Comments on: Taco Madness 2009 ~ Sabrocho!

By: melvin

melvin — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:29:08 +0000

these brackets are so bullshit. a real taco is deep fried shell with savory spicy meat. not some limp dick soft shell piece of crap made for pussy ass queens who don’t like the crunchy shell. fuck that kogi shit. that crap is good for maybe one shot. after that it all tastes the same. trendy hipster types who think standing in another line, after standing in one to go clubbing, is cool. fuck that! i don’t waste my time. go to dos burritos and get a taco. those mexicans know how to make some good salsa. not like the perfumed dainty taste of kogi’s bullshit salsas.

By: Fer

Fer — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:08:45 +0000

Dude, nobody even mentioned Tacos El Gavilan? Seriously, those are pretty bomb!

By: bumzizzle

bumzizzle — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 02:50:18 +0000

Tito’s Tacos is disgusting and shouldn’t even be a part of this competition (which has some seriously good contenders, by the way). Everyone knows that the best tacos are in East L.A. and you can’t beat the taco stands and lonchera trucks.

By: Dan Milina

Dan Milina — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 16:18:18 +0000

Oh yeah. At least Henry’s Tacos in NoHo did not make it on the list. THAT would have been tragic.

By: Dan Milina

Dan Milina — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 16:12:45 +0000

I have had King Taco tacos.
I have had El Parian tacos.
I have had Tito’s Tacos.
Etc, etc.

None of them compare to the best tacos I have ever had at Eduardo’s Taqueria in San Jose, nor do they hold a candle to La Taqueria in the Mission in San Francisco.

However, while Tito’s Tacos is not the classic taqueria tacos I love the most, they have a unique (and consistent) spin on the form and of the 3 I would pick Tito’s.

So if you want to read between the lines and surmise that Kogi may not be the classic tacos I crave that would be correct sir or madam.

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By: dirtcastle

dirtcastle — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 10:50:17 +0000

I’m sorry, but is this the same Tito’s that puts leftover meat grease in its salsa?

By: Manny Guzman

Manny Guzman — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 05:56:59 +0000

Someone tell me where I can get a proper Al Pastor Taco like the ones in Mexico City W/pineapple.

By: sm

sm — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 05:37:03 +0000

If you are going to include Kogi and King Taco, why not throw in World Wraps and Del Taco?

By: Erich Redson

Erich Redson — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:46:23 +0000

If you want to see how we got to the 8, look back to the last round:

http://www.lataco.com/taco/taco-madness-2009-taco-tournament

Next year we will expand to 32 places in order to include more faves.

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:18:51 +0000

Good to see that the forces of suckage are still alive and well, viz. this comment: “if you want some fuckin homo health taco why dont u head to west hollywood and have some of the most unauthentic tacos out there”

Yeah, man, I want a *gay* taco.

I personally just like good tacos, and luckily for us living here in LA, there are *many* places to get damn good tacos. No disrespect to the contest maintainers, but man, you can get damn good tacos, I mean really *good* tacos, all over the place in LA.

Hell, one time my wife and I bought six $1 tacos from an obviously temporary stand in Atwater Village on Fletcher just south of the 2. We took them home and devoured them and they were SO good. (We got two asada, two pollo, and two pastor.)

I was born in raised in LA, and yet every day it surprises and pleases me. Tacos rule.

Long live LA, and long live TACOS!

(Also burritos, empenadas, pupusas, and tortas.)