Food
Where Do the Candidates for L.A. Mayor Really Stand on Street Vending?
Mayor Karen Bass's team realizes that she messed up by trash-talking street vendors, but is Nithya Raman's campaign really pro-vendor?
Tijuana’s Prized ‘Tacos Varios’ Enter East L.A.
The border city's consummate working class taco arrives with rich guisados, handmade corn tortillas, beans, and rice.
L.A.’s Most Exclusive Poke Comes From a Car Trunk And Sells Out In Minutes
Some of the most euphoric experiences come from plastic baggie transactions. Eating Dover Sole Market's Hawaii-sourced poke is no exception.
The 21 Best Street Kebabs in L.A.
L.A.'s spreading street kebab scene is giving our taco life a run for its money. Here is where to find the juiciest and tastiest meat on a stick, from Persian koobideh and Turkish wings to Cambodian twako sausages.
L.A.’s Best Arepas Find a Permanent Home In Mar Vista
For seven years, you could only find these loaded Venezuelan beauties made with nixtamalized maiz criollo at a few farmers markets. Now you can find them any day of the week.
Sobuneh and Tacos 1986 Are Making Breakfast Tacos Together For Only 6 Days Next Week
Tater tots will crumble, eggs will scramble, and the salsa macha will flow.
Watts’ Viral Tri-Tip BBQ Smoker Just Wanted to Feed His Sick Dad. Now He Feeds a Community
Raul Martinez Jr. of 105BBQ tells L.A. TACO, "Pre-orders sell out within days of posting." People DM him offering to pay in advance, just to hold a spot.
A Persian-Mexican Jam For Hoja Santa Lamb Shanks and Flash Tattoos
“There's . . . nowhere else, other than L.A., where you’d find these two cultures in such proximity, which is also why there are so many half-Persian, half-Mexican people,” the party organizer says.
South Central Is Going Old School to Revive Its Economy: Coupons
“Many people think they have to go out of South Central to enjoy good-quality food, good-quality anything, but with this passport, we hope it makes people realize that they have quality right here in these neighborhoods," co-creator Patricia Amador says.
The 14 Dumplings You Have To Try In L.A.’s San Gabriel Valley
Dumpling crawl? Sometimes they have lacy, crispy skirts, and sometimes they are chewy, broth-filled bombs of delicious joy. Either way, you’ll find the best dumplings in Los Angeles among the neighborhoods that make up the SGV.
