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Celebrating the Taco Lifestyle in Los Angeles, CA

L.A. TACO

Gabriel Chabrán is a food writer and journalist from Highland Park. He currently lives in Long Beach with his wife Katie, their new baby, and their Russian Blue cat, Mars.

Gab Chabran

Music

3LH’s Fast, Catchy, and Danceable Latinx Surf Rock Is Here to Defy Stereotypes

Multimedia journalist covering everything under the sun. 562 born and raised. News editor for Talon Marks.

Daniel Suarez

He Sold Ceviche Out His Car, Now He Has Two Family-Run Restaurants in Hawthorne

Noe Antonio Adame is a digital media obsessive that spends too much time watching shitty movies, wrangling his kids, and listening to 90s Pop Punk.

Noe Adame

Pandemic or Not, San Fernando Stays Loyal to Carrillo’s Chewy Flour Tortillas

With a ‘Degree in Selenomics’ and Her Bilingual Cosmic Sounds, Chrisol Is Finding Her Musical Reality

L.A. TACO STAFF

Film

Movie and a Taco: Three Guadalajara-Style Dishes in L.A. To Pair With These Three New Films by Latinx Filmmakers

From East L.A. Punk-Ska Roots to Chicano Soul Oldies: The Voice of Joey Quiñones Travels Through Time

Mexico’s First Queer Female Hip-Hop MC Celebrates Her Truth

Lucy Guanuna is an L.A.-based freelance journalist covering Latinx culture, social justice, and lifestyle. She&#8217;s still waiting for peanut butter, jelly and cheese to become a thing.

Lucy Guanuna

‘La Chancla’ y El Novio? This Bilingual Therapist Is Destigmatizing Mental Health in L.A.’s Latinx Communities

Professional punk and Editor-In-Chief for James Beard Award-winning L.A. TACO. Associate Producer for JBA-winning Las Crónicas Del Taco. Former restaurant scout for Jonathan Gold. Co-author of &#8220;Oaxaca: Home Cooking From the Heart of Mexico (2019, Abrams) and &#8220;Asada: The Art of Mexican-Style Grilling&#8221; (2023, Abrams).

Javier Cabral

Culver City

‘How to Fold a Taco:’ Meet the First L.A. Born-and-Raised Latina to Write a Taco Children’s book

A proud San Fernando Valley native, Samantha &#8220;Sam&#8221; Nuñez is our Director of Marketing and Social Media. She holds a background in Public Relations and has a Corporate Communications focused Masters from USC. When Sam isn&#8217;t grinding at the Trompo, she is out trying new foods, dancing Mexican Folkloríco or tasting new tequila and mezcal for her collection.

Samantha Nuñez

Featured

Wilfredo Dreams of Curly Fries: This Immigrant From El Salvador Went From Mopping Floors To Having a Mini Jack in the Box Empire in L.A.

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