When they hear the words "King" and "Taco" together, most people in L.A. will likely think of the large, crowned marquee advertising this local Mexican food chain's success story, as it lights up an East L.A. blacktop into the witching hours.
Or, if you go back long enough, to the ice cream truck-turned-lonchera parked next to an East L.A. bar that Gustavo Arrellano cited as the city's first taco truck in an obituary of King Taco co-founder Raúl Martinez in 2013.
What most imaginations probably fail to conjure is King Taco's mean salsa roja over its meh asada being conveyed inside the belly of a four-wheeled Coco robot that came from the innards of a ghost kitchen that also houses a location of Gywneth Paltrow's Goop Kitchen.
But lo, a new era has dawned, as we learn that King Taco is coming to Venice and Santa Monica this week. Last Friday, King Taco formally let the cat out of the bag, announcing on Instagram that it's arriving in Santa Monica and Venice this Friday, May 2, and promising the "Same Flavor. New Neighborhoods," after teasing a surprise announcement for days.