L.A. TACO

12/18/2025

12/18/2025

We ranked the best tacos in L.A.

Our ranking criteria considered the quality of meats, tortillas, produce, and salsas, regional representation or originality, consistency, and accessibility; in that order. A certain X factor also went into play. Here are the tacos we ranked 59-69.

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12/17/2025

Anti-loitering speakers have been installed in the parking lot of Home Depot in Cypress Park, following a recent Border Patrol raid. “It’s like a sonic ice pick–just stabbing you,” says audio expert Dustyn Hyatt.

The full story: https://lataco.com/cypress-park-home-depot-noise

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12/17/2025

Burger pop-up combines all-beef patties from McCall’s butchers in Atwater Village, Oaxacan cheese, habanero aioli, and more to leave just the right amount of tingle inside your mouth.

The full story: https://lataco.com/la-burg-pop-up

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12/16/2025

Complete your holiday shopping and support street-level journalism while doing so. 🎁 Shop L.A. TACO classics and the newest drops at SHOP.LATACO.COM

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12/16/2025

Originally from Texas, activist .mp4 spent days on the frontlines of L.A.’s anti-ICE protests before moving to Mexico City. “I feel like the revolution is upfront everywhere you go here. Everyone feels ready to fight. It’s in your face,” Patiño says.

The full story: https://lataco.com/activist-moves-to-mexico

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12/15/2025

’s staff shaped the deli into what it is today: a place where a stranger is treated like a regular, and a regular is treated like family. Here we speak with three employees with a combined 133 years working at the Fairfax landmark.

The full story: https://lataco.com/canters-deli-legacy-staff

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12/14/2025

Sunday Taquitos #6: “Your papers, please.”

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12/13/2025

The report includes three U.S. Citizens from the L.A. area, speaking out for the first time and a six-year-old child with autism kidnapped in Massachusetts.

The full story: https://lataco.com/10-damning-things-congressional-probe

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12/13/2025

Dubbed by Matt Groening as “the biggest, tiniest show in the world,” the 21st annual Post It Show is back this weekend at Giant Robot 2 for its second drop of 3x3 inch artworks.

spoke with founder Eric Nakamura about the legendary Sawtelle art show.