Why one Iowa restaurant owner says 'No love, no tacos'

In Iowa, one Mexican restaurant takes a stand: "No love, no tacos."
Patricia Escárcega • Los Angeles Times • October 24, 2020
This summer, Alfonso Medina installed a small yard sign in front of La Carreta Mexican Grill, the restaurant in Marshalltown, Iowa, that he opened in 2018. The “We believe” sign (whose origins journalist Chris Taylor traced recently to a group of...
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