47 taquerias, listed.Suggest a restaurant
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1 HolboxMichelin-starred seafood tacos in Mercado La Paloma🏆 👶🏻 Historic South CentralDowntown & Central Book on Website
Chef Gilberto Cetina Jr.'s seafood stand inside Mercado La Paloma is a destination for seafood tacos, such as smoked kanpachi, grilled scallop and grilled octopus in squid ink sofrito.
3655 S Grand Ave #C9, Los Angeles, CA 90007Google Maps ↗Chef Gilberto Cetina Jr.Recognitions2026 Michelin 1 Star2026 OAD Top Restaurants N. America #532026 North America's 50 Best #262026 LA Times 101 #32026 James Beard Finalist, Outstanding ChefLast reviewed: Oct 29, 2026
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2 SonoratownSonoran tacos on flour tortillas🛵 🏆 👶🏻 Downtown LADowntown & Central Book on WebsiteOrder on DoorDash
Jennifer Feltham and Teodoro Diaz-Rodriguez's storefront serves regional Sonoran tacos, including the carne asada and the caramelo with cheese, tucked into Sonoran-style flour tortillas, plus a chivichanga.
208 E 8th St, Los Angeles, CA 90014Google Maps ↗Chef Jennifer Feltham & Teodoro Diaz-RodriguezRecognitions2026 Michelin Bib Gourmand2026 OAD Cheap Eats N. America #27Last reviewed: Oct 29, 2026
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3 Mariscos JaliscoThe crispy shrimp taco dorado truck🏆 👶🏻 Boyle HeightsDowntown & Central Walk-in only
The shrimp taco dorado is the signature: shrimp tucked into a corn tortilla, fried until blistered, then topped with cool tomato salsa and avocado. The Boyle Heights truck on East Olympic is the original.
3040 E Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90023Google Maps ↗Chef Raul OrtegaRecognitions2026 OAD Cheap Eats N. America #47Last reviewed: Oct 29, 2026
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4 Tacos La CarretaMazatlán-style mesquite steak chorreadas🏆 👶🏻 Long BeachSouth Bay Walk-in only
Jose Morales Jr. grills steak on a truck in Long Beach and piles it on a thick tortilla greased with asiento and melted cheese, with avocado salsa and cucumber. The chorreada is the order.
3480 E 69th St, Long Beach, CA 90805Google Maps ↗Chef Jose Morales Jr.Recognitions2026 LA Times 101 #76Last reviewed: Oct 29, 2026
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5 Villa's TacosHighland Park queso tacos, long lines🏆 👶🏻 Highland ParkDowntown & Central Walk-in only
Highland Park taquería whose queso tacos, like the pierna de pollo queso taco the L.A. Times praised, draw steady lines on North Figueroa.
5455 N Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90042Google Maps ↗Chef Victor VillaRecognitions2026 Michelin Bib GourmandLast reviewed: Oct 29, 2026
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6 Coni'SeafoodNayarit-style marlin and zarandeado fish tacos🏆 👶🏻 InglewoodSouth Bay Book on Website
Connie Cossio's Nayarit-style seafood restaurant is known for smoked marlin tacos, though the grilled snook pescado zarandeado tacos are the showstopper, per Eater.
3544 W Imperial Hwy, Inglewood, CA 90303Google Maps ↗Chef Connie CossioRecognitions2026 Michelin Recommended2026 OAD Casual N. America Highly RecommendedLast reviewed: Oct 29, 2026
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7 Evil CooksOctopus al pastor and thrash-metal tacos💰 🛵 🏆 👶🏻 El SerenoDowntown & Central Walk-in onlyOrder on DoorDash
Alex Garcia and Elvia Huerta's first brick-and-mortar serves unconventional tacos, including octopus al pastor shaved from a dark trompo in a recaudo negro marinade, plus green chorizo tacos.
3333 N Eastern Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90032Google Maps ↗Chef Alex Garcia & Elvia HuertaRecognitions2026 LA Times 101 #48Last reviewed: Oct 30, 2026
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8 KomalHeirloom corn masa tacos at Mercado La Paloma🏆 👶🏻 Historic South CentralDowntown & Central Book on Website
Chef Fátima Juárez's molino makes tortillas from nixtamalized heirloom corn and serves Mexico City-style tacos a la plancha, such as the costilla with shoestring fries.
3655 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90007Google Maps ↗Chef Fátima JuárezRecognitions2026 Michelin Bib Gourmand2026 LA Times 101 #202026 James Beard Finalist, Emerging ChefLast reviewed: Oct 29, 2026
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9 Tacos Los CholosLate-night vampiros and filet mignon tacos🛵 🚚 🏆 👶🏻 Huntington ParkSouth Bay Walk-in onlyOrder on DoorDashOrder on Uber Eats
Huntington Park taco stand open late (Time Out says until midnight most nights). Time Out suggests the vampiros; the L.A. Times singled out the filet mignon taco.
7127 Pacific Blvd, Huntington Park, CA 90255Google Maps ↗Recognitions2026 LA Times 101 #62Last reviewed: Oct 29, 2026
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10 Tacos y Birria La UnicaTijuana-style goat and beef birria tacos🛵 🚚 🏆 👶🏻 Boyle HeightsDowntown & Central Walk-in onlyOrder on DoorDashOrder on Uber Eats
Taquero Yasmany Mendoza's truck is one of the big winners of LA's birria wars, with long lines for birria tacos, dorados, mulitas, quesatacos and vampiros.
2840 E Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90023Google Maps ↗Chef Yasmany MendozaRecognitions2026 OAD Cheap Eats N. America Highly RecommendedLast reviewed: Oct 29, 2026
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11 Barbacoa RamirezPit-roasted lamb barbacoa, Sunday mornings only🏆 👶🏻 ArletaValley & Conejo Walk-in only
Gonzalo Ramírez raises his own lambs, roasts the meat in a maguey-wrapped pit, and serves barbacoa tacos on Sunday mornings across from the Arleta DMV, with consomé and offal sides.
14263 Hoyt St, Arleta, CA 91331 (Sundays only, across from the DMV)Google Maps ↗Chef Gonzalo RamírezRecognitions2026 LA Times 101 #81Last reviewed: Oct 29, 2026
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12 MacheenModern Mexican American tacos in Boyle Heights🏆 👶🏻 Boyle HeightsDowntown & Central Walk-in only
Chef Jonathan Pérez and his sister Ana serve inventive tacos, such as mushroom al pastor and fried chicken with hibiscus slaw, from a steady residency at Milpa Grille.
2633 E Cesar E Chavez Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90033Google Maps ↗Chef Jonathan PérezRecognitions2026 LA Times 101 #92Last reviewed: Oct 29, 2026
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13 Leo's Tacos TruckThe al pastor truck that started a wave🏆 👶🏻 Mid-CityDowntown & Central Walk-in only
The Oaxacan brothers behind this Mexico City-style truck set up at La Brea and Venice, carving al pastor from a vertical spit and flicking pineapple onto the tortilla. It now runs a fleet.
1515 S La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90019Google Maps ↗Recognitions2026 OAD Cheap Eats N. America RecommendedLast reviewed: Oct 29, 2026
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14 Taquearte CaliforniaMexico City-style tacos a la plancha🛵 🚚 🏆 👶🏻 Pico RiveraSan Gabriel Valley Call (323) 545-7387Order on DoorDashOrder on Uber Eats
Inside a Pico Rivera bakery, Anyelo Farfan and Monica Quinto grill thin steak, bone-in pork chops and campechano combos on a flat-top for tacos, with house salsas like salsa siete chiles.
4518 Rosemead Blvd, Pico Rivera, CA 90660Google Maps ↗Chef Anyelo Farfan & Monica QuintoRecognitions2026 LA Times 101 #57Last reviewed: Oct 29, 2026
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15 DitroitEnrique Olvera's handmade-tortilla taquería🏆 👶🏻 Arts DistrictDowntown & Central Walk-in only
Chef Enrique Olvera's back-patio taquería makes its own nixtamal tortillas, and serves a short menu of tacos like thin-cut suadero and carnitas with chicharrón.
2117 Violet St, Los Angeles, CA 90021Google Maps ↗Chef Enrique OlveraRecognitions2026 OAD Cheap Eats N. America RecommendedLast reviewed: Oct 29, 2026
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16 Tacos Los GüichosAl pastor carved off the trompo since 1992👶🏻 South Los AngelesDowntown & Central Walk-in only
Founded in 1992, this trailer under the 110 Freeway carves Mexico City-style al pastor onto corn tortillas with cilantro, onion and salsa roja, no pineapple. Eater and the L.A. Times both single out the al pastor.
320 W Slauson Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90003Google Maps ↗Last reviewed: Oct 29, 2026
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17 Los Originales Tacos Árabes de PueblaPuebla-style tacos árabes on pan árabe👶🏻 Boyle HeightsDowntown & Central Walk-in only
The Villegas family brings in pan árabe from Puebla to wrap roasted pork cooked on a vertical spit, finished with a tangy chipotle salsa. A rare taste of Puebla's tacos árabes on East Olympic.
3600 E Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90023Google Maps ↗Last reviewed: Oct 29, 2026
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18 Taco NazoEnsenada-style fish and shrimp tacos since 1978🛵 🚚 👶🏻 South El MonteSan Gabriel Valley Book on WebsiteOrder on DoorDashOrder on Uber Eats
Founded in 1978 as a food truck, Taco Nazo brought Ensenada-style fish tacos to LA. Eater suggests starting with one beer-battered shrimp and one beer-battered fish taco under shredded cabbage and pico de gallo.
9516 Garvey Ave, South El Monte, CA 91733Google Maps ↗Last reviewed: Oct 29, 2026
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19 GuisadosBraised-meat guisado tacos on handmade tortillas🛵 🏆 👶🏻 Boyle HeightsDowntown & Central Book on WebsiteOrder on DoorDash
Boyle Heights-born taqueria built around braised guisado tacos, such as the mole poblano taco the L.A. Times singled out, on handmade tortillas.
2100 E Cesar E Chavez Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90033Google Maps ↗Recognitions2026 Michelin RecommendedLast reviewed: Oct 29, 2026
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20 Teddy's Red TacosQuesabirria tacos with red consomé🛵 🚚 🏆 👶🏻 HawthorneSouth Bay Book on WebsiteOrder on DoorDashOrder on Uber Eats
Teddy Vasquez's Tijuana-style taco shop at the Hawthorne and Lennox border serves birria de res tacos with a bright red consomé, best with a combination plate and a large jamaica.
4422 Imperial Hwy, Hawthorne, CA 90304Google Maps ↗Chef Teddy VasquezRecognitions2026 OAD Cheap Eats N. America RecommendedLast reviewed: Oct 29, 2026
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21 Chichén ItzáYucatecan cochinita pibil tacos at Mercado La Paloma🚚 🏆 👶🏻 Historic South CentralDowntown & Central Book on WebsiteOrder on Uber Eats
The Cetina family's Yucatán institution at Mercado La Paloma, next to Holbox. The L.A. Times named its chicharrón taco and Time Out lists it among the best tacos in LA.
3655 S Grand Ave Ste C6, Los Angeles, CA 90007Google Maps ↗Recognitions2026 OAD Cheap Eats N. America RecommendedLast reviewed: Oct 30, 2026
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22 TijuanazoTijuana chain's carne asada and adobada tacos🛵 🚚 👶🏻 East Los AngelesDowntown & Central Walk-in onlyOrder on DoorDashOrder on Uber Eats
The East LA outpost of a Tijuana taquería family offers carne asada tacos with guacamole and a standout adobada, in a family-friendly sit-down room.
355 S Atlantic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90022Google Maps ↗Last reviewed: Oct 29, 2026
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23 Carnitas El MomoMichoacán-style carnitas from a longtime Boyle Heights stand👶🏻 Boyle HeightsDowntown & Central Walk-in only
Romulo Momo Acosta has made artisanal carnitas for over half a century. Eater suggests skipping the onions and cilantro and squeezing a pickled jalapeño over the moist pork, as in Salamanca, Guanajuato.
2411 Fairmount St, Los Angeles, CA 90033Google Maps ↗Chef Romulo AcostaLast reviewed: Oct 29, 2026
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24 Tacos Don CucoTijuana-style adobada and carne asada tacos👶🏻 East Los AngelesDowntown & Central Walk-in only
A Poblano father-and-son team carves tangerine-colored adobada from the trompo and chops shoulder-clod steak for tacos, mulitas and tostadas, served with a spoonful of guacamole.
752 S Fetterly Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90022Google Maps ↗Last reviewed: Oct 29, 2026
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25 Angel's Tijuana TacosTijuana-style al pastor queso tacos👶🏻 North HollywoodValley & Conejo Walk-in only
Tijuana-style taco stand known for al pastor sliced from the trompo and served as a queso taco, a favorite on the L.A. Times list. The North Hollywood stand is the location Infatuation names.
10945 Victory Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 91606Google Maps ↗Last reviewed: Oct 29, 2026
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26 Asadero ChikaliBaja-style carne asada and guisado tacos🛵 🚚 👶🏻 InglewoodSouth Bay Book on WebsiteOrder on DoorDashOrder on Uber Eats
The Pérez family's carne asada operation serves tacos with northern Mexican guisados like steak and potatoes or chicharrón in red salsa, on handmade flour tortillas. This is the Inglewood restaurant.
4233 W Century Blvd #7, Inglewood, CA 90304Google Maps ↗Last reviewed: Oct 29, 2026
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27 La Flor de YucatánYucatecan relleno negro tacos since 1971🛵 🚚 👶🏻 Pico-UnionDowntown & Central Walk-in onlyOrder on DoorDashOrder on Uber Eats
The Burgos family has served Yucatán cooking since 1971. The taco de relleno negro, shredded turkey in black achiote paste with pickled onion and guacamole, is the one to order.
1800 S Hoover St, Los Angeles, CA 90006Google Maps ↗Last reviewed: Oct 29, 2026
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28 El RusoChorreadas, birria and Sonoran burritos Studio CityValley & Conejo Walk-in only
Walter Soto and Julia Silva's truck blends LA taco trends: Mazatlán-style chorreadas, Tijuana-style birria de res and Sonoran burritos. A permanent restaurant opened in Studio City in 2026.
10628 Ventura Blvd, Studio City, CA 91604Google Maps ↗Chef Walter Soto & Julia SilvaLast reviewed: Oct 29, 2026
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29 Carnitas Los GabrielesCarnitas and costilla tacos near Pico-Union👶🏻 Downtown LADowntown & Central Walk-in only
Carnitas specialist on West Olympic. The L.A. Times named its costilla taco, and The Infatuation ranks it among the 25 best tacos in LA.
1235 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90015Google Maps ↗Last reviewed: Oct 29, 2026
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30 Los Sabrosos al HornoRoast suckling pig tacos from a Cudahy cart👶🏻 CudahySouth Bay Walk-in only
David Delfin serves only puerquito echado, roast suckling pig pulled onto corn tortillas with crispy skin and a mustard salsa, from a street cart across from an industrial park.
4901 Patata St, Cudahy, CA 90201 (street cart in a dirt lot)Google Maps ↗Chef David DelfinLast reviewed: Oct 29, 2026
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31 Los Cinco PuntosCarnitas tacos on thick house tortillas🚚 👶🏻 Boyle HeightsDowntown & Central Book on WebsiteOrder on Uber Eats
Long-running Boyle Heights carnitas shop at the five-way Cesar Chavez intersection. The Infatuation's pick is the taco of carnitas and chicharrón on a thick housemade corn tortilla.
3300 E Cesar E Chavez Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90063Google Maps ↗Last reviewed: Oct 29, 2026
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32 Tacos La RuedaSonoran-style asada on flour tortillas🛵 👶🏻 BellflowerSouth Bay Call (562) 219-5635Order on DoorDash
A strip-mall Sonoran-style taquería in Bellflower where the asada is juicy and the flour tortillas are airy, per The Infatuation.
16900 Lakewood Blvd, Bellflower, CA 90706Google Maps ↗Last reviewed: Oct 29, 2026
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33 Tire Shop TaqueriaCarne asada tacos at a South LA stand South Los AngelesDowntown & Central Walk-in only
Veteran South LA carne asada stand, named in both Time Out's and the L.A. Times' taco lists for its carne asada taco.
4077 S Avalon Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90011Google Maps ↗Last reviewed: Oct 29, 2026
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34 Birrieria NochistlánAustere Zacatecas-style goat birria👶🏻 Boyle HeightsDowntown & Central Call (323) 268-0319
Boyle Heights birriería serving braised goat in stock from its own drippings, with only chile de árbol salsa, onion and cilantro on the side.
3200 E 4th St, Los Angeles, CA 90063Google Maps ↗Last reviewed: Oct 29, 2026
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35 Avenue 26 Taco StandLate-night street-style tacos in Little Tokyo👶🏻 Little TokyoDowntown & Central Walk-in only
Taco stand from the Avenue 26 street-vending family, now in Little Tokyo; the L.A. Times named its pork costilla taco.
353 S Alameda St, Los Angeles, CA 90013Google Maps ↗Last reviewed: Oct 29, 2026
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36 Brothers Cousins TacosWest LA carne asada tacos👶🏻 West LAWestside Walk-in only
West LA taquería on National Blvd whose carne asada taco appears in the L.A. Times list and The Infatuation's top 25.
11341 National Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90064Google Maps ↗Last reviewed: Oct 29, 2026
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37 Tamales Elena y AntojitosQuesataco rojo from a Watts street stand🛵 WattsDowntown & Central Walk-in onlyOrder on DoorDash
Watts street stand whose quesataco rojo the L.A. Times singled out; Time Out lists it among the best tacos in LA.
Wilmington Ave & E 110th St, Los Angeles, CA 90059 (street stand)Google Maps ↗Chef Maria Elena LorenzoLast reviewed: Oct 29, 2026
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38 Tacos RoyaleMesquite-grilled prime steak, Sonoran-style👶🏻 Silver LakeDowntown & Central Walk-in only
Thursday-through-Sunday evening stand on Sunset grilling USDA Prime steak over mesquite for a short menu of asada tacos, in a Sonoran style. The Infatuation ranks it number one in LA.
2511 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026Google Maps ↗Chef Saúl Pérez GarcíaLast reviewed: Oct 29, 2026
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39 AsaderoCurbside mesquite ribeye tacos on flour tortillas👶🏻 HollywoodBeverly Hills & WeHo Walk-in only
Curbside stand at Melrose and Vine grilling ribeye over mesquite on small kettle grills, served on handmade Sonoran flour tortillas. The Infatuation ranks it number two.
723 Vine St, Los Angeles, CA 90038Google Maps ↗Chef Emiliano MartinezLast reviewed: Oct 29, 2026
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40 Caguamanta y Mariscos La "O"Stingray and shrimp caguamanta tacos👶🏻 East Rancho DominguezSouth Bay Walk-in only
Carolina Valenzuela sells tacos de caguamanta, heaped with shrimp and stingray soaked in broth, at a sidewalk stand on Atlantic Avenue east of Compton. Open Thursday to Monday, 8am to 4pm.
15116 Atlantic Ave, Compton, CA 90221Google Maps ↗Chef Carolina ValenzuelaLast reviewed: Oct 29, 2026
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41 Mochomitos AsadorSonoran beef rib and arrachera tacos on flour👶🏻 WhittierSan Gabriel Valley Walk-in only
Family-run Sonoran-style asada truck on Whittier Boulevard. Beef rib (costilla), arrachera or sirloin is grilled to order and piled onto handmade flour tortillas. LA Taco's no. 5 taco in L.A. County for 2025.
12470 Whittier Blvd, Whittier, CA 90602 (food truck)Google Maps ↗Last reviewed: Oct 29, 2026
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42 Ta CulichiSinaloa-style beef head tacos and soup👶🏻 South GateSouth Bay Walk-in only
Eduardo Negrete started with a street cart in 2024 and now runs two restaurants serving only beef head: tongue, brains and cheek for tacos, plus soup from the drippings.
9849 Atlantic Ave, South Gate, CA 90280Google Maps ↗Chef Eduardo NegreteLast reviewed: Oct 29, 2026
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43 Tacos Los Poblanos #1 Estilo TijuanaTijuana-style tacos in South LA👶🏻 South Los AngelesDowntown & Central Walk-in only
Tijuana-style taco stand on Avalon Blvd in South LA, ranked in The Infatuation's 25 best tacos.
5821 Avalon Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90003Google Maps ↗Last reviewed: Oct 29, 2026
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44 Birrieria OliviaGoat birria and machito tacos🛵 👶🏻 East Los AngelesDowntown & Central Walk-in onlyOrder on DoorDash
Olivia Gonzalez from Loreto, Zacatecas runs this East LA taquería, known for a goat birria plate and the taco de machito, goat offal roasted in a coil.
1105 S Atlantic Blvd Ste 1, Los Angeles, CA 90022Google Maps ↗Chef Olivia GonzalezLast reviewed: Oct 29, 2026
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45 Tacos El NegroBeef head tacos al vapor🚚 👶🏻 South GateSouth Bay Walk-in onlyOrder on Uber Eats
South Gate specialist in al vapor tacos with four items: labio (beef lip), cachete (cheek), cabeza (head) and asada.
5720 Imperial Hwy Ste Q, South Gate, CA 90280Google Maps ↗Last reviewed: Oct 29, 2026
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46 La Salsa Tacos de CanastaSteamed tacos de canasta from Fashion District👶🏻 Downtown LADowntown & Central Walk-in only
Founded in 2012 by cousins Jorge and Oswaldo Mayorquín, it specializes in tacos de canasta, steamed in an insulated box, filled with potato-chorizo, beans, shredded chicken, chicharrón or mole.
1285 Maple Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90015Google Maps ↗Chef Ana MateoLast reviewed: Oct 29, 2026
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47 Taquería FronteraTijuana-style asada and adobada in Cypress Park👶🏻 Cypress ParkDowntown & Central Walk-in only
Taquero Juan Carlos Guerra's shop uses recipes developed with his father, the founder of Tijuanazo. The stars are carne asada and adobada tacos made from a 20-spice adobo.
700 Cypress Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90065Google Maps ↗Chef Juan Carlos GuerraLast reviewed: Oct 29, 2026
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