Avenue 26 Tacos

"Avenue 26 Tacos, situated in Downtown Los Angeles, attracts many eager diners with its reputation for great tacos. However, patrons have noted a reduction in taco size, a change that mirrors the experiences at other well-known taco spots in the city." - Mona Holmes

"Disney animator Kenneth Hung’s Instagram feed (@KenPaints) is dedicated to whimsical illustrations of some of the city’s finest restaurants, including Avenue 26 Tacos." - Cathy Chaplin

"Yes, there’s a dependable street taco stand in Little Tokyo. It’s at the very edge of the neighborhood, at the corner of Alameda and E. 4th Street, set up in a mostly empty parking lot. There’s not a lot here, other than a taco and burrito station and a trompo for roasting al pastor. But it’s open late (there are no official hours, but we’ve stopped by as late as 11pm) and there’s lots of room to stand around, either after a concert or before a night out. We prefer to supersize things and get the burrito filled with carnitas, paired with a giant cup of horchata or jamaica agua fresca." - Kat Hong

"The Avenue 26 Tacos team has expanded into a brick and mortar restaurant in Downtown Los Angeles. The new setup lands at 816 W. 8th Street, near the corner of Figueroa and 8th in the building next door to Fogo de Chao. While dine-in service is not currently allowed in California, the restaurant space does boast a small indoor seating area as well as a large kitchen, with the usual menu that moves from tacos to quesadillas and burritos. The team even showed off the new digs on Instagram over the weekend. Just like everyone else, Avenue 26 has been forced to rethink its business model after reportedly losing half of its sales almost overnight, starting back in March. The incredibly popular Lincoln Heights setup spent years as a series of interconnected stands, serving hundreds a night even as they fought off occasional shut-down notices from the city. Now the family-run business is thinking more broadly, selling tacos at the original Lincoln Heights address as well as from the street in Eagle Rock and, currently, at the restaurant in Downtown as well." - Farley Elliott

"Rather, department representatives tend to enforce regulations mostly against daily vendors like Avenue 26 tacos, a big operation that draws hundreds of diners a night to the same block northeast of Downtown." - Farley Elliott