linkDestination

caption

credit

creditUrl

originalHeight

originalWidth

srcset

height

width

core/image

core/html

<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>


Hadshot2022

Hadley Tomicki

two to-go boxes of crnkle fries covered in cheese and green onions

Orangechickenfries

Food

Weekend Eats: Paneer Tacos, Hamburger Handrolls, and Orange Chicken Fries Are Here To Test Your New Year’s Resolutions

LA_TACO_LOGO_SC_WHITE_Black_240

L.A. TACO STAFF

Screenshot 2025-12-11 at 12-17-55 Mrmenudo.jpg (JPEG Image 710 × 443 pixels)

L.A. Taco Guides

The 24 Best Tamales In Los Angeles

<p><span class="il">Kate Stuzin</span> is a senior at USC majoring in journalism with a minor in law and social justice, currently serving as an assignment desk intern at ABC7 Los Angeles. She creates reels on Instagram @bykatestuzin and reports for Annenberg TV News, covering stories across campus and the greater LA community.</p>


IMG_3318

Kate Stuzin

a man and woman, a couple, pose together from behind their tea stand

image4

Drink

No Sign, No Menu, and Alcohol-Free: Inside Downtown L.A.’s Hidden Tea Speakeasy

L.A.’s 13 Best Old-School Pie Shops

<p>Héctor Zaldívar is the head of a print magazine and art/music publication titled Dead Relatives. Completely written and designed by Zaldívar, every month subscribers are mailed in-depth stories on different subcultures from graffiti in Latin America to hardcore punk to lowrider culture and back.</p>


DR DM Hector Zaldivar Headshot

Héctor Zaldívar

a young girl dressed in Indigenous clothing

_CHO0317

News

City of Los Angeles Honors Tribal Firefighters at City Hall Gallery, While Adopting Indigenous Land Acknowledgement

pieces of artwork are positioned on a wall almost all the way to the ceiling

SURVIVAL_MODE_INSTALLATION_Lo_Res_15

This Anarcho-Punk Art Gallery’s Group Show Reflects the Hardships of DIY L.A.

logo_fixed_outline

image (9)

lede_post_card_default

lede_post_card_stacked

lede_post_card_featured_post

lede_post_card_featured_post_3:2

lede_post_card_featured_post_1:1

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero_3:2

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero_1:1

lede_post_card_featured_posts_sidebar

lede_post_card_highlighted_post

lede_post_card_horizontal_a

lede_post_card_horizontal_c

lede_post_card_related_post

lede_post_card_square

lede_article_featured_16x9

lede_article_featured_16x9_full_width

lede_article_featured_3x2

lede_article_featured_3x2_full_width

lede_article_featured_1x1

lede_article_featured_1x1_full_width

lede_article_featured_flexible

lede_article_featured_flexible_full_width

lede_article_content

lede_article_content_wide_width

lede_article_content_full_width

lede_byline_avatar_post_card

lede_byline_avatar_highlight

lede_profile_coral_avatar

lede_logo

lede_logo_banner

lede_logo_footer_banner

lede_logo_simple_header

lede_sponsorship_logo

lede_sponsorship_logo_river_card

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card_logo

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card

lede_leaderboard

Explore

Footer - NEW

Legal Footer

Main - NEW

Mobile

Celebrating the Taco Lifestyle in Los Angeles, CA

la-taco-horizontal-1

L.A. TACO

Support L.A. TACO

support_snipe002 (1)

IMG_2015

Aisha Wallace-Palomares

IMG_8045

These 10 People Were Taken In Echo Park and Silver Lake During Roving Federal Immigration Patrols On Friday

<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Blending her time in the kitchen as a line cook with her passion for storytelling, Lauren Bethke writes about community, inclusivity and the city she loves the most—Los Angeles.</span></p>


a woman sits outside wearing a black long sleeve outfit

IMG_5952

Lauren Bethke

A Korean dessert on cinnamon sticks that looks like a mushroom-shaped cookie

Restaurant Ki Dessert

L.A.’s 13 Most Memorable Desserts

<p>J.W. Hendricks is a half-Venezuelan photojournalist based in LA. His work has primarily focused on social and labor movements, and has been featured in publications such as CalMatters, Boyle Heights Beat, and The Intercept.</p>


J.W. Hendricks

<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

Ivan Fernandez

011026_Renee Good_Anti-ICE_Protest_JWH_20

Protests

Protestors Rally in Pershing Square Against ICE and the Donroe Doctrine

<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_2025

Ivan Ehlers

SUNDAY_TAQUITOS_10-Good-Is-Dead

Comix

Sunday Taquitos #10: Red-Handed

497669977_18321285880204497_7611867557924771525_n

Indiana Holmes

DSC01545

Featured

Meeting of Styles: A Year of Los Angeles Graffiti

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

Become a Member of L.A. TACO

post

recup_2013_opening_day

Downtown

<p>I document Los Angeles. I walk the streets religiously trying to expose every alley, avenue, and crack the sidewalks have to offer.</p>


Kemal Cilengir

A man is facing backwards wearing a jersey in front of smoke and fire.

444A0155 (3)

Sports

World Series Celebrations In Downtown L.A. End With Fire, Graffiti, and LAPD Aggression