L.A. TACO

20 hours ago | lataco.com | Javier Cabral

The mezcal world is mourning the loss of Hildegardo “Japo” Joya this morning as a raicilla luminary whose coastal Jalisco blood ran thick with agave amarillo and whose body was fortified by nine decades of working the earth. His masterful distilling style was renowned for its earthy and ocean breeze flavors. The mezcal maestro paved the way for raicilla to become the counterculture agave spirit of choice, beyond commercially sold mezcal.

6 days ago | lataco.com | Lexis-Olivier Ray

In 2021, the Los Angeles City Council approved an ambitious plan to bring dozens of charging stations and low-cost electric cars to South L.A., a community in desperate need of more affordable and environmentally-friendly transportation options. Four years later, however, not a single station has been built in South Los Angeles. And the program that was expected to bring these electric cars and stations to the region has ended.

1 week ago | lataco.com | Hadley Tomicki

When news crashed-landed that The Original Pantry Cafe was closing forever, Angelenos wept, crying over the loss of a 101-year-old Downtown icon, for the long-serving employees losing their jobs, and facing the prospect of never tasting the restaurant’s famous silver-dollar pancakes and sourdough garlic bread ever again. One woman, Erika Armenta, the owner of East Los Tacos, felt the pain and did something remarkable about it: She threw several staff members and Pantry fans alike a lifeline.

1 week ago | lataco.com | Jared Cowan

One night, when director Gregory Nava was filming under the 4th-and-Lorena Street Bridge in Boyle Heights, a tragic tie to the past unwittingly became part of the present. It was a cosmic connection so undeniable that even 30 years later it gives the director chills when recounting the story.

1 week ago | lataco.com | Hadley Tomicki

Prime Flavor Brazilian BBQ has a number of good things going for it. For one, it’s a black van that doubles as a Brazilian churrascaria; with steel spears skewering steak, picanha, chicken, and sausage, which roll over the heat of an infrared rotisserie grill placed just behind the driver’s seat.