Ricky Piña reigns supreme over the fish taco landscape in LA. His Baja-style fried fish & shrimp tacos are available from his truck a few hours each day, but are worth making time for. Read more.
One of the city’s finest al pastor purveyors, Tacos Leo’s slow-roasting vertical pork spit calls the hungry from its very visible real estate on the corner of Venice and La Brea. Read more.
El Chato draws long lines nightly for its al pastor tacos and freshly griddled carne asada. But the real draw here is the smoky chipotle salsa that’s graciously doled out with each plate. Read more.
Maker of possibly Los Angeles’ most revered taco, the Mariscos Jalisco truck is an East L.A. icon. Their shrimp tacos dorados are unlike almost anything else in the taco sphere. Read more.
The Guerrilla Tacos phenomenon, which began as a small cart run by Wes Avila in downtown’s Arts District in 2012, as only continued to expand. Read more.
A far cry from their former parking lot grill days, the Mexicali Taco Co. team now owns real estate just outside of Chinatown, and serves up their smoky carne asada & Mexico-delivered tortillas daily. Read more.
A surprising new face on the L.A. taco truck scene, Carnitas El Momo already garners praise from some of the city’s best taco experts, for their perfectly realized carnitas tacos. Read more.
Cochinita Pibil is the order of the day at La Flor de Yucatan, the 40 year old Pico-Union bakery-cum-taqueria. The Mayan specialties that flow out of this smallish space are authentic and delicious. Read more.
Guisados always seems to be counted among the city’s best. Their stewed and braised offerings sit messily on top of thick, hand-patted tortillas, and come in a wide variety of tasty options. Read more.
La Puente is a haul for anyone living in the more centralized parts of Los Angeles, but chef Ricardo Diaz’s popular restaurant has managed to get taco lovers to make the pilgrimage. Read more.
Arturo’s Puffy Taco is a Whittier staple, and has been cranking out their signature Tex-Mex fried tacos long before Bar Ama downtown. Read more.
The smoked marlin tacos, usually offered with an unstoppably hot habanero salsa, is a perfect primer to what’s going on at this Inglewood restaurant. Read more.
Roy Choi and his Kogi BBQ trucks will always be deserving of a spot among the taco greats. The short rib taco is still perfect after all these years. Read more.
A different kind of fusion altogether, Sky’s Gourmet Tacos in Mid-City marries soul food with corn tortillas and Tex-Mex staples like shredded yellow cheese. The results are messy and delicious. Read more.
The fried potato tacos at El Atacor #11 are legendary, and for good reason. Pure starch, fat, grease and cheese, they are perhaps the simplest drunk food possible. Read more.
Think of Komodo as a spot for Korean fusion tacos 2.0. Komodo’s wide menu offers lots of opportunities to cross international borders, all wrapped up in a solid tortilla. Read more.
The sustainable, wonderfully executed proteins they pack into their taco platters garner fans from far beyond their local neighborhood. Read more.
One of Santa Monica’s shining examples of what tacos can be, the Tacos Punta Cabras team is known for pushing boundaries with their veggie and seafood options. Read more.
One of East L.A.’s true neighborhood gems, El Korita serves to long lines of after-work eaters, most of whom are hungry for their thick hand-patted tortillas and off cuts like buche and cabeza. Read more.
