Review: In Lakewood, our critic considers burnt cheese tacos and carne asada mac ’n’ cheese

Recently I reviewed Chinitos Tacos, a taquería in Lakewood with a charismatic chef and a compelling menu of Asian-influenced tacos. At his restaurant, Beeline Krouch pulls from a wide storehouse of Japanese, Chinese and Southeast Asian ingredients...

Los Originales Tacos Arabes de Puebla   

The taco salad, a midcentury Mexican American dish, has never gotten much respect in food circles. Its credibility hit an all-time low May 5, 2016, when then-presidential candidate Donald Trump tweeted a picture of his lunch: a mystery meat “taco...

Spencer's Bistro is not in a location where you'd expect to find anything featuring the word bistro. It's behind a Del Taco in a gritty, treeless parking lot, next to a lawnmower repair shop and a liquor store in a dilapidated strip mall that...

If you have been following the Chicano Cuisine guys, the homegrown chefs who have embraced Mexican American cooking that represents the tastes of Los Angeles, you know that their restaurants are some of the most vibrant in town at the moment, as...

At street stands that sell Tijuana-style tacos de adobada, the eye-catching centerpiece is usually a trompo — a vertical rotisserie stacked with marinated pork. In the case of 2-month-old Tacos 1986, the object of attention is the person manning...