Teddy's Red Tacos

to the meal as hot corn tortillas and ice-cold beer. My Jalisciense cousins still call into question the merit of any birria that doesn’t owe its existence to goat bones slowly cooked to smithereens. I wonder what they would make of Teddy’s Red Tacos

. Tijuana-style birria de res, the beefy norteño analog to Jalisco’s famed spicy goat stew, is the specialty at Teddy’s Red Tacos, a restaurant that made its name selling birria out of a truck parked on the defunct railroad tracks that run along Slauson

helping drive the city’s culinary conversation forward, and which are emblematic of Los Angeles’ dining culture today. Here are five restaurants that stand out, and tell a story about the way we’re eating right now. Teddy’s Red Tacos Good tacos can be life

Teddy's Red Tacos    Yours Truly    Kra Z Kai's BBQ    Sonoratown    Nightshade   

Fish Tacos, arguably the city’s most famous purveyor of the genre, is currently closed; a quick run to Tacos Ensenada makes for an excellent alternative. Pickup only. 2171 Huntington Drive, Duarte, (626) 359-4959 Teddy’s Red Tacos Teddy Vasquez crowns

Broken Spanish    Burritos La Palma    Cacao Mexicatessen    Carnitas El Momo    Coni'Seafood    Gish Bac    Guelaguetza    Guerrilla Tacos    Madre    Mariscos Jalisco    Mi Ranchito Veracruz    Mole de los Reyes    Poncho's Tlayudas    El Ruso    Sonoratown    Tacos 1986    Tacos Ensenada    Teddy's Red Tacos    Tortas Ahogadas El Rey    Zacatecas Restaurant   

the bright, sour perfume of lemongrass. Review: At Teddy’s Red Tacos, Tijuana-style birria takes its place in the beef canon » Glazed barbecue chicken wings, thickly lacquered in a sweet, shiny oyster sauce glaze, are as easy to snack on as popcorn

Kra Z Kai's BBQ   

borders. In Los Angeles, tacos have made culinary stars out of chefs and business owners such as Roy Choi of Kogi BBQ, Teddy Vasquez of Teddy’s Red Tacos and Jorge Alvarez-Tostado of Tacos 1986. Tacos have the power to collapse cultural barriers, launch

birria de res Deluxe plate at Teddy’s Red Tacos. I cannot forget the clamor of standing in line at Birrieria Gomez, where the thunderous LAX-bound commercial jets rattle the windows of all the trucks on La Cienega Boulevard. (It’s the closest birria truck

Colapasta    Kra Z Kai's BBQ    La Diosa de los Moles    Nightshade    Spoon & Pork    Tacos y Birria La Unica    Bulgarini Gelateria    Tacos 1986    Yang's Kitchen    Spoon By H 7158 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles    Pasjoli    Porridge + Puffs    Bon Temps    Hayato    Fiona   

California dining. Teddy Vasquez begins selling his birria de res outside a Long Beach bar. His Instagram following for Teddy’s Red Tacos will soar to more than 100,000 in two years. Vasquez is at the center of L.A.’s late-in-the-decade hunger for birria