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year</category><category>tacos el gallito</category><category>los angeles. san pedro</category><title>The Great Taco Hunt</title><description>A guide to the Los Angeles taco scene</description><link>http://www.greattacohunt.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (El Bandini)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>361</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/greattacohunt/quXD" /><feedburner:info uri="greattacohunt/quxd" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15467754.post-9049030322066943963</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 08:50:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-04-24T03:53:11.562-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">tacos</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">los angeles</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">westwood</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">tacos el gallito</category><title>Tacos El Gallito - Westwood</title><atom:summary>

A few years ago if someone said that they ate some good tacos from a taco truck in West LA you would probably want to punch them in the face. Or at least call them a newb for not knowing what a good taco is. But its 2012 and I’m here to announce that the era of bad tacos on the streets of West LA is over. Well, you’ll still find bad tacos from taco trucks in West LA, just not at the corner of </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greattacohunt/quXD/~3/DIDwSoFrFRQ/el-gallito-westwood.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (El Bandini)</author><thr:total>9</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/greattacohunt/quXD/~4/DIDwSoFrFRQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.greattacohunt.com/2012/04/el-gallito-westwood.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15467754.post-5633531564019149924</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 01:09:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-04-22T17:12:54.252-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">tacos</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">tacos por favor</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">los angeles</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">taco plus</category><title>Gringo Taco Showdown- Tacos Por Favor vs Taco Plus</title><atom:summary>
tacos por favor hard shell taco $3.35


For the second installment of the Gringo Taco Showdown I decided to pit two Westside taco establishments against each other.  Tacos Por Favor is pretty well known to anyone who eats tacos and lives on the Westside. Their chorizo and cheese taco with the spicy salsa roja never disappoints. The carne asada is above average as well. It’s the Westside so you’</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greattacohunt/quXD/~3/xkhkNPyzuMY/gringo-taco-showdown-tacos-por-favor-vs.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (El Bandini)</author><thr:total>9</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/greattacohunt/quXD/~4/xkhkNPyzuMY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.greattacohunt.com/2012/04/gringo-taco-showdown-tacos-por-favor-vs.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15467754.post-716458597227452639</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 06:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-04-18T01:51:06.608-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">los angeles.</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">tacos</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">downey</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">el taco</category><title>Gringo Taco Showdown- El Taco vs Pepe's</title><atom:summary>

Ever since I ate the horrendous dorito loco taco I have been thinking about the American hard shell taco. It is commonly referred to as the gringo taco and this is as good a name as any I can think of. For many people the gringo taco is what comes to mind when they think of tacos. 

I was also thinking about how once I had graduated to “real tacos” I began to disassociate myself from the gringo</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greattacohunt/quXD/~3/NgrUVKrhivs/gringo-taco-showdown-el-taco-vs-pepes.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (El Bandini)</author><thr:total>11</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/greattacohunt/quXD/~4/NgrUVKrhivs" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.greattacohunt.com/2012/04/gringo-taco-showdown-el-taco-vs-pepes.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15467754.post-920882755850449228</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:58:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-04-19T02:48:45.268-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">taco bell</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">doritos locos tacos</category><title>Taco Bell's Doritos Locos Taco</title><atom:summary>

If you’re under 30 you probably don’t remember how good Taco Bell tacos once were. You’re probably thinking I’m having a laugh or that I’ve finally gone mad but it's true.Now make no mistake, these weren’t the kind of tacos you’ll find on the streets of Boyle Heights or El Sereno. But they were traditional tacos in their own way; crunchy ground beef tacos that were greasy and delicious. 

I don</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greattacohunt/quXD/~3/3Hb6L2DsLLQ/taco-bells-doritos-locos-taco.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (El Bandini)</author><thr:total>5</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/greattacohunt/quXD/~4/3Hb6L2DsLLQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.greattacohunt.com/2012/04/taco-bells-doritos-locos-taco.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15467754.post-8256553578387063618</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:22:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-03-20T03:35:04.131-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">los angeles tacos</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">guisados</category><title>Guisados- East LA</title><atom:summary>Where are the songs of Spring? Ay, where are they?
Think not of them, thou hast thy music too,—
While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day,
And touch the stubble-plains with rosy hue;

-Keats "To Autumn"



It’s the first day of spring and I’m back. I wasn’t really gone but I’ve been really lazy. It’s easy to be lazy during the winter. I know, it’s LA, we don’t really have proper seasons, but </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greattacohunt/quXD/~3/2h0DBZ3YYhg/guisados-east-la.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (El Bandini)</author><thr:total>7</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/greattacohunt/quXD/~4/2h0DBZ3YYhg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.greattacohunt.com/2012/03/guisados-east-la.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15467754.post-3552089126564703242</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 01:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-01T17:06:17.303-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">henry's tacos</category><title>People on the Internet: Save Henry's Tacos</title><atom:summary>
photo: ladailynews.com

I love my gringo tacos and I kinda love Henry's. But some people really love Henry's Tacos which I understand. Henry's is like the valley's version of Tito's Tacos. People who haven't grown up with them wonder what what the deal is and people who have grown up with them wonder what the deal is with people who haven't grown up with them.I'm weird because I grew up a mile </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greattacohunt/quXD/~3/FCi4oF5lZgg/people-on-internet-save-henrys-tacos.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (El Bandini)</author><thr:total>2</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/greattacohunt/quXD/~4/FCi4oF5lZgg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.greattacohunt.com/2012/01/people-on-internet-save-henrys-tacos.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15467754.post-1512352308186071895</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 23:39:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-28T15:39:33.316-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">tacos</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">los angeles</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">taco of the year</category><title>2011 Taco of the Year - Tacos Leo's Al Pastor</title><atom:summary>


Tacos Leo busted on to the LA taco scene in 2010 slinging ridiculously good tacos al pastor.  With perfectly seasoned pork that was shaved from the rotating spit then topped with a snippet of pineapple from a skilled taquero, Tacos Leo mesmerized the LA taco eating public.  The euphoria however was short lived, as the city, jealous of the attention Tacos Leo was getting, decided to shut down </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greattacohunt/quXD/~3/IqTJBWLuTow/2011-taco-of-year-tacos-leos-al-pastor.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (El Bandini)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4110/4999705489_5dc5362575_t.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/greattacohunt/quXD/~4/IqTJBWLuTow" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.greattacohunt.com/2011/12/2011-taco-of-year-tacos-leos-al-pastor.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15467754.post-5779249590202485102</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 10:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-05T02:06:41.453-08:00</atom:updated><title>Best tacos of 2011</title><atom:summary>Normally at the end of the year I do a top 10 tacos and list the best tacos I had during the year. It was a pretty slow year on the blog for great tacos. I became obsessed with just eating off taco trucks no matter how bad they were and I was out of LA for long stretches at a time.  So I’ve decided to turn this years top 10 (or top 5) over to the public.  So let me know your fav taco of the year </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greattacohunt/quXD/~3/OXTPKsERuBo/best-tacos-of-2011.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (El Bandini)</author><thr:total>10</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/greattacohunt/quXD/~4/OXTPKsERuBo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.greattacohunt.com/2011/12/best-tacos-of-2011.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15467754.post-7651938823773325813</guid><pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 04:50:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-02T20:50:33.247-08:00</atom:updated><title>Special Ceremony @ the Taco Zone</title><atom:summary>Something is going down tomorrow at the Taco Zone. Whatever it is, the organizers say that "the Los Angeles taco scene will never be the same."

</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greattacohunt/quXD/~3/QB22kB1zvvE/special-ceremony-taco-zone.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (El Bandini)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/greattacohunt/quXD/~4/QB22kB1zvvE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.greattacohunt.com/2011/12/special-ceremony-taco-zone.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15467754.post-7173318246685219748</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 09:52:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-08T01:58:04.370-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">tacos</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">taco trucks</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">east los angeles</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">food trucks</category><title>Danny's Tacos - Downtown LA</title><atom:summary>

It’s a strange thing keeping a blog. Because even though you can see how many people visit your blog, you never really know how many people actually read your blog, or if anyone actually reads it at all. How many read the whole article? How many just look at the photos? How many typed in something dirty before taco and ended up here? Today I checked my blog stats and so far this month I’ve had </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greattacohunt/quXD/~3/MBDjHNNX1n8/dannys-tacos-downtown-la.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (El Bandini)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6037/6247948699_bed418c2fc_t.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>13</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/greattacohunt/quXD/~4/MBDjHNNX1n8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.greattacohunt.com/2011/11/dannys-tacos-downtown-la.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15467754.post-9208320158715972027</guid><pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 08:11:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-02T01:17:46.536-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">tacos</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">taco trucks</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">los angeles</category><title>Paloma Selestial - Pico &amp; Sepulveda, West LA</title><atom:summary>

Sometimes all you need is a couple of tacos, a grilled jalapeno, a bottle of Mexican coke, and the sun in your face.

They don’t even have to be great tacos.  They just have to be good enough not put you in a bad mood for the rest of the day.



And if they are good enough you may wave to the man inside the truck as you leave. If they are real good you may lay a buck on the counter.


tacos </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greattacohunt/quXD/~3/HoJrBw98rio/paloma-selestial-pico-sepulveda-west-la.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (El Bandini)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6100/6290484819_4f7b174b78_t.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/greattacohunt/quXD/~4/HoJrBw98rio" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.greattacohunt.com/2011/10/paloma-selestial-pico-sepulveda-west-la.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15467754.post-9023238734271326506</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:49:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-10-28T10:49:06.115-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">tacos</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">taco trucks</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">los angeles</category><title>taco wire - Rambo's Tacos, 10 Great Tacos in OC</title><atom:summary>

Taco Tuesday: Norma's Barbacoa de Res - [The LA Beat]

Los Angeles: Rambo's Tacos Puts Up a Fight in Eagle Rock - [Serious Eats]

Cochinita Pibil Taco Fight: La Cabanita vs Chichen Itza [Squid Ink]

Tacos y Carnitas Sahuayo: Follow Your Nose [OC Weekly]

10 Great Tacos in Orange County [OC Weekly]

</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greattacohunt/quXD/~3/3PSmenoJaAg/taco-wire-rambos-tacos-10-great-tacos.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (El Bandini)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/168/382592276_81600e8ffe_t.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/greattacohunt/quXD/~4/3PSmenoJaAg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.greattacohunt.com/2011/10/taco-wire-rambos-tacos-10-great-tacos.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15467754.post-4525962063073617696</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 08:35:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-10-26T10:28:18.564-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">tacos</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">taco truck</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">city terrace</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">east los angeles</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">food trucks</category><title>Tacos Los 3 Potrillos - City Terrace</title><atom:summary>

It’s late at night in East LA where it seems you can find taco trucks on every street corner. This is City Terrace, the gateway to the real east los.  I think this is where Hector from  Morrissey’s “First of the Gang to Die” stayed.  Maybe not, but I’m sure the home for the blind is somewhere around here.



I ordered chorizo, asada, and al pastor.  The tacos came topped with cilantro, minced </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greattacohunt/quXD/~3/Mdc9-_jN97g/tacos-los-3-potrillos-city-terrace.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (El Bandini)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6120/6271133459_3d224fbfb4_t.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/greattacohunt/quXD/~4/Mdc9-_jN97g" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.greattacohunt.com/2011/10/tacos-los-3-potrillos-city-terrace.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15467754.post-6282304206698528150</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 07:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-10-19T14:06:12.625-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">tacos</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">taco trucks</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">arleta</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">los angeles</category><title>Tacos Monchis - Arleta</title><atom:summary>

When I look at the map of the taco trucks I have covered so far on this blog the San Fernando Valley seems to be neglected. Yeah the Eastside is where a lot of the action is but for me the SFV is totally unexplored territory.  There’s no dominant player in the SFV like there is on the Eastside, which makes it all the more interesting. So I paid the SFV a visit.

It was late at night and I had </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greattacohunt/quXD/~3/HdgEX4N1Tao/tacos-monchis-arleta.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (El Bandini)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6238/6247948205_d565a5b111_t.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/greattacohunt/quXD/~4/HdgEX4N1Tao" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.greattacohunt.com/2011/10/tacos-monchis-arleta.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15467754.post-7925577755134661060</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 03:35:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-10-15T23:41:11.844-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">tacos</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">taco trucks</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">los angeles</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">tacos el gallito</category><title>Tacos El Gallito- La Brea and Venice</title><atom:summary>

Tacos El Gallito parks at the corner of La Brea and Venice day and night. The first time I went it was daytime. I ordered three tacos and a grape soda.  Then I took a few bites of my tacos and wondered what had happened to Tacos El Gallito. The tacos were terrible.  The meats were dry and flavorless; the tortillas were wilted; the salsas were bland.



I put off blogging about the experience. </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greattacohunt/quXD/~3/cI9AH_GJuUg/tacos-el-gallito-la-brea-and-venice.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (El Bandini)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5263/5742030684_e26744f003_t.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>4</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/greattacohunt/quXD/~4/cI9AH_GJuUg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.greattacohunt.com/2011/10/tacos-el-gallito-la-brea-and-venice.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15467754.post-6056173111972816729</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 06:08:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-10-04T23:08:08.944-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">tacos</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">los angeles</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">national taco day</category><title>taco wire- National Taco Day, Top 5 Gringo Tacos</title><atom:summary>
plate of tacos from El Chato


Taco Truck Time in LA(El Chato) [epicurious]

Olé, Olé! It's National Taco Day! [LAist]

National Taco Day: Top 5 Gringo Tacos [Squid Ink]

Ricky's Fish Taco Nirvana [Dig Lounge Los Angeles]

Los Angeles Tacos: Birria for the Hollywood Masses at Cactus Taqueria [Serious Eats]

Midnight Snack: Cactus Taco with Ron Babcock [KCET]

</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greattacohunt/quXD/~3/avx02GkDheM/taco-wire-national-taco-day-top-5.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (El Bandini)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6026/5887024610_ac76455b8f_t.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/greattacohunt/quXD/~4/avx02GkDheM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.greattacohunt.com/2011/10/taco-wire-national-taco-day-top-5.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15467754.post-3993705941587032062</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 05:56:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-09-28T22:56:33.764-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">tacos</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">taco trucks</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">los angeles</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">el antojo</category><title>El Antojo - County USC</title><atom:summary>


I was meeting someone but took a wrong turn when I saw El Antojo. I was early and hungry and I remembered someone emailing me about a taco truck that parks near County USC.  It was too good to pass up.






I ordered carne asada, adobada, and chorizo. My tacos came garnished with onions, cilantro and a splash of salsa roja. The grilled serrano pepper was a nice touch.  I expected a taco truck</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greattacohunt/quXD/~3/zS-fP0hXGs0/el-antojo-county-usc.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (El Bandini)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5316/5822190143_d0425e834e_t.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/greattacohunt/quXD/~4/zS-fP0hXGs0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.greattacohunt.com/2011/09/el-antojo-county-usc.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15467754.post-3042708111162888541</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 06:22:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-09-20T23:22:55.978-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">taco bell</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">tacos leo</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">los angeles</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">mexicali taco</category><title>taco wire - Mexicali Taco &amp; Co Closes (For Now), Man calls 911 on Taco Bell</title><atom:summary>


End of an Era: Taco Madness 2011 Winner Mexicali Taco &amp; Co. Closes (For Now) -[LA TACO]

Tacos Leo - [Tacos and Cocktails]

Los Angeles: El Pique Truck for $1.25 Tacos in a Car Wash Parking Lot - [Serious Eats]

911 caller: "I just want some tacos" - [The Gazette]

Tacos Tripas at Alebrijes Grill - [OC Weekly]

</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greattacohunt/quXD/~3/YFqyx5GUdOg/taco-wire-mexicali-taco-co-closes-for.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (El Bandini)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5173/5518859011_a9c6aeb26a_t.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/greattacohunt/quXD/~4/YFqyx5GUdOg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.greattacohunt.com/2011/09/taco-wire-mexicali-taco-co-closes-for.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15467754.post-8558606482580778174</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 08:33:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-09-28T22:48:21.251-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">tacos</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">taco trucks</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">tacos arabes</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">east los angeles</category><title>Cemitas Poblanas Juniors - East LA</title><atom:summary>


I’m officially addicted to tacos arabes. And I probably haven’t even had a proper traditional one yet. But the tacos arabes I have been eating from Cemitas Poblanas Juniors(Olympic Blvd and Rowan Ave,East LA) are all the tradition I need.



The pork is stir fried with onions in a light sauce then wrapped into a flour tortilla. And that’s it. No salsa, no cilantro, no rice; nothing else. These</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greattacohunt/quXD/~3/Cqg_mH3Ajs8/cemitas-poblanas-juniors-east-la.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (El Bandini)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5267/5802549284_4c23e5f992_t.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>5</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/greattacohunt/quXD/~4/Cqg_mH3Ajs8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.greattacohunt.com/2011/09/cemitas-poblanas-juniors-east-la.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15467754.post-855602852671614960</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 04:55:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-09-12T21:58:31.620-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">tacos</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">los angeles</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">urbandig</category><title>Urbandig - Taco Street</title><atom:summary>

The people at Urbandig asked me to create a 5-stop taco tour and I happily obliged. Urbandig is a popular mobile app where curators create tours offering tips about the city they live in.   

How it works (via Urbandig press release)
After downloading the app to their iPhone, users choose their location to find guides of interest to them such as LA dive bars or Best Food Trucks in SF. Guides </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greattacohunt/quXD/~3/BaTJ_44pr9A/urban-dig-taco-street.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (El Bandini)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6210/6143033530_910fa0e079_t.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/greattacohunt/quXD/~4/BaTJ_44pr9A" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.greattacohunt.com/2011/09/urban-dig-taco-street.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15467754.post-7241951141645488235</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2011 21:19:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-09-15T02:17:08.124-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">tacos</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">taco truck</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">los angeles</category><title>Taqueria Velazquez - South Central</title><atom:summary>

I have been to Taqueria Velazquez a couple times. The first time was maybe eight months ago. But on that night the batteries went dead on my camera. My first impression was the tacos were above average.  This impression was re-enforced with the second visit a few months later. 

This isn’t the safest of neighborhoods but your fine if you stay on the main boulevard. There are a lot of parts of </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greattacohunt/quXD/~3/e4vVekCBauE/taqueria-velazquez-south-central.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (El Bandini)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5145/5861722776_6aa023883a_t.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/greattacohunt/quXD/~4/e4vVekCBauE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.greattacohunt.com/2011/09/taqueria-velazquez-south-central.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15467754.post-3222662984818474031</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 07:44:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-09-08T19:53:07.846-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">tacos</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">taco trucks</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">east la</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">los angeles tacos</category><title>Cemitas Tepeaca - East LA</title><atom:summary>

Now that I’ve been back in LA I’ve had the itch to get back on the taco beat. But there is the matter of blogging about all the tacos I had prior to going out of town. Ideally my preference is to write about the tacos I eat either that day or the day after. The experience is fresher in my mind. Did I like the tacos? If I didn’t like the tacos maybe something happened at the truck I could write </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greattacohunt/quXD/~3/ylBcMOZs35I/cemitas-tepeaca-east-la.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (El Bandini)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6005/5949103765_e8fc71eb6e_t.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/greattacohunt/quXD/~4/ylBcMOZs35I" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.greattacohunt.com/2011/09/cemitas-tepeaca-east-la.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15467754.post-2045455297694427179</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 08:32:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-09-06T01:37:00.189-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hoboken</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">tacos</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">new jersey</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">the taco truck</category><title>The Taco Truck - Hoboken, New Jersey</title><atom:summary>

We were on our way to Hoboken to eat sushi when we saw The Taco Truck.  I was leaving for the UK the next day. B looked at me and said, “You should eat a taco in New Jersey.” I thought it was a good idea, and that if I had ever decided to eat a taco in every state I would have really regretted the missed opportunity.

The menu confused me at first. It said something like this: two soft corn </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greattacohunt/quXD/~3/nkQrcLa8sTw/taco-truck-hoboken-new-jersey.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (El Bandini)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6194/6059867067_3f7b67b7bf_t.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/greattacohunt/quXD/~4/nkQrcLa8sTw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.greattacohunt.com/2011/09/taco-truck-hoboken-new-jersey.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15467754.post-8050869310041383269</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 05:08:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-08-29T03:55:42.332-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">brooklyn</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">taco truck</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">NYC tacos</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">NYC</category><title>NYC Taco Hunt Part 2- Brooklyn</title><atom:summary>

The first thing I noticed when we got to Williamsburg was how many hipsters there were.  And these just weren’t any kind of hipsters. They were proper hipsters; or in other words douchebags. For instance, there was a guy wearing Buddy Holly glasses. Fine, you say, nothing wrong with that. Oh yeah? There were no lenses in the glasses.  Yeah, I know, go fug yourself. 





The first truck we </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greattacohunt/quXD/~3/bDTIJ1cTrQw/nyc-taco-hunt-part-2-brooklyn.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (El Bandini)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6195/6091971216_78437da7fc_t.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/greattacohunt/quXD/~4/bDTIJ1cTrQw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.greattacohunt.com/2011/08/nyc-taco-hunt-part-2-brooklyn.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15467754.post-687836577411891007</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 19:31:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-08-24T16:43:46.749-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">tacos mix</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">al pastor</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">NYC tacos</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">NYC</category><title>NYC Taco Hunt Part 1 - East Harlem</title><atom:summary>

It was the week of the great heat wave.  I was in NY for six days then off to the UK for a 3-week vacation. It was 100 degrees most days and humid and felt much hotter in the subway. The original plan was to hit up as many taco trucks and taquerias as I could and fit in a couple of the fancier taquerias. It didn’t really work out that way. It was just too fucking hot to get around like I wanted</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greattacohunt/quXD/~3/x-Ga6_bJ20s/nyc-taco-hunt-part-1-east-harlem.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (El Bandini)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6193/6060393932_cbf62e6850_t.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/greattacohunt/quXD/~4/x-Ga6_bJ20s" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://www.greattacohunt.com/2011/08/nyc-taco-hunt-part-1-east-harlem.html</feedburner:origLink></item></channel></rss>

