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    Taco Round-Up: The Best Barbacoa in LA

    Bill Esparza is Good Food's taco correspondent. He calls himself the first ever “tacorazzo” and he writes about tacos and street food for Los Angeles  magazine and on his blog, Street Gourmet LA .

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    By Evan Kleiman • Mar 27, 2015 • 1 min read

    Bill Esparza is Good Food's taco correspondent. He calls himself the first ever “tacorazzo” and he writes about tacos and street food for Los Angeles magazine and on his blog, Street Gourmet LA.

    He says there are more diverse barbacoa offerings in Los Angeles than there are in Mexico City. Some of his favorite spots are Aquí es Texcoco in the city of Commerce, Gish Bac in Arlington Heights and Tacos Quetzalcoatlin East Los Angeles.

    Tickets are now on sale for Tacolandia, a yearly taco fest curated by Bill Esparza.

    Music: "Swimsuit"

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      Evan Kleiman

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      Gillian Ferguson

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

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      Laryl Garcia

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    The full episode

    6 of 7
    Best Barbacoa in LA, Vegetarian for Passover, FUDS: A Complete Ency-clo-foodia
    1. 0:00FUDS: A Complete Ency-clo-foodia from Tickling Shrimp to Not Dying in a Restaurant
    2. 7:42Jonathan Gold Reviews All'Acqua
    3. 14:30Vilna Vegetarian: A Vegetarian Jewish Cookbook Ahead of Its Time
    4. 23:11Redefining Dumpster Diving: Two Filmmakers Find Mountains of Food Waste in Dumpsters
    5. 33:47How Millennials Are Reshaping the Grocery Aisle
    6. 42:36Taco Round-Up: The Best Barbacoa in LAYou’re reading this
    7. 50:31Market Report
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