People on the Internet: Save Henry's Tacos

photo: ladailynews.com

I love my gringo tacos and I kinda love Henry's. But some people really love Henry's Tacos which I understand. Henry's is like the valley's version of Tito's Tacos. People who haven't grown up with them wonder what what the deal is and people who have grown up with them wonder what the deal is with people who haven't grown up with them.I'm weird because I grew up a mile from Tito's but can't stomach their tacos and only found out about Henry's when I started this blog and I can stomach like 5 of these bad boys.

Anyways, a jerk of a landlord is threatening not to renew Henry's lease and people on the internet and off the internet are mad . Grubstreet LA has a the low down:

Following the news that 50-year-old Henry's Tacos is struggling with its upcoming lease negotiations and could be lost to L.A. forever, Thrillist editor Jeff Miller is taking a stand, vowing not to take a loss of Henry's sitting down. The San Fernando Valley native is organizing irate chowhounds into "Occupy Tujunga," what he calls "a very loose coalition of taco eaters dedicated to going to Henry's and eating tacos in protest."

more at Grubstreet LA

Sign the Save Henry's Tacos Petition

2011 Taco of the Year - Tacos Leo's Al Pastor

Tacos Leo busted on to the LA taco scene in 2010 slinging ridiculously good tacos al pastor. With perfectly seasoned pork that was shaved from the rotating spit then topped with a snippet of pineapple from a skilled taquero, Tacos Leo mesmerized the LA taco eating public. The euphoria however was short lived, as the city, jealous of the attention Tacos Leo was getting, decided to shut down the trompo.

But Tacos Leo is a survivor and quickly adapted by only serving al pastor outside of the truck on the weekends when the city could care less about their taco ordinances. Soon, harmony between the city and the populace was restored. Now even the police man eats at Tacos Leo.

Tacos Leo's al pastor! your 2011 taco of the year!

Best tacos of 2011

Normally at the end of the year I do a top 10 tacos and list the best tacos I had during the year. It was a pretty slow year on the blog for great tacos. I became obsessed with just eating off taco trucks no matter how bad they were and I was out of LA for long stretches at a time. So I’ve decided to turn this years top 10 (or top 5) over to the public. So let me know your fav taco of the year and I’ll tally them all up. Either email me, post a comment here, post on facebook, or tweet your fav tacos of 2011.

Special Ceremony @ the Taco Zone

Something is going down tomorrow at the Taco Zone. Whatever it is, the organizers say that "the Los Angeles taco scene will never be the same."

Danny's Tacos - Downtown LA

It’s a strange thing keeping a blog. Because even though you can see how many people visit your blog, you never really know how many people actually read your blog, or if anyone actually reads it at all. How many read the whole article? How many just look at the photos? How many typed in something dirty before taco and ended up here? Today I checked my blog stats and so far this month I’ve had 975 hits from Ukraine. I know, Ukraine is weak; it’s a sitting duck.

I walked from my office to the corner of Olympic and Grand. That’s where Danny’s taco truck has parked for years now. And yet I’ve strangely never been. Why is this? Give me some vague coordinates of a taco truck in East LA and I’m on it. But tell me about a taco truck I work five minutes from and you’ll have to twist my arm for months.


tacos $1.25 each

So I finally went. I ordered three tacos: chorizo, carnitas, and carne asada. The tortillas were homemade which was good. The salsa roja had some heat to it as well. But they weren’t great tacos. The meat was average. The chorizo was your typical sad state of affairs, greasy and pointless. The carnitas was dry and the carne asada bland. The orange soda really hit the spot though.

While walking back to my office I got a text from a friend asking if I had plans for the night. I said I didn't and he replied back asking if I wanted to look for an outlaw taco cart that sets up outside a church somewhere in City Terrace in East LA. Of course I said yes.

2.5/5

1000 S Grand Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90015
Neighborhood: Downtown