Best LA Taco Trucks & Taquerias

This is a guide to essential tacos in Los Angeles, for locals and visitors who want trucks and stands with regular spots alongside brick-and-mortar taquerias. The picks range from South LA and Historic South Central to downtown, Boyle Heights, Highland Park and Huntington Park, with Mariscos Jalisco on the list too.

Tacos Los Güichos shaves Mexico City-style al pastor off the trompo onto small corn tortillas with pineapple, at the same tire shop lot on Slauson night after night. Holbox, inside Mercado La Paloma, serves Yucatán-style seafood like a smoked kanpachi taco. Sonoratown makes paper-thin flour tortillas in-house; get the caramelo with beans, jack cheese and avocado. In Boyle Heights, Los Originales wraps spit-roasted pork tacos árabes in thick pita-style flatbread. Come to Los Güichos after dark, and go early on weekends at Holbox.