The 38 Essential Restaurants in Los Angeles

"Los Angeles’s taco rigs and trucks are an unshakable pillar of its pulsing street food scene. Tamix, which has four roving locations, including outside the Shell gas station at the corner of Venice and Sepulveda, answers the call of hungry nighttime revelers looking for an affordable plate of food in a truck’s warming light. Here, the al pastor is the main event: the pork, nearly neon from its reddish-orange marinade, is sliced thinly over fresh-griddled corn tortillas. A wider hunk of pineapple, cut from the trompo’s upper spike, crowns the dish, as do Tamix’s salsas, pico de gallo, escabeche, and radishes — all to be doled in an amount to taste from the truck’s counterside station. The pastor alambre is maybe the best choice for sharing (ideal for, say, a quick pull-over on your way home from a Saturday or Sunday at the beach): a behemoth plate of glistening pastor meat, fatty bacon, and blistered peppers topped with molten cheese — all waiting to be scooped with still-steaming tortillas.  — Nicole Adlman, cities manager" - Eater Staff