logo_fixed_outline

image (9)

lede_post_card_default

lede_post_card_stacked

lede_post_card_featured_post

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero

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_article_featured_16x9

lede_article_featured_3x2

lede_article_featured_flexible

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

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)

Tien Nguyen writes about food and culture. She co-authored the New York Times bestseller &#8220;L.A. Son: My Life, My City, My Food&#8221; with Roy Choi and Natasha Phan, and her work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times and Lucky Peach.

Tien Nguyen

Jitlada

Food

Highlights From the Rogue 99 ~ Jitlada

Lina Lecaro is an L.A.-born-and-bred journalist specializing in music, nightlife, and culture for the past two decades.

Lina Lecaro

1(top). The_Residents

Events

GTFOLA! Lynda Carter Gets Her Star, First Fridays at Natural History, Alice Bag at The Echo

Erick Galindo is a contributing Editor to L.A. TACO. He writes the Mis Ángeles column for LAist/KPCC and has written essays on food and culture for the New York Times and Los Angeles Times.

Erick Galindo

Zocalo public square

Film

‘Black Panther’ and ‘Coco’ Prove Diversity Is Good for the Movie Business, Panel Says

AdrianainLA

GTFOLA! Our Weekly Event Guide to Get You Out of the House ~ Vol. 2

Christine Davila is a longtime film programmer, sometimes blogger, and currently a creative executive at Stage 13.

Christine Davila

black panther still

When Will Latinos Get Our ‘Black Panther’?

Hollywood Jesus 1

Del Rey

Jesus Was My Homeboy: RIP Kevin Lee Light, aka Kevin Short

Eva Recinos is a freelance writer based in Los Angeles. She is less than five feet tall.

Eva Recinos

Elotero_Aura

Community

‘Elotero’ Update: Benjamin Ramirez Is in Business and Looking Beyond the Meme

For over a decade, Kwasi Boyd-Bouldin has been photographing the urban environment. His work blends elements of landscape, documentary, and street photography to present a side of the city life that’s foreign to the unfamiliar. The experience of growing up in Los Angeles is the foundation for his photo essays, sharing a perspective that is often missing from the mainstream narrative.

Kwasi boyd-bouldin

000082060004

Los Angeles

“The Displacement Engine” – Photoessay on Gentrification

AllCity_LT – 2

Preview: All City by Snapshot Galleria

LA_TACO_LOGO_SC_WHITE_Black_240

L.A. TACO STAFF

unnamed-3

New Public Art: Old Hollywood Video Installation at Fire Station 82

hollywood