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Top Ten Tacos ~ August 2006

11:25 AM PDT on August 22, 2006

The illustrious Bandini is back with another Top Ten Tacos list. How many have you been sampled?

1. El Parian Gainer (two months at #1)
1528 Pico Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90036
2. King Taco
1118 Cypress Ave, Los Angeles 90065
3. El Taurino
1104 Hoover St one block south of Olympic.
4. El Matador
1174 N Western Ave in East Hollywood. Nightly after 7pm.
5. El Pecas #2
La Brea and Olympic nightly after 7pm.
6. Fiesta TacoNew
1110 North Hollywood Way Burbank, 91505
7. El PiqueDown
York and Ave 53
8. El Taco Llama
Magnolia Blvd in North Hollywood, one block east of Cahuenga.
9. Pepe's tacosNew
4608 W Adams, Los Angeles (West Adams)
10. Rincon Taurino Down
8708 Van Nuys Blvd, Panorama City.

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