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    Tacos and showmanship at Tacos 1986

    LA Times restaurant critic Bill Addison talks with Evan about Tacos 1986 , a buzzy Tijuana-style taco stand luring crowds at Koreatown and at Smorgasburg LA with handmade corn tortillas and freshly sliced adobada.

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    By Evan Kleiman • Feb 22, 2019 • 1 min read

    LA Times restaurant critic Bill Addison talks with Evan about Tacos 1986, a buzzy Tijuana-style taco stand luring crowds at Koreatown and at Smorgasburg LA with handmade corn tortillas and freshly sliced adobada. But the star of the show might be the “Freddie Mercury of taqueros.”

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    French fry fight, the Oscars & Wolfgang, Northern Thai food
    1. 0:00A taste of Wolfgang Puck’s 25th Oscars menu
    2. 8:09Unpacking the LA Times’ french fry power rankings
    3. 20:34“The Food of Northern Thailand”
    4. 33:53Tacos and showmanship at Tacos 1986You’re reading this
    5. 39:51Displacement in Virgil Village
    6. 48:28Market Report: Persian Mint
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    The full episode

    4 of 6
    French fry fight, the Oscars & Wolfgang, Northern Thai food
    1. 0:00A taste of Wolfgang Puck’s 25th Oscars menu
    2. 8:09Unpacking the LA Times’ french fry power rankings
    3. 20:34“The Food of Northern Thailand”
    4. 33:53Tacos and showmanship at Tacos 1986You’re reading this
    5. 39:51Displacement in Virgil Village
    6. 48:28Market Report: Persian Mint
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