Speaking Out After The Influencers They Paid Ghosted Them
When a popular Thai restaurant paid a content creator hundreds for a reel, they hoped it would bring new people to the restaurant. They didn't expect the influencer to vanish.
The 19 Best Moles in L.A., Ranked
This is L.A. TACO's guide to the best motherf*cking moles paying homage to centuries-old recipes and sticking the landing in L.A. County.
