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Five Comforting and Complex Ramen Styles to Try In Los Angeles
Known for being warm, comforting, and familiar, Westerners often oversimplify the complexity of ramen, assuming the modest noodle dish is just one thing. But even within the vast culinary landscape of Los Angeles, there are endless styles, techniques, and regional varieties of ramen available to the hungry Angeleno. From traditional Hakata-style tonkotsu to a shiitake miso-based vegan ramen, here are five different styles and regional ramen varieties to try in Los Angeles.
What To Eat In L.A. This Weekend: Mexican-Style Pastrami, ‘Trashburgers,’ and Flamin’ Jim Morrisons
First-rate Guatemalan cuisine can be found at Antojitos Tacaná in San Fernando. Your options include avocado (a curried stew of pork parts), churrasquito plates, lengthy quesadillas Chiapanecas, garnachas, banana leaf-wrapped tamales, hard-boiled egg-topped enchiladas, caldo de gallina, and more. 14705 Rinaldi St. San Fernando, CA 91340. Closest Metro lines...
The 11 Best Backyard Restaurants in Los Angeles
Eating in an ad hoc restaurant in some stranger’s backyard is one of the most “only-in-L.A.” experiences you can have. Whether you live here or are just visiting, it’s absolutely thrilling to partake in the hospitality offered by a nondescript house fronting a full-scale food service operation specializing in a family recipe or regional classic.
Here’s What an L.A. TACO Membership Gets You and Why You Should Support Local Journalism
If you haven’t heard, L.A. TACO is in the midst of a last-ditch membership drive to save our publication. Here’s what $5.99 monthly will get you when you sign up for an L.A. TACO membership and why you should support us. What does a membership get you?. For...
What To Eat This Weekend: Cannabis-Infused Boat Noodles, Thai Smashburgers, and “Grass & Ass”
On Friday, April 19, Ayara Thai is offering "kancha" (cannabis)-infused boat noodles to get the drop on 4/20 and after a three-night celebration of Songkran (Thai new year) with an offering of moo krata dinners. The recipe taps an older Thai custom of cooking with marijuana, in this case in a broth that contains both herb and CBD oil. $24 a bowl, served on 4/19, reservations here.
Facing ‘Immediate Layoffs,’ L.A. TACO Launches Membership Drive to Save Our Publication
Yesterday, we made the tough decision to furlough our tiny team—Hadley Tomicki, Memo Torres, Lexis-Olivier Ray, and Janette Villafana—until further notice, effective this Monday. After Sunday, we do not have enough money to make another payroll. How did we get here?. We entered 2024 with a lot of...
This New Koreatown Onigiri Spot Is Unlike Any Other in Southern California
Calling all onigiri fans: A new spot dedicated to the beloved Japanese snack just opened in Koreatown, and it’s unlike any other in Los Angeles. Last week, Supamu opened its first brick-and-mortar location at the corner of 6th and Catalina. If you’ve visited Rice & Nori in Little Tokyo...
When ‘Tomorrow’ Never Comes: The Saga of a DTLA Bar Staff’s Struggle To Get Paid
Mezcalero, a DTLA tequila and mezcal-focused bar co-owned by Jay Krymis, abruptly closed in early March after Krymis and his partners struggled for months to pay his workers and vendors on time, according to multiple former employees of the downtown location who spoke to L.A. TACO. Issues with getting paid...
L.A. Punk Icons Kid Congo Powers and Alice Bag Collaborate On ‘Psychedelic Lounge On a Mexican Beach’ Act. Listen Now!
On a stage in the lobby of the Broad Museum on a rainy recent Saturday night, La Puente-born guitar hero Kid Congo Powers strums a few warmup licks and starts the backing percussion track, keeping time with a few choice power chords. He looks breezy in a bright orange and blue shirt, light pink linen pants, and a crisp Panama hat.
What To Eat This Weekend: An ‘Adobada Pizza,’ Eid Mubarak Mocktails, Jerk Chicken, and a New Ukrainian Smokehouse
A new restaurant named Jerk Stop is now open at Santa Monica Boulevard and Bundy in West L.A.'s Sawtelle neighborhood. It serves a full menu of Jamaican eats, including curry goat, delicious oxtails, escovitch, ackee, and saltfish, jerk chicken and salmon, roasted and grilled fish, patties, brown stew, and drinks like Irish moss and Ting. Just look for the stack of speakers blasting the Honorable Robert Nesta Marley O.M. out onto the strip mall for all to enjoy.
What’s Next For ‘The Justice 8?’ Judge Denies Motion Requesting Law Enforcement Personnel Records, While Attorneys Fight for a Change of Venue and More
A month after their last court hearing, the seven remaining street vending activists who were arrested last December on allegations that involved conspiracy, assault, kidnapping, and more, returned to court this past Wednesday. Around 10:55 A.M., the activists known as the "Justice 8" were escorted into the courtroom, chains clinking...
Our LIVE Taco Madness Event On April 13th In Downtown L.A. Will Be Our Biggest One Yet
We, L.A. TACO, invite you to a grand quinceañera next Saturday, April 13th. It's the 15th anniversary edition of our TACO Madness festival, taking place at La Plaza de Cultura y Artes in Downtown L.A.. It promises to be our most bangin' event yet!. This year, we will have...
Here’s How You Can Win Weed For a Year in California
Imagine how much weed you could consume if you didn't have to pay for it. Well, West Coast Cure is turning that dream into a reality. Starting today, five people have a chance to win a “year's cannabis supply," courtesy of West Coast Cure, the Orange County-based “hardcore OGs” of California cannabis.
This Crispy Aguachile-Inspired Fish Sandwich In Boyle Heights Is Worth Eating Even Beyond Lent Season
Every year around this season, everyone suddenly becomes obsessed with fish sandwiches. Blame Catholic guilt or blame it on people wanting to be healthier and introducing more seafood into their diets since summer is around the corner. Los Angeles, in particular, has been obsessed with new-school fish sandwiches since 2020.
The Seven Best Tacos Across the J Line (Formerly Known as The Silver Line), From La Puente to Gardena
Is it a bus? Is it a certified Metro "line" that used to be distinguished as a color?. Step aboard the J Line, one of L.A.'s most unique commuting vessels, starting in the east-of-the-east badlands of the San Gabriel Valley on a route that stretches to the heart of the South Bay.
L.A. Spent Over $1.73 Million on These Controversial ‘Anti-Homeless’ Signs. Do They Actually Work?
The city of Los Angeles has spent more than $1.73 million on thousands of so-called “anti-homeless” signs in recent years, according to data from the City Administrative Officer (CAO) obtained by L.A. TACO. The signs are part of the expansion of LAMC 41.18, the city’s controversial “anti-camping” law...
Two New Lowrider-Inspired and Dodger-Blue L.A. TACO Hats Are Now Available!
L.A. TACO is the only site in the country covering tacos, street-level culture, and hard news. If you love what we do, becoming a member is one way to ensure we stick around. But you can also support our inclusive journalism directly by buying our t-shirts, hoodies, and more at our online store.
A Morning-Only Taco Pop-Up in Northridge Is Making the Biggest Breakfast Burritos in the San Fernando Valley
If you've ever sped down Balboa Boulevard or Roscoe early on a Thursday or Friday to get to work or drop off your kid at school on time, you’ve likely seen a large crowd hunched under a green tent huddling around the smell of griddle-seared breakfast meats and crispy cheese. That’s because word has traveled fast about Taquería Nopal, a two-year-old breakfast taco stand in Northridge started by lifelong friends Ruben Duarte and Eddie Alarcón.
Meet L.A.’s Queen of Carnitas Succeeding In a Male-Dominated Taco Style
Across the street from L.A.’s epicenter of piñatas on Olympic Boulevard and blocks from downtown’s skyscrapers is a massive cazo on the sidewalk with 800 pounds of glistening carnitas and a woman with a story to inspire. The pork is perfectly rendered in its own fat, leaving...
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