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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

Venice

Townhouse Cocktails ~ Venice

I moved to L.A. 15 years ago after recovering from a crippling case of East Coast Bias. Viva California.

Cz Bartok

Metro Line + Bars Map

Echo Park

The Gold Room ~ Echo Park

Winged Hussar

Downtown

Redwood Bar & Grill ~ Downtown

I’m a globetrotting, pen and ink loving LA woman doused in honey but oh so very raw, raunchy at my finest, and certainly straight up. I’m just as likely to quote Theodore Dreiser—&#8221;The old melancholy of desire&#8221;—as I am to rap to some Khia and tell you what to do to my neck and back. Of course, I love tacos. My mom still makes the best I’ve ever had. Actually, there was that one time in Mexico City that my stance on this matter nearly changed, but I got car sick and threw up in my cousin’s 1987 VW bug, so that taco de carnitas did not seem so tasty on the way out. Here’s to life: L’chaim!

Watering Holes

Townhouse Cocktails ~ Venice

Metro Line + Bars Map

The Gold Room ~ Echo Park

Redwood Bar & Grill ~ Downtown

Rawhide ~ Sunday Line Dancing ~ North Hollywood

Safari Sam’s ~ Opening Party ~ Hollywood

Spotlight ~ Hollywood

St. Nick’s ~ West Hollywood

Chez Jay ~ Santa Monica

The Room SM ~ Santa Monica