This week on the podcast, we try tacos from all four Taco Madness finalists and talk to the people behind the hottest tacos in L.A.

L.A. Taco Podcast: Taco Madness ~ L.A.’s Favorite Tacos of 2019

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<p class="p1">Memo Torres is the Director of Engagement and multimedia journalist for the James Beard award-winning L.A. Taco. He is also the host of the Daily Memo and writes for Apple Maps’ ‘Where Memo Torres Eats in L.A.’ You can see him on Netflix&#8217;s Taco Chronicles and Pressure Cooker.  You can hear him on KCRW’s ‘Good Food’ occasionally. He was a finalist for the Ruben Salazar Award for Latino journalists and a former third-generation landscaper.</p>


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