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A Guide to The Best Bite at Every Spot in Mercado La Paloma

Including one insider's tips for skipping the line at Holbox.

October 28, 2025

Mexican Farmers Shut Down Highways In National Strike, Demanding Better Prices For Their Produce

The dramatic actions—showing farmers at times dumping their limes and avocados—are a direct challenge to president Claudia Sheinbaum's administration, demanding an end to NAFTA flexibilities and other policies that farmers say are destroying their livelihoods.

October 17, 2025

Five Killer Tacos To Eat In L.A. On National Taco Day

From puffy San Antonio-style tacos from a fine-dining chef to a a blue tortilla from freshly nixtamlized corn that just so happens to be topped in French fries, these are the L.A. tacos to celebrate with.

October 7, 2025

Tostadas Over Tasting Menus: Holbox Is North America’s Only 50 Best List Spot Found In a Food Court

Amid ICE's terrorizing abductions in L.A.'s Brown-skinned communities, Holbox's #42 spot on North America’s 50 Best Restaurants is a monumental win for its formerly undocumented owner, chef Gilberto Cetina. His celebrated mariscos bar's affordable heirloom-corn tostadas under $20 now rival $100+ tasting menus, spotlighting immigrant grit and cultural resilience against erasure.

October 2, 2025

How Did Texas Get a Taco-Dispensing ATM Before L.A.?

We're just mad we didn't think of it first.

September 18, 2025

What Counting U.S. Gun Shops And Mexican Taquerías Tells Us About the World Today

A stunning data visualization pits two national obsessions against each other.

September 5, 2025

Try This Unforgettable Hatch Chile Taco In NELA’s ‘American Heritage Cooking’ Restaurant

Despite the controversy of Dunsmoor when it first opened, It’s a variety of a taco that is hard to find in L.A.: An actual Southwest-style taco that deserves some respect, especially during Hatch chile season. If not for the taste of the taco itself that represents New Mexico, then for all the people who make up that state, including the 23 federally recognized tribes that have taken care of that land—and planted green chiles—for thousands of years.  

August 29, 2025

The Last Taco Stand in Altadena

As I cruise down one of Altadena's main arteries, it looks like a mirage. Then, like an oasis as a man stands behind a plancha, cleaver in hand. Next to him is a woman rolling out masa into thick, oblong discs. The trompo glows like a beacon in the dark.

August 12, 2025

Update: ‘Group of Almost 30 Men’ Who Robbed South-Central Taco Truck Confirmed to Be Cruz Azul Fans

The Tijuana-style asada specialist, a staple in the South Central for nearly 15 years, has never experienced an incident of this magnitude. The incident was caught on video and the taqueros say the perpetrators live-streamed it.

August 6, 2025

My Favorite Taco: “Honorary Chicano” will.i.am Dishes on Vegan Tacos, His New Track and “Third-World” Style ICE Raids

“We’re bigger in Mexico” asserts the artist during a private event at the Hollywood HQ for his AI venture, FIY, about his new single that celebrates East Los Angeles.