Wrong city. Las Vegas might have been happy to let their team play in &#8220;Pink Taco Stadium&#8221;, but the Arizona Cardinals and the city of Scottsdale have put the kibosh on a proposal by the Hard Rock Cafe spinoff Pink Taco to sponsor the Cards&#8217; new stadium. Let&#8217;s all make sure to remember that this…

Pink Taco Stadium Nixed

linkDestination

core/image

core/paragraph

<p>One of L.A. TACO&#8217;s co-founders, Hadley Tomicki is a writer and editor on food, travel, and culture whose work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, New York Magazine, UrbanDaddy, High Times, and many other places.</p>


Hadley Tomicki

Food

Weekend Eats: James Beard-Winning Lakota Chef Sean Sherman Is Coming to Town

<p>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).</p>


Javier Cabral

Tacos

We Mapped All 64 TACO MADNESS Competitors, From Palms to Pomona

<div class="contents_d3ae0d">
<div id="message-content-1250858460501901333" class="markup_a7e664 messageContent_abea64">Valeria Macias is a student reporter at USC, where she double majors in Journalism and NGOs and social change. Through her work in publications like the LA Times, NBC, Telemundo, Boyle Heights Beat, ABC7, and many others, Macias has amplified the voices within her local communities. Most of her reporting focuses on the local Angelino community and shines a light on issues of gentrification, street vending, city government, and more.</div>
</div>
<div id="message-accessories-1250858460501901333" class="container__62863">
<div class="visualMediaItemContainer__582ad">
<div class="oneByOneGrid__36e03 oneByOneGridSingle__8c6ef">
<div class="mosaicItem__2e894 mosaicItemNoJustify_ef758c mosaicItemMediaMosaic_ac9e71 hideOverflow__5f669">
<div class="imageContent__0fe2a embedWrapper__47b23 itemContentContainer__77d7f mosaicItemContent__289da">
<div class="imageContainer__1b5e9">
<div class="imageWrapper__178ee imageZoom__9528e clickable__2869d lazyImgContainer_b0a5df"></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>


Valeria Macias

a woman in a restaurant prepares a plate of food

A Reddit Post Is Helping One of L.A.’s Most Iconic Mexican Restaurants, But It’s Far From Safe

an illustration of a corn cob intertwining with two strands of wheat

L.A. Taco Guides

City of Masa: L.A. TACO’s Ultimate Guide to Tortillas in Los Angeles

<p>Emna Hillou is a Los Angeles–based writer, director, and producer interested in how food carries history and memory. Her work explores identity, food, surfing, and overlooked stories across the Middle East, North Africa, and Latin America.</p>


Emna Hillou

Behold Lincoln Heights’ Moroccan Fried Sardine Taco

L.A. TACO STAFF

<p><span class="OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none">Janette Villafana is an award-winning bilingual multimedia journalist. Her heart lies in community-based reporting, and her work is highly centered on showcasing and uplifting community voices, with a significant focus on the Latino community. She developed her beat at L.A. TACO, covering street vending communities in Los Angeles. Past work has been featured on NBC, LAist, Latino Rebels, and more. She is currently featured at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington in an exhibit titled “¡De última hora! Latinas Report Breaking News.”</span></p>


Janette Villafana

Taco Gobernador with a sliced acovado on top.

Taco Members Only

The 24 Best Fish and Seafood Tacos In Los Angeles, Mapped

Explore

Footer - NEW

Legal Footer

Main - NEW

Mobile

Become a subscriber today to get unlimited access

Thanks for reading!

This is member's only content.

Members get unlimited access to all of our stories, along with incredible perks like free tacos, invites to our events, access to our mobile app, and much more!

Become a Member of L.A. TACO

Register to continue

L.A. TACO

Third Round of TACO MADNESS Voting Is Now Open! Meet the ‘Spicy 16!’

Phoenix Tso

Los Angeles

Why did L.A. Public Library cancel its ‘Read Palestine Week’ talk?

<div>Ivan Ehlers is an Ecuadorian-American cartoonist and writer. He is a regular contributor to <i>The New Yorker</i>, <i>MAD Magazine</i> and the <i>Los Angeles Times</i>.</div>
<div></div>
<div>IG: <a id="m_-8957504711371111195plusReplyChip-0" class="gmail_plusreply"></a>@ivan_ehlers</div>


Ivan Ehlers

Sunday Taquitos #23: Cold As ICE

<p>A.k.a. Afroxander; Weekend Editor at L.A. Taco and a lecturer at San Diego State University. He has covered arts, culture, history, politics, and sports with an emphasis on Latin America and its U.S. diaspora for over two decades.</p>


Ivan Fernandez

Culture

The Borderless Legend Before The WWE Mask

<p>Izzy Ramirez is a Los Angeles-based staff reporter with L.A. TACO, documenting immigration enforcement and state power as it unfolds on the ground. Their work centers real-time alerts and long-term public archiving throughout the Southern California region.</p>


Izzy Ramirez

<p>Erwin Recinos is a seasoned visual artist with an eye for capturing life as a working commuter aboard public transportation in and around Los Angeles. For 20 years now, Recinos has been documenting the urban landscape, street culture, and Hispanic communities of Los Angeles utilizing his daily routine and the city of Los Angeles as an inspiration. Recinos also works with popular food and event websites such as LATACO.com and Eater LA to capture the cuisine and culture that is so important to the city of Los Angeles and across Southern California.</p>


Pink Taco Stadium Nixed

Stay in touch

More from L.A. TACO

Third Round of TACO MADNESS Voting Is Now Open! Meet the ‘Spicy 16!’

Why did L.A. Public Library cancel its ‘Read Palestine Week’ talk?

Sunday Taquitos #23: Cold As ICE

The Borderless Legend Before The WWE Mask

Daily Memo: ICE Keeps Targeting People at Rancho Cucamonga Court

Weekend Eats: James Beard-Winning Lakota Chef Sean Sherman Is Coming to Town