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Last Call at Tom Bergin’s? The Scene on St. Patrick’s Day from 6 a.m. to Closing
In January, Los Angeles drinkers were shocked by rumors that Tom Bergin’s, the iconic 82-year old Irish pub on Fairfax Avenue, just south of Wilshire Boulevard, would close. Owner Derek Schreck was...
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Welcome to the Rogue 99 ~ Grand Central Market, Guelaguetza, Guerrilla Tacos
Last December, former LA Weekly food editor Katherine Spiers and longtime contributor Tien Nguyen came up with a plan to publish a restaurant guide for LA. The idea was to recapture the spirit of one...
View ArticleVideo Captured Robbery Attack that Left Oaxacan Street Vendor Badly Beaten
Police are investigating a horrible group robbery attack against a street vendor that was caught by a surveillance camera, showing how Pedro Daniel Reyes was assaulted and chased before he fell in the...
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Meet Amanda Gorman, the L.A. Native Who Is the First National Youth Poet...
Amanda Gorman found a natural desire to write down her thoughts at the age of five. She called herself a songwriter, although she did not typically sing. The songs resembled spoken-word poems without...
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The Rise and Fall of Oscar Zeta Acosta: What Happened to the ‘Brown Buffalo’?
He was a high school football player and class president in the Central Valley. Then he went to Panama with the US Air Force, where he became a Baptist preacher. Back in California, he went to law...
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How Fans Have Been Saying Goodbye to Meltdown Comics
After 25 years, Meltdown Comics, Los Angeles’ treasured comic book store, live events space, and cultural hub on Sunset Boulevard is closing its doors for the last time on March 30. Since opening in...
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Voices from the March For Our Lives in Los Angeles
A South L.A. teenager named Edna Chavez electrified demonstrators on Saturday at the March For Our Lives main protest in Washington D.C. Here are her potent words about the nature of gun violence in...
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Radio Pulgarcito: Exploring Salvadoran Culture and Identity Through Vinyl
Radio Pulgarcito is a radio show created by three Salvadoran artists in Los Angeles who combined their love for vinyl and Salvadoran music together. Linda Tovar, Gabriel Vidal, and Oscar Santos met...
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‘Dolores’ Film Seeks to Re-Think Labor Leader Dolores Huerta — Again
There is an incredible moment of archival footage in the documentary Dolores, in which a television interviewer asks labor leader Dolores Huerta what she would do, thinking as an ‘average woman,’ if...
View Article‘Black Panther’ and ‘Coco’ Prove Diversity Is Good for the Movie Business,...
The worldwide success of Black Panther and Coco is evidence that a changing audience is hungry for representation and Hollywood executives can no longer ignore underrepresented demographics, according...
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Interview with G Perico: ‘Motivational, Gangster, Ratchet as a Motherf*cker,...
Last month at the Roxy, to close out the final show of a grueling tour, L.A. gangster rapper G Perico performed a song titled, “I Love Thots,” twice. It’s not that “I Love Thots” is a bad song, but...
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Two Male Dancers Make L.A. Rams Cheer Squad, Marking First in NFL History
Two men will become the first male members of a cheer squad and will dance for the Los Angeles Rams, in a first in NFL history. While the Colts and the Ravens have male stuntmen, Quinton Peron and...
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TBT the Time We Flew A Banner Over Dodger Stadium on Opening Day
Here’s a throwback we’re pretty proud of here at LA Taco, in honor of Opening Day at Chavez Ravine. Back in 2011, at the peak of the Dodgers-Giants/NorCal-SoCal rivalry, a banner war in the airspace...
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Metal Fans Scene Report: The Best Live Shows So Far This Year in L.A.
To be a metal fan and to live in LA is to be truly blessed. Some of the best promoters and shows and bands are in our sprawling metropolis. Everything from backyards to DIY to classic LA venues you can...
View ArticleL.A. Taco’s Rogue 99 Team Katherine Spiers and Tien Nguyen On ‘Good Food’ On...
Rogue 99 editors Katherine Spiers and Tien Nguyen appeared on Saturday on KCRW’s Good Food, explaining how LA Taco’s essential restaurant guide for 2018 came about. Great job! Listen to the whole...
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The L.A. TACO Horoscope for April, 2018
April supports the Warrior, Angels, so prepare for battle. Two Jupiter-Moon alignments in Libra’s scales support the momentum of marchers and their causes. (This aspect brackets the month on April 3rd...
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How a ‘Lil Libros’ on Selena Quintanilla Shot to the Top of Amazon’s...
Selena’s death, 23 years ago on Sunday, was the first time Patty Rodriguez had seen her father cry. The author and radio host contemplated this memory on Saturday afternoon during a lively book signing...
View ArticleL.A. Weekly Launches Online Campaign Against ‘Bullies’ Calling for Boycott
The embattled LA Weekly management is fighting back against what they are calling lies, harassment, and “bullying” by a group leading a boycott against the paper’s new owners. On Monday the Weekly...
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GTFOLA! Lynda Carter Gets Her Star, First Fridays at Natural History, Alice...
Click to view slideshow. Welcome to GTFOLA!, your guide to the best stuff to do in Los Angeles every week, lovingly compiled and curated by longtime L.A. journalist & native Angeleno Lina Lecaro....
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Taco Madness 2018
It’s time to taco rumble. L.A. Taco and our hard-working staff is proud to announce the 9th annual return of the city’s only taco competition: Taco Madness 2018. As we approach a decade of service to...
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