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Celebrating the Taco Lifestyle in Los Angeles, CA

L.A. TACO

Whether it&#8217;s your favorite restaurant, park or street, we all notice and experience the world around us based on where we live. I live in L.A. and can&#8217;t stop noticing sharp contradictions of this huge metropolitan area, with its glitz and glamour and almost forgotten, but yet vibrant amazing neighborhoods. 
This is L.A. through my eyes.
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Cheap Eats

Oaxacan Blue Corn Quesadillas ~ Olvera Street

Former editor of L.A. Taco. I still live in Los Angeles but mainly just hang out at parks and stare off into the distance.

Erich Redson

Insect Tacos ~ Echo Park

pleasurepalate

Cemitas y Clayudas Pal Cabron ~ Huntington Park

Jack Larson

LA Chicken “Taste Like Lexus” ~ Little Tokyo

Asian Mexican Fusion Red Hot Kitchen ~ Los Angeles

L.A. TACO STAFF

Duck Carnitas at Cacao Mexicatessen ~ Eagle Rock

Bandini

El Paladar Oaxaqueno ~ West Los Angeles

Bill Esparza is a professional musician, writer, and blogger whose travels throughout Latin America have made him a leading expert on Latin American cuisines.

Bill Esparza

Taco Task Force: LA’s Best Baja Fish Taco

Mariscos Colima ~ Korea Town/Wilshire Center

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Food

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Mexican