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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

Tacos

These Top L.A. Taco Spots Are Still Delivering While You’re Staying Inside

A writer who has lived across the globe and passionate about all things social justice and politics. Curry enthusiast and knower of completely useless facts.

Tavleen Tarrant

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Featured

I Think I Have Coronavirus but Still Have Not Been Able to Get Tested, and I Am Not Alone

Memo Torres is the Director of Engagement and multimedia journalist for the James Beard award-winning L.A. Taco. He is also the host of the Daily Memo and writes for Apple Maps’ ‘Where Memo Torres Eats in L.A.’ You can see him on Netflix&#8217;s Taco Chronicles and Pressure Cooker.  You can hear him on KCRW’s ‘Good Food’ occasionally. He was a finalist for the Ruben Salazar Award for Latino journalists and a former third-generation landscaper.

Memo Torres

L.A.’s Birria Obsession Forced These Westside Cemita Trucks to Serve Birria, and Their Sales Went Up 50 Percent

Sam Ribakoff is a reporter, journalism teacher, communicator for labor unions, and a nice guy from Long Beach.

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Sam Ribakoff

L.A. Taco Votes: Your Ultra Last Minute Voter Guide for Los Angeles County

The Tacowire: Hermanito Hits Sawtelle; IPA Marinated-Asada in Pico Union

Food

This Tiny Bakery in Culver City Hides Some of the Best Modern and Sazón-Filled Peruvian Seafood in L.A.

Lexis-Olivier Ray is an award-winning staff investigative reporter for L.A. TACO known for holding powerful people in Los Angeles accountable and his reporting on Los Angeles culture. As well as an artist and filmmaker. In 2022, the Society of Professional Journalists&#8217; Los Angeles chapter named Ray one of their &#8220;distinguished journalists.&#8221; In 2023, Ray won a second place Anthem Award in their Health Innovation category for a texting service geared towards the unhoused community and service providers that he launched in 2021 with L.A. TACO and Subtext. Ray was a 2020 USC Center For Health Journalism (CHJ) Data Fellow. As well as a 2022 CHJ Impact Fellow. As a freelancer, Ray has contributed to the L.A. Times, Men&#8217;s Health Magazine, KCET and SFGATE.

Lexis-Olivier Ray

News

Update: LAPD Thought He Was a Black Man With a Gun, Turns out He Was a Latino Man Holding a Bicycle Part

I am a first-generation Oaxa-Californian raised in Venice Beach. Bike powered and car-free, I am an activist that will take you up on a ride.

Areli Morales

Events

La Feria Del Tejate: How This ‘Drink of the Gods’ Connects Me with My Family’s Indigenous Oaxacan Roots in West Los Angeles

Lisa Kwon is a writer born, raised, and currently living in Koreatown. She will talk your ear off about Korean coffee culture and the dreadful effects of Los Angeles’ palm tree fetishism.

Lisa Kwon

How Chicas Tacos ‘Impossible’ American Crunchy Taco Is Changing the Cal-Mex Food Game

Erick Huerta likes to eat his Hot-Cheetos with chopsticks.

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L.A. Taco Podcast ~ We Went to L.A. Zine Fest in Culver City and Ate Taco Burgers at the Oinkster

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