Taco Tuesday: Taco Maria’s smoked fish taco is an Orange County icon

José R. Ralat made headlines last fall when Texas Monthly, the “national magazine of Texas,” appointed him the publication’s first-ever taco editor. The role requires him to travel the state for about two weeks every month to report on the state’s...

Santa Ana boasts better taquerias than many towns in Mexico. Carne asada? Pork al pastor? Birria, barbacoa, al vapor? You don’t have to look very far to find what you’re looking for here. Just a wild guess, but if someone were to actually do the...

At Máquina Taco, the tacos are rarely adorned with more than chopped cilantro and white onions, and the occasional flourish of salsa or shredded purple cabbage. “I don’t believe in overdoing, over-stacking, over-flavoring or over-saucing a taco,”...

I don't envy the work the Haven Gastropub wunderkinds—Greg Daniels, Wil Dee and Alkesh Patel—have ahead of them. They're planning a second outpost in Pasadena; at the Camp, their latest project, Taco Asylum, enjoys the adoration of the Haven...

In the high desert city of Hesperia, 80 miles northeast of Los Angeles, it was so cold on a recent night that the salsas outside the Tacos La Madrina food truck stiffened with frost. The weather didn’t stop customers from lining up for tacos in...