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Is Hollywood’s Walk of Fame The World’s Worst Tourist Attraction?
They have no appreciation for an inanimate piece of chewing gum-and-body-fluid-splotched sidewalk paying tribute to radio's Don Ameche or 1930s stage legend Ethel Barrymore. That's the only conclusion we can draw from seeing NBC's frequently run report that Hollywood Boulevard's Walk of Fame is ranked as one of the worst tourist attractions on the planet.
Spot Check: Colombian Desgranados In Echo Park, Mexican Wine Festival At Mírate, and Perverted Waffles in DTLA
Spot Check! Welcome to L.A. TACO's weekly food column, where we bring you the latest and most exciting openings, pop-ups, and food events around all of Los Angeles to check out. Look for Encaletaos Colombian Food truck in Echo Park, which serves butifarra soledeña-and-smoked cheese-topped La Costeña burgers, and chorizo-and-egg-topped...
‘The Office’ Star Rainn Wilson Brought Jerk Chicken Tacos to the Picket Lines Outside of Paramount Studios
While dozens of striking screenwriters and actors held the picket lines down outside of Paramount Pictures on Melrose Avenue on Tuesday morning in Hollywood, D's Tipsy Tacos held down the food line across the street. In three hours, Ashton Flores, the South L.A.-based taquera behind D's Tipsy, passed out “roughly...
Five Common Plants to Avoid When Creating Your Green Spaces in L.A.
Welcome to L.A. TACO’s plant and gardening column: Yerbalife. I’ll be your host, Memo Torres, a third-generation landscaper. Finding the best tacos is what I do for lunch, landscaping is what I do in life. Have a plant-related question? Email me at memo@lataco.com. You need to understand that...
Womanizer-Killing Demons and Pulque: A Look Into Horror Nights’ Popular Latino-Inspired Maze
The loud, agonizing cacophony of dozens of babies being slaughtered is one of the first elements you hear as you pull the thick strips of vinyl curtains aside and saunter your way into one of the best mazes at Universal Studios Hollywood’s Horror Nights this year right after you’re greeted by death itself, in the midst of digging a shallow grave.
L.A. TACO Reporter Featured In Smithsonian Museum Exhibit Highlighting The Work of Latina Journalists Throughout History
Last Friday, a day before Mexico’s Independence Day celebrations kicked off on both sides of the border, our fellow multimedia reporter Janette Villafana was in Washington, D.C., making L.A. TACO history. Villafana was taking part in an exhibit titled: “¡De última hora! Latinas Report Breaking News” at the Smithsonian’s...
Spot Check! Acoustic Punk and Tacos In Compton, Chilaquiles With A Money-Back Guarantee, and Smoked Brisket Banh Mi
Live acoustic punk, rock, and giant tortas will be at the epicenter of Alexander's World Famous Tortas in East Compton on August 29. Presale tickets are now being offered online at $7 for L.A. Unplugged, an all-ages show, $10 at the door. Bands include Cosmic Kitten, Teenage Wasteland, Lazy Dream, and Los Tristes De Mas Alla, while DJ Richard will spin punk, rock, and 90's tunes.
Our Birriamania Event Is Back, And You Have One Day Left For a Discount
Our tiny independent newsroom is hosting our 2nd Annual BirriaMania! On September 30th at Santa Anita Park!. If you had a great time at our TACO MADNESS festival in spring, here's another L.A. TACO celebration you can bring the whole family to since it will be for all ages. The best part of all is that each ticket sale goes towards making our street-level journalism platform sustainable.
One of L.A.’s Oldest Mexican Restaurants, Olvera Street’s La Golondrina Café, Faces Eviction
Until 2020, if you wanted a refreshing margarita after taking down a couple of crispy flautas from Cielito Lindo, you'd be able to ride your taquito euphoria just a few feet up to La Golondrina Café and enjoy one of the most refreshing margaritas in downtown Los Angeles. But...
The Five Best Tacos In Santa Monica
L.A. TACO is embarking on its biggest mission yet: to create a reliable taco and food guide for every neighborhood in Los Angeles! Along the way, we will also be releasing brief histories of each neighborhood to understand L.A. a little more and why each and every neighborhood makes our fine city unique. Check out the rest of our history and food guides on our neighborhood page.
The 14 Best Carnitas Tacos in Los Angeles
These are the 14 best places for carnitas in L.A. Carnitas are still the unsung hero of L.A.’s grand Taco Life, typically relegated to the second or third-string position at any given taquería where asada, al pastor, and birria take top-billing. Most Mexican restaurants that serve carnitas, but...
Riot Cops Descend As Hundreds of Punks Light a [Prop] Cop Car on Fire At Hollywood Skate Show
The Fucking Awesome Hollywood Skate Jam, a free skateboarding event sponsored by Adidas and Thrasher on Las Palmas Avenue, began at 3:30 P.M. this past Saturday afternoon. L.A.'s notorious Dead City was the only band that performed at the event, kicking their set off at 7:13 p.m. It would not last long, however, as the band's performance was shut down by the fire marshal and LAPD at 7:45 p.m. amid an ad hoc bonfire of fireworks.
‘Orquestra Guadalupana Baja California’ From Tijuana’s Barrios to Play Free Show Near Melrose Avenue Tomorrow
The Los Angeles City Council held a special commendation Friday in honor of Ronald Wakefield, director of youth orchestra, for his 30 years of teaching and bringing music to homeless shelters, veterans homes, children's hospitals, and survivors of human trafficking. Councilman Hugo Soto-Martinez and City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto led...
Spot Check! New Birria Tatemada, Korean Fried Chicken Tacos, and Poblano-Pulled Pork Wontons For Your Weekend
Spot Check! Welcome back to L.A. TACO's newest column, where we bring you the latest and most exciting openings, pop-ups, and food events around all of Los Angeles to check out over your weekend. A new vendor of Jalisco-style birria tatemada is setting up in El Sereno. Birria Tatemada El...
Cable T.V. Users in L.A. Caught In Dispute Over Disney-Owned Stations
We feel your pain, whether it's NFL football, championship tennis, or reruns of Bluey that today's T.V. crisis is causing your household. For the past seven days, millions of subscribers to Charter Spectrum's cable service have been unable to watch Disney-owned stations such as ABC, The Disney Channel, and ESPN due to a dispute between Charter Communications and the House of the Mouse, threatening sports and cartoon fans alike as the NFL season gets underway.
Messi League Soccer: The Night MLS’ One-Man Streaming Revolution Came to Los Angeles
Beyoncé spent the long Labor Day weekend in Los Angeles, but it was Lionel Messi who stole all the headlines across the region. He-who-needs-no-introduction arrived with his new Inter Miami CF team to face LAFC in league play. It was a reunion in a packed and sold-out BMO Stadium that brought former Barcelona FC teammates Messi, Sergio Busquets, and Jordi Alba, who were reunited at Miami, against their old foe, LAFC captain Carlos Vela, who spent years as an attacker at Barcelona’s La Liga rival, Real Sociedad de Fútbol.
Legendary L.A. Graffiti Icon TEMPT ONE Dies At 54
In 2011, Tony “TEMPT ONE” Quan became the first graffiti writer in the world to get up—to draw on walls, in graffiti-speak—using just the movement of his eyes to create his art piece. This historic bomb was featured at the Pasadena Museum of California Art. That was 9 years after the artist was first diagnosed with ALS.
Spot Check! Gochujang Sourdough, Cher’s Gelato, Beef Belly Bulgogi Inari, and Ribeye Steak Hummus In Gardena
Spot Check! Welcome back to L.A. TACO's newest column, where we bring you the latest and most exciting openings, pop-ups, and food events around all of Los Angeles to check out over your Labor Day weekend. Atoyubu is now open in Buena Park, Orange County, specializing in inari sushi, aka...
The 13 Best Tacos Along L.A. Metro’s 33 Bus Line, From Santa Monica to Downtown
It’s hard for L.A. TACO to contain its excitement about rapid transit. Especially today. Because we’re highlighting one of the most taco-filled lines in the universe: Metro’s 33, which runs along Venice Boulevard from Downtown to Venice, passing some of the most legendary, most beloved, most crushable tacos and Mexican food in Los Angeles.
SoCal Street Vendors Demand Money Back After Paying Thousands For A Festival That Was Shut Down Before It Started
It’s been almost a week since a group of local street vendors claiming they were scammed out of thousands of dollars united to discuss their plan of action. Each had paid a considerable price to sell food in a festival that promised thousands of attendees, shortly before that promise turned into a personal nightmare.
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