It is officially underdog season: Villa's Tacos is the undisputed champion of L.A. TACO's 13th annual online TACO MADNESS tournament.
This round was perhaps the most cutthroat round in TACO MADNESS history, with Tacos Don Cuco and Villa's duking it out every day. Villa's built a large lead of over 100 votes early in the round and kept that healthy distance over Cuco until the weekend. Cuco chipped away and stayed within striking distance and refused to give up, pulling the influencing power of paisa influencers such as Chuy Patabionica to come in and help sway the vote. And it worked, on Sunday, the two taqueros were head to head.
But as Monday's sun rose, Villa's sheer determination to win pulled ahead yet again. And when the clock striked midnight, Villa's Tacos pulled perhaps the biggest upset of all time. They rose above taco powerhouses such as El Ruso and even past prior champions such as Mariscos Jalisco and Macheen.