Food
You All Drank 45 Gallons of Our L.A. TACO Beer In Five Hours
Our first-ever beer collaboration with ISM Brewing was a huge success, as was our three-way food collaboration with Sonoratown and ISM.
The Death of One of the Last ‘You Buy, We Fry’ Fish Fry Spots in L.A.
“It feels like you’re making a lot of money, but not really. My body hurts. My wife would also like to retire,” Kuktae Chon tells L.A. TACO. He's been the owner of Rick’s Fish Market almost three decades. And now, the Mid-City staple for fresh fried fish, is closing at the end of this month.
The 43 Best Mexican Restaurants in Los Angeles, Ranked
These are the L.A. restaurants that make this the most exciting city in the world outside of Mexico to enjoy peak Mexican cooking and hospitality.
A West Coast Pilsner with ‘Kush-Like Dankness’ for L.A. TACO
Its flavor notes are bright with saturated aromatics of grapefruit peel, melon Fanta, and pine resin colliding with the senses atop a super-tight and pale malt base with medium bitterness. Grab a Deadliner West Coast Pilsner before it's all gone.
OaxaCalifornia Resists Through Mezcal: L.A.’s Zapoteco Leaders Turn Rare Agaves Into Acts of Defiant Joy
No mass-market mezcales here; instead, small-batch agave masterpieces from maestros who've guarded ancestral recipes across generations, sipped alongside tlayudas and live danzón to remind everyone that resistance sometimes tastes like nuanced earth and wild honey.
How Did Texas Get a Taco-Dispensing ATM Before L.A.?
We're just mad we didn't think of it first.
Caruso Defends Attending Event With Right Wing Figures, Falsely Claims Gabby Giffords Was There, Too
After claiming Gabby Giffords, the retired American politician turned gun-control advocate, also attended the event at Damian with Tucker Carlson, a staffer confirmed that she wasn't even in Los Angeles at the time.
The Best L.A. Movie Theater Popcorn, Ranked
L.A. TACO went on a mission to decide which local movie theaters sell the best popcorn in Los Angeles.
This Lincoln Heights Pop-Up Is Changing the Face of Salvadoran Cooking
Chef Agua is part of a new wave of Salvadoran cooks whose offerings go beyond the typical found at most pupuserias and Salvadoran restaurants, joining the likes of Walking Spanish and L.A. Pupusa.
What Counting U.S. Gun Shops And Mexican Taquerías Tells Us About the World Today
A stunning data visualization pits two national obsessions against each other.
