The Great Taco Hunt

A guide to the Los Angeles taco scene

Westside
  • El Super Taco
  • Tacos Por favor
  • Tacos Chatos
  • Taqueria Chiahuahua
  • Don Felix
  • Garcia Bros
  • Tacomiendo
  • Baja Buds
  • Taqueria Estilo Mexico
  • Tortas a la Plancha
  • La Isla Bonita
  • Pili's Tacos
  • Taqueria Chiahuahua
  • El Poblano
  • Paloma Selestial
  • Angelica
  • Mario's
  • Taqueria Sanchez
  • Tacos La Flama
  • El Sembrador
  • La Playita
  • Tacos Junior
  • La Oaxaquena
  • Valentino's
  • Wahoo's Fish Taco
  • Rubio's
  • Mariscos Tatiana
  • El Hameca
  • Tacos El Pastor
  • Howdy's Taqueria
  • Fiesta Feast
  • Hollywood
  • Cactus Taqueria 4/5
  • El Matador 4/5
  • Casa Diaz 4/5
  • Siete Mares 3.5
  • Yuca's 4/5
  • Siete Mares 3.5
  • Antojitos Denises 3.5
  • Taqueria El Charrito 3.5
  • El Gran Burrito 3/5
  • Tacos Delta 3/5
  • Dos Burritos 3/5
  • Machos Tacos 2.5/5
  • Valley
  • Tacos La Fonda 4/5
  • Tacos El Zorro 4/5
  • Fiesta Taco 4/5
  • Rincon Taurino 4/5
  • Tacos Texcoco 4/5
  • El Taco Llama 4/5
  • El Sauz 3.5/5
  • Vallarta 3.5/5
  • El Big Taco 3.5/5
  • Taqueria Emanuel 3.5/5
  • Super Tacos Michoacan 3.5/5
  • Tacos Carillo 3.5/5
  • Hugo's Tacos 3/5
  • Taqueria Zapotlanejo 3/5
  • El Jaliciense 3/5
  • Carnitas Michoacanas#23/5
  • El Tapatio 3/5
  • Daniel's Tacos 2/5
  • Los Angeles
  • El Parian 5/5
  • El Pique 4/5
  • King Taco 4/5
  • El Taurino 4/5
  • La Taquiza 4/5
  • The Surfer Taco 4/5
  • Tacos Jeesy's 4/5
  • Carnitas Michoacan 4/5
  • Beto's Tacos 4/5
  • El Pecas #2 4/5
  • Leo's Tacos 4/5
  • Rudy's tacos 3.5
  • Tumbras a Tomas 3.5
  • Pepe's Tacos 3.5/5
  • Manny's El Loco 3.5/5
  • La Estrella 3.5/5
  • Tacos Celaya 3.5/5
  • Tacos Don Beto 3.5/5
  • El Taco Móvil 3.5
  • Tacos Taluca 3.5/5
  • La Tehuana 3.5/5
  • Leo's(W Adams) 3.5/5
  • Tacos Chapalita 3.5/5
  • Taco Zone 3.5/5
  • Vermont Taco Table 3.5/5
  • Mariela's Taco 3.5/5
  • Tacos Los Guichos 3.5/5
  • Tacos El Primo 3.5/5
  • Tacos El Gavilan 3.5/5
  • Tacos El Gavilan(2) 3.5/5
  • Chanos 3.5/5
  • Tacos Juanitas 3.5/5
  • El Quick Taco 3/5
  • Tacos El Tapatio 3/5
  • Rambo's Tacos 3/5
  • R&R 3/5
  • La Playita(LH) 3/5
  • Los Panchitos 3/5
  • El Jalapeno 3/5
  • El Jalisco 2.5/5
  • Rigo's Tacos 2.5/5
  • LAX Tacos 2.5/5
  • Burritos Sahuayo 2.5/5
  • Don Jose 2.5/5
  • Tacos El Unico 2.5/5
  • Tacos Mexico 2.5/5
  • Carmen's 2.5/5
  • Qué Ricos 2.5/5
  • Chabelita Tacos 1.5/5
  • Tacos Kimberly 1/5
  • Taqueria La Canada 1/5
  • East LA
  • 3889 E Chavez Blvd 5/5
  • Sergio's Tacos 4.5/5
  • King Taco #15 4.5/5
  • La Golondrina 4/5
  • Tacos El Korita 4/5
  • Los 5 Puntos 4/5
  • El Ranchito 4/5
  • La Que Si Llena 4/5
  • La Estrella(Boyle Heights) 4/5
  • Tacos El Paisa 3.5/5
  • Tanya's Tacos 3.5/5
  • La Flor De Sahuayo 3.5/5
  • Boca Del Rio 3.5/5
  • El Capitan 3.5/5
  • Antojitos Denise's 3.5/5
  • Mojica Tacos 3/5
  • South Bay
  • Tacos Don Chente 3.5/5
  • Taqueria Morelia 3.5/5
  • La Cueva 3.5/5
  • El Antojito 3/5
  • El Taco Loco #5 3/5
  • Antojitos Denise's
    Monday, September 19, 2005

    After a weekend of binge drinking your humble taco correspondent was back on the taco beat. I got a report that some tasty al pastor tacos were being diced up in East Hollywood at Antojitos Denise's and I fired up the hog.

    Right about now you are probably thinking " hey does this Bandini kid ride a hog to each taco stop". Maybe I do my friends or maybe I just want to embellish my taco journey but what's important is that your tacos are my tacos. This isn't fantasy land or Narnia where I am reviewing tacos that noone will ever be able to sample.There is no talking pig begging for a stay of roasting.If there was I would laugh at him anyway and say aha! you will be sizzling on my plate soon and I will eat you al pastor between tortillas you villanious swine!. What did you do to warrant such a demise pig? I will dip you in tasty salsa roja you degenerate pig and your kin will know that Bandini the swine impaler has devoured you!

    But there was no talking pig my friends just a great taqueria. The taco counter inside was welcoming and I sat down and ordered my tacos. My tacos arrived on a glass plate with some chips and salsa roja. Ths is unusual for taquerias as I am accustomed to paper plates but I havn't been to any taquerias that had a lunch counter style dining area. The pork was tender and glazed, the onions carmalized and the sweet salsa roja completed the perfect pork taco. I enjoyed it so much that I forgot to take a photo of my tacos. What also prevented me from taking a photo was how close the counter was to where the tacos were being prepared. Any such photo attempts would have brought about questions. What if this is against the rules? I am a subtle taco hunter. What if I was captured for such an offense? I would be wrapped around the spit and sliced and offered for taco fare: tacos al bandini. I would be squirming there trying to plead my case like the nefarious swine I had already devoured.
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    But this isn't make believe. It's a taco hunt.I ordered two more al pastor tacos to go and got my photo.

    Now I crave the sweet glaze of the al pastor and a thousand marching revengeful swine couldn't keep me away from some of the best tacos al pastor LA has to offer.

    Image hosted by Photobucket.com3.5/5

    Antojitos Denise's as at 4930 Hollywood Blvd. Tacos are $1 each
    posted by Bandini @ 10:57 PM  
    5 Comments:
    • At 3:36 PM, Anonymous Nick said…

      Its a standard L.A taco. Consistent, predictable.

       
    • At 11:42 AM, Anonymous topomodesto said…

      its one of my favorite simple taco shops, but hey, what do i know.

       
    • At 7:41 AM, Blogger bill said…

      At Antojitos Denise's, it's the carnitas. Not the tacos.

       
    • At 3:12 PM, Anonymous topomodesto said…

      hey did they close down? every time i pass by the gates are up... and their number has been disconnected.

       
    • At 10:25 PM, Anonymous smog said…

      It was one of my fav's but I'm sad to say it now closed

       
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