Taco Tuesday: El Durango Grill is the king of carne asada

Beeline Krouch, his tanned arms extravagantly tattooed, slides around his small restaurant with the restless energy of a teenager. He passes out free food samples unbidden, jokes with his staff and quizzes customers as they’re halfway out the...

Eleven dollars is a lot to ask for a taco, especially when the minimum order is two. That said, I’ll gladly pay for a froufrou taco in a fancy restaurant if I think it’s going to be good.  The carne asada tacos at GuacAmigos sounded good. This is...

How many times have you driven past this little taco shack on Chapman Avenue with a sign advertising “authentic Mexican food” and never actually stopped? Me, too. But then I finally stopped, and then I wondered, “What took me so long?” The carne...

The waitress at Cobian’s in Cypress sees me flipping through the six-page menu. It’s the third time she’s come to the table to take my order, but I’m still not ready.   “What are you looking for?” she asks.  “I’m looking for these,” I say, lifting...

It was just over a year ago that the folks who operate a taco truck in Santa Ana called Tacos Manuel took the leap and opened a brick-and-mortar in Anaheim. The kitchen at the restaurant isn’t much bigger than the kitchen in their truck. The menu...