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Oishii Eats Loves La Taquiza
One of LA's best food bloggers explores the mulitas and al pastor tacos at La Taquiza, giving them very high marks. She also snapped a gorgeous shot of the pastor spit that will induce cravings in any taco fiend.

Meanwhile, over at the Great Taco Hunt
Bandini, Don of the online LA taco scene, has the opposite experience at a truck in downtown. Served a giant piece of a gristle, he also notices his food getting fingered before he gets a chance to eat it. Even the glorious taco lifestyle has its pitfalls...

Free "Tacos" for Life
Taco Bell, purveyors of taco-like foodstuffs, announced that the first person who donates a Play Station 3 will get free Taco Bell brand taco-like food for life. So far there have been no takers.


Don't Eat Tacos Here

Speaking of taco lifestyle pitfalls and taco-like food, you'll want to skip the following places next time you're out and about: Tacos Mex in Compton, Tacos Plus Ramos, and Tacos al Carbon Morelia in LA. The LA County Health Department shut them all down this month or last for problems ranging from sewage to vermin.

Meet Taco-Man
We have our own taco man, who you can see at the top of this post, but it turns out there's another taco man who is the star of his own online animated comic. All we can say is that our taco man has sour cream dripping out his ass, and their taco man doesn't.

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