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TACO MADNESS: Top Ten Tacos of Bill Esparza

TACO MADNESS is coming soon, and to kick things off, we'll be posting the top ten tacos of several of the city's taco luminaries. First up, Bill Esparza, famed Street Gourmet of LA. Here is Bill's current top ten tacos:

1) Taco Jalisco truck

2) Tacos Leo truck

3) Ricky's Fish Tacos

4) Mexicali Taco Co.

5) Birrieria Flor del Rio

6) Tacos Cuernavaca

7) Mariscos El Teto's

8) Tacos Los Guichos (weekend carnitas only)

9) Tacos Arandas

10) Metro Balderas

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