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Kat Thompson is a Bangkok-born, Los Angeles-raised writer. Her work has appeared in Food &amp; Wine, Thrillist, Vice, and more.

Kat Thompson

Pasadena

Neighborhood Food Guide: The 14 Best Restaurants—and Tacos—in Pasadena

L.A. TACO STAFF

Food

The 20 Best Wings In Los Angeles

Professional punk and Editor-In-Chief for James Beard Award-winning L.A. TACO. Associate Producer for JBA-winning Las Crónicas Del Taco. Former restaurant scout for Jonathan Gold. Co-author of &#8220;Oaxaca: Home Cooking From the Heart of Mexico (2019, Abrams) and &#8220;Asada: The Art of Mexican-Style Grilling&#8221; (2023, Abrams).

Javier Cabral

Travel

The Six Best Tacos in Mexico City, According to the Most Respected Expert

Jon Peltz was born in the city that Pitbull calls, “The Big Pineapple.” He prefers the dryness of Los Angeles, and lives under a Clear Channel billboard in Hollywood with his two cats.

Jonathan Peltz

Tacos

The 10 Best Tacos and Restaurants in Hollywood

Los Angeles

The 13 Best Carne Asada Tacos In L.A.

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.

Hadley Tomicki

The Nine Best Korean Barbecue Restaurants In L.A.’s Koreatown

The Seven Fanciest, Most Baller Tacos In Los Angeles

Vladimir De Jesus Santos is a Salvadoran-American “rocker foo” from Koreatown, Los Angeles, CA. He’s worked as a Cinematographer/Editor for the past decade, focusing on documentaries, short horror films, low budget music videos, and in 2019, he started his own podcast, “Ey, Foo You A Rocker?” which discusses the intersection between race and identity around extreme music in the hood. He’s interested in writing about culture, transnational politics, and his local taco spot.

Vladimir De Jesus Santos

Koreatown

The Ten Best Tacos In Koreatown

First and foremost, I&#8217;d like to thank you for considering my story. I truly am very proud of this one and am thrilled to hear you like it too. Attached is the word doc along with the images.

Nancy Cruz

Street Vending

‘We Are Not Born Rich:’ Six Street Vendors to Support in Boyle Heights

Janette Villafana is an award-winning bilingual multimedia journalist. Her heart lies in community-based reporting, and her work is highly centered on showcasing and uplifting community voices, with a significant focus on the Latino community. She developed her beat at L.A. TACO, covering street vending communities in Los Angeles. Past work has been featured on NBC, LAist, Latino Rebels, and more. She is currently featured at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington in an exhibit titled “¡De última hora! Latinas Report Breaking News.”

Janette Villafana

L.A. Taco Guides

The 7 Best Tacos to Try in Santa Ana, O.C.

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