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Saturday, February 17th, 2007
Taco Stand- Fletcher and Larga- Atwater Village
Holy Crap Balls, Batman. This spot is off the hook.
On Fletcher Avenue just North of the 5 Freeway is a neighborhood called Atwater Village. It’s a quaint place- a small town yown on the border of a big city. A pivotal scene from Pulp Fiction was filmed one block up from this joint- (when Butch [...]
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Thursday, January 25th, 2007
El Tarasco Taco Truck: 3rd and Loma
El Tarasco is located on 3rd street, a block east of Loma near Downtown Los Angeles. Anthony and I were in search of a tiny cart that appears on 3rd and Crown Hill in the evenings, but it didn’t seem to be there that night. We saw El Tarasco’s Virgin de Guadalupe on its [...]
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Thursday, January 11th, 2007
Taco Zone- Echo Park Taco Truck
One of my favorite late night carts in all of Los Angeles- I’ve seldom been led astray by the tacos at Taco Zone.
At any time of night you’ll see a good mix of Echo Parquians standing in line- from blue collar laborers to hipsters and families. That’s when you know a Taco Truck is a [...]
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Monday, January 1st, 2007
El Taurino- Los Angeles Taco Resturaunt
El Taurino, the bull, is a legendary taco hot spot in Los Angeles. Located on Hoover at 11th street in a very crowded part of town- it is constantly bustling.
The restaurant is laid out cafeteria style- with many small plastic tables with attached chairs stationed all around. Everything is served on paper plates- so the [...]
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Wednesday, December 13th, 2006
El Takitaco- Highland Park: 53rd and Fig
El Takitaco- one the most aptly named Taco Trucks in all of Los Angeles. The tacos are savory and come in the usual flavors: pastor, asada, and carnita with lingua, cabeza and even pollo thrown in for good measure.
The Pastor and Asada tacos are quite salacious. The steak in the asada tacos are finely chopped [...]
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Sunday, December 3rd, 2006
Good Goings Launches “Taco Quest” the search for the Best Street Taco in Los Angeles
Los Angeles. A sprawling metropolis that spreads over 498 square miles with a population of over 5 million people.
And within those 498 miles, and among those 5 million peoples are the some of the best tacos in the world.
And we’re going to find them.
