LAist: 'A Cultural Disaster,' the Loss of Taco Truck Culture

Jacques Itch

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:49:17 -0800

Living in one such unincorporated part of the county, I grew up with a taco truck within a block's distance at all times. Sure, there were local restaurants that I would bypass to get to the taco truck, but that was because those restaurants sucked! I am fortunate enough to still live within a few blocks of several taco trucks and it's good to have them as an option. It's really good to have them as one of the few food options at 2 or 3 am! I do not want to imagine a Los Angeles without taco trucks. That would make me and Baby Jesus cry (he's a big fan of the lengua tacos and sesos burrito). I too have to pee on Tottenham for such close-minded thinking.

agodcalledpastor

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:21:27 -0800

This whole issue is unfortunately just a political bait and switch, pasting the sad face of the seemingly powerless small business owner onto the body of the massive developers who want to turn all of los angeles into main street disney, and don't want taco trucks outside of the 'Grove Boyle Heights' or whatever other crap they have planned.

Hypersquared

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:10:45 -0800

Tottenham's also the guy who said he'd only go see a Dodger game when they banned Mexicans from attending. I think he's made it plain where he's coming from, and it doesn't really have much to do with culinary concerns.

caliking01

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:51:00 -0800

Tottenham's never eaten the al pastor from Taco Zone obviously.

Tottenham

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:13:50 -0800

Restaurants pay THOUSANDS of dollars to keep a certain standard and code. If they fail they have to pay thousands more to bring it up to code. These trucks have no such rules and they should actually be banned outright. I would not buy so much of a soda from one of these illegal operations. The main problem I have with society both locally and national is the one set of rules for one people and one set of rules for another set of people. I will let you guess which set of rules is for whom.....

happygomarni

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:54:01 -0800

that does suck! and i bet if LA had a fancy shmancy dessert truck headed up by an esteemed pastry chef (see: http://www.desserttruck.com/), like they do in NY, there'd be no fuss whatsoever.

twooh

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:15:56 -0800

Theres a huge difference between the taco trucks of LA and the hot dog stands of NY. I've only known tourists that actually go to those hot dog stands because they're terrible.