logo_fixed_outline

image (9)

lede_post_card_default

lede_post_card_stacked

lede_post_card_featured_post

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero

lede_post_card_featured_posts_sidebar

lede_post_card_highlighted_post

lede_post_card_horizontal_a

lede_post_card_horizontal_c

lede_post_card_related_post

lede_article_featured_16x9

lede_article_featured_3x2

lede_article_featured_flexible

lede_article_content

lede_article_content_wide_width

lede_article_content_full_width

lede_byline_avatar_post_card

lede_byline_avatar_highlight

lede_profile_coral_avatar

lede_logo

lede_logo_banner

lede_logo_footer_banner

lede_logo_simple_header

lede_sponsorship_logo

lede_sponsorship_logo_river_card

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card_logo

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card

Explore

Footer - NEW

Legal Footer

Main - NEW

Mobile

Celebrating the Taco Lifestyle in Los Angeles, CA

la-taco-horizontal-1

L.A. TACO

Support L.A. TACO

support_snipe002 (1)

Scouring the brick jungles of Los Angeles with my arsenal of cameras. In my adventures I am photographing anything that piques my interest.

Erwin Recinos

SparrowMart_TheStandard (9 of 21)

A Fully Stocked Supermarket Made Entirely of Felt ~ Lucy Sparrow’s L.A. Debut at The Standard

Melissa Mora Hidalgo was born in Montebello and grew up in the L.A./O.C. borderlands of East Whittier and La Habra. She holds a Ph. D. in Literature from UC San Diego and is the author of Mozlandia: Morrissey Fans in the Borderlands (Headpress UK, 2016).

Melissa Mora Hidalgo

tacobaby

Eat This Dish, Hear This Band: Your Ultimate Guide to the 2018 Music Tastes Good Festival in Long Beach

Tien Nguyen writes about food and culture. She co-authored the New York Times bestseller &#8220;L.A. Son: My Life, My City, My Food&#8221; with Roy Choi and Natasha Phan, and her work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times and Lucky Peach.

Tien Nguyen

yelp-chaina-cafe

Cheap Eats

Highlights from the Rogue 99 ~ Grand Central Market

A.k.a. Afroxander, an L.A.-born Jalisciense getting his Juan Rulfo on as the curly-haired link between music, art, history, sports in English y Español.

Ivan Fernandez

Carlos Vela scores for LAFC.

Sports

Who Are the ‘Real L.A.’ Soccer Fans? ~ A Look At the Growing Rivalry of Galaxy vs. LAFC

Jennifer Velez is a multi-media journalist covering news and culture in L.A.

Jennifer Velez

KX Fest_day1

Events

‘Grease’ 40th Anniversary, Afrolituation, Ozomatli, Jenny and the Mexicats ~ GTFO LA!

Erick Galindo is a contributing Editor to L.A. TACO. He writes the Mis Ángeles column for LAist/KPCC and has written essays on food and culture for the New York Times and Los Angeles Times.

Erick Galindo

jonathan-gold-truck screen shot

Los Angeles

‘I Am My Truck. My Truck Is Me’: Seven Classic Jonathan Gold Quotes About Los Angeles

Guerrilla 5

Tacos

‘SOLD OUT’ ~ The Last Day of the Guerrilla Tacos Truck

Warren Szewczyk covers local politics in Southern California. You can find his work at warrensz.me.

Warren Szewczyk

Featured

Friday Surprise: Protesters Target the Offices of Private Prison Giant GEO Group in West Los Angeles

Guerrilla Tacos

Last Rides for Guerrilla Tacos Truck, Cumbias, Craft Beer from Mexico, World Cup Final ~ GTFO LA!

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; This year, 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.

GmU3Yd9R_400x400

Lexis-Olivier Ray

Sundance Institute at Sundown 2018

Film

Trailer: New Comedy From Rapper Boots Riley ~ ‘Sorry to Bother You’ ~ Poised to Be the Sci-Fi Summer Hit

Downtown