The Discover LA Taco Trek

Discover Los Angeles — the city's official tourism board — put together the dineLA Taco Trek: a self-guided tour of the trucks, stands and sit-down spots that define LA's taco culture. EatLosAngeles mapped every stop and added the filters they don't — neighborhood, style and price — so you can find the right one for tonight.

Read the Full Trek on Discover LA → See More Tacos & Casual

Source: Discover Los Angeles, "dineL.A. Taco Trek" · Picks remain Discover LA's own editorial trek — EatLosAngeles adds neighborhood, style and price filters.

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The Trek

All the stops, filtered by EatLosAngeles

Filtered by EatLosAngeles, sourced from Discover LA

All Stops Neighborhood ▾ Style: Truck / Stand Price: $ – $$ + Add filter

Taco Trek Stop

Leo's Taco Truck

Baldwin Hills / Mid-City

Michelin Bib Gourmand

Mariscos Jalisco

Boyle Heights

Taco Trek Stop

Sonoratown

Downtown / Mid-City

Leo's Taco Truck

3485 S La Cienega Blvd · Baldwin Hills/Crenshaw

The trompo-roasted al pastor truck LA regulars line up for at any hour — now 15 trucks across the city, but this La Cienega original is where the cult started.

Source: Leo's Tacos →

Mariscos Jalisco

E Olympic Blvd · Boyle Heights

Raul Ortega's truck earned a Michelin Bib Gourmand for one dish: the taco dorado de camarón, a shrimp taco fried to order and finished with fresh guacamole.

Source: MICHELIN Guide →

Sonoratown

208 E 8th St · Downtown

Jennifer Feltham and Teo Diaz Rodriguez's Sonoran-style flour tortillas — thin, blistered, hand-stretched — set the standard the rest of LA's taco scene now chases.

Source: Sonoratown →

Kogi Taqueria

Palms

Chef Roy Choi's brick-and-mortar built around the dish that started LA's food-truck movement — the Korean short-rib taco, still served on a warm corn-flour tortilla with salsa roja and cabbage-cilantro-onion slaw.

Source: LA Times →

B.S. Taqueria

514 W 7th St · Downtown

Chef Ray Garcia's Downtown taqueria dresses up the format without losing the point — griddled octopus and market-vegetable tacos on tortillas pressed in-house.

Source: B.S. Taqueria →

Holbox

Mercado La Paloma · South LA

Gilberto Cetina Jr.'s stall inside Mercado La Paloma turns out Yucatán-style seafood tacos — grilled octopus, aguachile and uni — that landed it on the LA Times' 101 Best Restaurants list.

Source: Mercado La Paloma →

The other stops on the Discover LA Taco Trek

Los Originales Tacos Árabes de Puebla

Boyle Heights / East LA

Coni'Seafood

Inglewood

Teddy's Red Tacos

Echo Park / Southeast LA

Cielito Lindo

Olvera Street · since 1934

Tire Shop Taqueria

South Central LA