"Add to this the fact that Los Angeles is spread out over 453 square miles, inclosing within its city limits sheep and cattle ranches, virgin forests and mountain ranges, as well as Hollywood and at least 25 to 30 small towns and you begin to get the idea of what a difficult task it is to build any kind of community feeling! The only fertility of such a soil was the kind on which grew radicals, cultists, utopians and fanatics." Ralph Hancock, "Fabulous Boulevard."
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To start, we’re teaming up with the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism to help provide education and training expertise to a new generation of journalists. The school has developed a new course, “Bridging the Gap Between L.A. Influencers and Independent Journalists,” which will provide time and space for USC students to contribute to the L.A. TACO Media Lab.
L.A.-born Walter Mayen worked his way up in the kitchen, from shucking oysters to running one of the most legendary steakhouses in the country. And even has the scar to prove it.
Beyond the specifics behind the perfect pour, a high-quality bean, and a great aroma, coffee is about community, the people who serve it, and the people we share it with.
Thirteen years after Wes Avila first turned the classic taco de papa on its head by using in-season, local sweet potatoes, he continues to evolve his iconic, accidentally vegetarian taco. Avila’s sweet potato taco has been copied by many in L.A. and beyond. It’s also one of the best-sellers at his taquería in Kyoto, PioPiko, proving that this taco is also effectively also huge in Japan.
Did your favorite spot make it to the Sabr-Ocho? The competition is getting fierce.
