Photo by Zach Behrens/LAist After a judge in late August threw out the County's ordinance regarding taco truck parking, the LA County district attorney's office announced Friday that they would not seek an appeal. The ordinance, which Superior Court Judge Dennis Aichroth said was "too ambiguous to be enforceable," forced taco trucks to move every hour or face a $1000 fine or jail time. But SaveOurTacoTrucks.org, the blog that raised awareness about the law......

Tomorrow night, after the May Day rallies, is Taco Night, as declared by the organizers at SaveOurTacoTrucks.org, a petition and effort to raise awareness about an LA County law going in effect on May 15th that will harshen penalties placed on taco trucks who sit in the same spot for over an hour in unincorporated areas such as East LA. So who better to go explore taco truck food with than the two behind the......

The local online effort to stop a recent law passed to limit taco truck activity with harsh punishment seems to be getting some attention: The petition is working and your thousands of signatures are getting some serious attention. We’re receiving support from all over Los Angeles and all across the world. Letters have come in from Texas, Washington, Massachusetts, even Canada and New Zealand. We’re also receiving numerous press inquiries, including major print, online and......

Photo by stevelyon via Flickr C. Thi Nguyen, senior editor of Chow Digest at chowhound.com and a UCLA Grad Student opines in opposition to the County's move to put harsher regulations on Taco Trucks. It appeared in today's edition of the LA Times' The Guide: ... what the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has done terrifies me. On Wednesday, the supervisors passed a harsh set of regulations for unincorporated county areas. Parking a......

Even though the Farmers Market at 3rd and Fairfax isn’t really a farmers market at all, Loteria! Grill alone stands out among the labyrinth of tchotchke-filled stores and food stands that make up this misnomer (and trend setter?) as a viable reason to brave the parking lot at the Grove. Named after Mexico’s answer to Bingo, Loteria!’s Zagat-rated and highly lauded open-air stand seems to belie its moniker; consistently excellent food here seems anything but......

Yes, as reported in various LA Newspaper Group dailies, there is an East L.A. Taqueros Union. And they are going to fight a law that the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted "yes" on Tuesday -- taco trucks have to move every 60 minutes or face $1000 fines or jail time. Currently, taco trucks must move every 30 minutes and face a nominal fine, one that, if ever enforced, is considered a cost of......

Last week I put on a fancy dress and hit Ciudad. Of all the DineLA restaurants so far, this was the highlight. The open expanse of the room seemed a little chilly and impersonal at first, but little touches like homestyle drinking glasses and retro 1950s accents warmed the room. This restaurant runs with Disneyland-like efficiency. You know those musicals with dancing waiters twirling through the room in perfectly choreographed symmetry? That is what......

Downtown Culver City may be flourishing with new, tasty delights but the CC has a few delicious, bustling restaurants that have been around for ages. The prime example being Paco’s Tacos (4141 Centinela Dr), which just may be the best Mexican food, not just in the city, but in the entire U.S.A. I almost hate to mention it because the ever popular Paco’s is always crowded, particularly on weekends; sometimes I’ve had to wait......

On Mulholland between Skirball Center Drive and North Casiano Rd. at the side of the road in the dirt, sits The Aranitas family taco truck. Yes, that's right, Bel Air has a taco truck too. Among the Skirball and Getty museums, it feels unlikely to find a taco truck parked here at this thoroughfare between the Valley and the Basin. But with nearly 4,000 taco trucks in LA County*, it's all about location. And......

UPDATE: LAObserved links, and the one-and-only Jonathan Gold responds! Olvera Street is known as the birthplace of Los Angeles. Located near the corner of Cesar Chavez and Alameda streets downtown, it’s kind of like a Latin version of the Farmer's Market on Fairfax with a lot more trinkets and a lot less fruit. LAist likes to walk Olvera every now and then for the pure kitsch factor (Lucha Libre masks abound, and are usually......