Food
Inspired By One of Oaxaca’s Best Street Foods, This Taquiza Is Bringing Chicharrón-Topped Suckling Pig Tacos to L.A. (and O.C.)
The pork is marinaded in a secret recipe for ten hours and roasted for four hours until it falls apart. They top it with crumbled chicharrón that they puff up themselves, a habanero salsa, and taquería guacamole. They just started offering an outstanding suadero that is confit in beef tallow, longaniza drippings, and lard until it gently crisps up like a beef version of carnitas.
The L.A. Food and Drink World Mourns Jose “Chuy” Tovar, a Community Legend, Dead at 55
L.A.’s taco life lost one of its most beloved personalities, Jose “Chuy” Tovar, who died in a car accident at 55 on Monday afternoon. A GoFundMe has been set up by his family.
What To Eat In L.A. This Weekend: Oktoberfest Breakfast Burritos, A New Guatemalan Pepián, and Lobster-Flavored Potato Chips
Welcome back to L.A. TACO's weekly roundup of food and event finds! For members' eyes only...
This Cambodian Refugee Is Bringing Juicy, Spice-Packed Khmer BBQ Beyond the Borders of Long Beach to L.A.
Each plate of grilled meat at Kreung Kitchen's pop-up is served with a hill of rice made with coconut milk, lime leaf, and coconut corn, along with a small salad with a vinegary fish sauce.
What To Eat This Weekend In L.A.: Grasshopper Burritos, Ghostbuster S’Mores at Horror Nights, and Cannabis Agua Frescas
Head to The Valley for smoked pineapple and Long Beach for Oaxacan. Here's where to eat and drink this weekend.
Long Beach’s New-School Mariscos Spot Is Unlike Any Other, With A Seafood Discada and Riff On Mexico City’s Most Iconic Fish Recipe
The three-month-old restaurant is a haven for seafood lovers in Long Beach looking for bright and punchy flavors that recall their days on the beaches of Mexico. The chef and partner behind the ambitious concept moved from Tijuana to ensure the most accurate flavors.
Five L.A. Ceviches That Skip the Seafood For Ribeye Steak, Pork Belly, and King Oyster Mushrooms
We have no beef with fish. But if you can't eat seafood or don't enjoy eating it much, here is a local list of five meat-based ceviche variations from around Latin America that still deliver that rush of freshness and flavor.
Celebrity-Owned, Formerly Vegetarian Restaurant in Koreatown Reopens, Adds Meat to New Menu
Plus, a modern Mexican pop-up with scallop tartar tostadas with chicatana ants and avocado and duck quesabirria tacos comes to Culver City.
Watch Evil Cooks and Estrano ‘Make Noise’ and Set Shit on Fire In This New Show On Indie L.A. Chefs
What do a pyromaniac heavy metal taquero, a power-violence-fueled gonzo chef, and a Zapotec master of backyard Oaxacan cuisine have in common? We're glad you asked.
L.A.’s Best All-Day Turkish Breakfast Is Built For Lingering For Hours at Mid-City’s Alchemist Cafe
The spot currently serves the best Turkish breakfast spread we’ve seen in Los Angeles, Tuesdays through Sundays, regardless of the hour, like an Ottoman Norm’s. The spread includes Tulum cheese, muhammara, homemade 'nutella,' fresh bread, and potent black tea.
