"Life in Los Angeles is fast-paced, even when you’re going 15 mph on the 110. That’s why we need places like Mariscos El Faro to remind us to slow down and enjoy a leisurely lunch. This Highland Park food truck parks on a quiet street beside a park flanked by shady trees. A friendly mother-and-son duo set up a few plastic tables and stools, so you can sit down with a salt-cured sea bass tostada that tingles your lips with chiltepín, oysters doused with Valentina, and a crisp michelada that tastes twenty times better under the sun. And once you finish the mound of shrimp you ordered, maybe take a nap on the grass." - brant cox, garrett snyder, jess basser sanders, nikko duren, sylvio martins