I Found the New Best Carne Asada Taco in L.A, And It’s in a Parking Lot In Silver Lake ^61.2%

L.A. TACO - By Javier Cabral - 6/30/2026, 6:09 PM

Biased Writer Voice 36.1% - Hasty Generalization 21% - Attempt to Sell a Product or Service 19.2%

There are many great tacos in Los Angeles, but very few hit legendary status right from the first bite. I had no idea Tacos Royale even existed until June 11, when Octavio Olivas of Ceviche Project casually mentioned that his former employee had just opened a taquería while watching Mexico beat South Africa. The name stuck with me. I’d... more

Chef Joshua Gil, Anarcho Punk Chef Who United Alta and Baja California, Dies at 50 ^51.2%

L.A. TACO - By Javier Cabral - 6/23/2026, 6:13 PM

Biased Writer Voice 70.6% - Appeal to Emotion 24.3% - Hasty Generalization 17.5%

“Oh, don’t worry about me. I’ll be OK. My physical body may not, but I’ll be fine.” I’ll never forget those deep, haunting words from Chef Joshua Gil as he sat across the table from me at his final Supper Liberation Front dinner pop-up at Surfas Culinary District in Arlington Heights on December 17, 2024. With a grin, he served me a... more

The 19 Best Moles in L.A., from SFV to South L.A., Ranked ^72.2%

L.A. TACO - By Hadley Tomicki, Javier Cabral, Juan Izguerra, Julianne Le, Erwin Recinos - 5/28/2026, 8:05 PM

Biased Writer Voice 91.1% - Appeal to Emotion 43.7% - Halo Effect 34.3%

May gray? June gloom? Two perfect excuses to seek comfort in one of L.A.’s best moles. Los Angeles is a hotbed for remarkable mole, as much as it is a city of masa and the U.S. capital of taco excellence. Mole does more than simply fill your belly and delight your palate. It nourishes something deeper—an ancestral memory, a quiet act of... more

Craft Breweries Are Struggling. So How Does This One Keep Expanding? ^28.2%

L.A. TACO - By Javier Cabral - 5/21/2026, 8:52 PM

Hasty Generalization 15.5% - Halo Effect 11% - Anecdotal 10.9%

How crazy do you have to be to open not one, but two massive brewery locations in Los Angeles County in the same two months? Just ask the team at Everywhere Beer Co.: Daniel Muñoz, Jeremy Grinkey, Stefan Weber, and Keith Pumilia. Four dudes who cut their teeth at one of the earliest craft beer epicenters in Southern California, The... more

Are These Birria Soup Dumplings Worth the Hype or Just Another Stunt Dish Made For Instagram? ^63.2%

L.A. TACO - By Javier Cabral - 5/14/2026, 6:58 PM

Biased Writer Voice 44.2% - Hasty Generalization 16% - Attempt to Sell a Product or Service 15.3%

I’m the biggest hater of any food that even remotely looks like it was designed to be posted on Instagram instead of actually tasting good. There is a term for this kind of food that is quite possibly the fastest way to turn me off from ever trying it: “stunt food.” It’s a loaded subject that has also quietly become a key selling point... more

Will Sysco Buying Restaurant Depot Cause Dining Out to Be More Expensive in L.A.? ^70.5%

L.A. TACO - By Javier Cabral - 5/11/2026, 5:45 PM

Anecdotal 26.5% - Negativity Bias 20.8% - Availability Heuristic 16.3%

Long before Gilberto Cetina Jr. was sourcing seafood like fresh uni from purveyors like Sea Stephanie Fish in Santa Barbara for his Michelin-starred marisquería in Historic South Central or locally caught sustainable bluefin from the Channel Islands, he was loading up his mom and dad’s Astro Van with goods from Restaurant Depot as he... more

I Almost Died to Try Long Beach’s Viral New Tacos. Was It Worth It? ^77.4%

L.A. TACO - By Javier Cabral - 4/15/2026, 8:38 PM

Anecdotal 21% - Negativity Bias 15.9% - Appeal to Emotion 15%

Tacos have given me everything in my life: My career, my wife, my home, and they remain my daily muse. But last week, my voracious pursuit to find the next best taco in L.A. nearly cost me my life. Whenever I see a new regional taco style unlocked in our beautiful city of tacos that has never been covered before, I become possessed with... more

We Mapped All 64 TACO MADNESS Competitors, From Palms to Pomona ^0%

L.A. TACO - By Javier Cabral - 4/7/2026, 7:31 PM

Biased Writer Voice 100% - Overconfidence Bias 46.3% - Appeal to Emotion 45.4%

Some of you may already know this, but our TACO MADNESS bracket doubles as a foolproof guide to L.A. County's best tacos. From vegetarian to al pastor, this bracket-turned-guide acts as the great taco treasure hunt to take on yourself or to show your friends and family visiting from out of town. Every year, our team fights over which... more

Punk Bands Are Bailing on ‘Punk in the Park’ Over Founder’s Trump Donations ^63.5%

L.A. TACO - By Javier Cabral - 2/18/2026, 8:19 PM

L.A.-based, woman-fronted punk band Naked Aggression was the first act to drop out of the California date of the upcoming Punk in the Park Road Show, a traveling music festival promising sets from some of the punk world’s biggest legends with dates in Vallejo, California, Orlando, Florida, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Naked Aggression’s... more

The 27 Best Vegetarian Tacos in L.A., Mapped ^19.3%

L.A. TACO - By Hadley Tomicki, Julianne Le, Javier Cabral, Juan Izguerra - 2/3/2026, 11:15 PM

Los Angeles' best and most original tacos are vegetarian. Wild statement, we know. But we are prepared to back it up. Sure, we have outstanding al pastor that can go head-to-head with the best in Mexico City and birria and mesquite-grilled carne asada that can hold its own against Tijuana, but vegetarian tacos are 100% L.A., such a wide... more