Taco Lita

Uh Oh: Taco Lita’s Cult Favorite Taco Sauce Has Completely Disappeared | Eater LA

"I found that Taco Lita, the longstanding Arcadia hard-shelled taco stand founded in 1967, is temporarily out of its packeted taco sauce after an unnamed supplier made a bad batch and is struggling to make the order right; the coveted packets — slightly sweet, slightly spicy and very addicting — have legions of fans who are panicking, with one former local now living in Nebraska saying he’s hoarded about 100 packets. I note there’s no official timetable for the return (reports say it could be a matter of weeks), that Yelp photos frequently show the packets and they sometimes even get resold on eBay, and that the shortage has inspired a fake Twitter account. Given Taco Lita’s cultural place in greater LA taco-stand history and the outpouring of support when owner David Muniz-Harryman died in 2016, the missing sauce feels like more than a trivial lapse." - Farley Elliott