Best Taco Truck
One of the most distinctive of all Los Angeles food categories is the taco truck. All across east L.A., Hollywood, and the Valley, small carts and trucks—decoratively named and garnished—dish out some of the freshest, most authentic Mexican food around. El Matador, in east Hollywood, has some of the most amazing al pastor (country-style spit-grilled pork; literally "as a shepherd") tacos, as well as lingua, and tortas (grilled Mexican sandwiches). It’s worth the drive, worth the wait, and probably worth the grease you get on your shirt greedily inhaling the food on the sidewalk.