Category: Mexican

  • Guerrilla Tacos

    Guerrilla Tacos

    “That guy could turn me vegetarian!”  I uttered, or rather, typed, these unlikely-if-you-knew-me words on Chowhound last night.  The “guy” in question is chef Wesley Avila of Guerrilla Tacos, who will apparently be serving a vegetarian taco with mushrooms and hazelnut “dirt” at Tacolandia 2014 (happening mañana at the time of writing).

  • Tacolandia 2013

    Tacolandia 2013

    LA Weekly‘s inaugural Tacolandia food festival took place on Sunday, June 23, 2013, in the parking lot of the Hollywood Palladium.  Anticipation had been building, with curator Bill “Street Gourmet LA” Esparza giving tours to the foodielites of the various participating taquerias, cocinas, trucks, etc., in the weeks leading up to the event. Tickets had […]

  • Tacos Punta Cabras:  Ricky’s on the Westside?

    Tacos Punta Cabras: Ricky’s on the Westside?

    A few days ago, Ciao Bob on Chowhound posted about a new hole-in-the-wall restaurant in Santa Monica selling authentic tacos de pescado.  Having enjoyed the heck out of the fish and shrimp tacos from Ricky’s since last summer (still haven’t gotten there on a day that they’ve been selling lobster tacos), I was able to […]