Sky's Gourmet Tacos
Taco restaurant · Mid-Wilshire ·
Soulful Mexican fusion with seafood, soul food, and vegan options
Soulful Mexican fusion with seafood, soul food, and vegan options
"Los Angeles’s legendary Sky’s Gourmet Tacos deserves all the best dining flowers. Owner Barbara “Sky” Burrell has spent more than 30 years slinging soul food along with what we lovingly call Black tacos, where folks from the African diaspora put their own flavorful spin on the classic Mexican dish. She simply makes what she loves with a menu that has something for everyone: reasonably priced lunch platters for less than $10, an extensive vegan and vegetarian taco selection, and turkey breakfast tacos served all day. Though all of the tacos satisfy, I often go for the marinated lobster taco with shredded lettuce and salsa verde, whose flavor is wonderfully smoky; burritos are available but I’d rather grab nachos that can be mixed and matched in awesome iterations. The spot also offers bowls, salads, and a respectable chicken torta — just get there hungry." - Eater Staff
"Sky’s is one of our favorite taco shops in town, and now with a second location in Marina del Rey, you can easily do takeout on your way to the beach. Admittedly, the taco menu here is pared down compared to their original Mid-City location, but they still sell their signature shrimp taco with “sassy sauce,” plus there’s an entire marketplace to pick through as well. Whether you’re looking for salads, sandwiches, or specialty pizzas, Sky’s has everything you need to complete your beach picnic." - brant cox
"The nachos at Sky's Gourmet Tacos don't rely on cheese sauce for big flavor—it's all in the chips at this Mid-Wilshire spot. Freshly fried and tossed in Sky's smoky-citrusy All-Purpose seasoning, you can top these nachos with options like asada or lobster, but the delicious carnitas are our go-to. The meat is soft with crispy edges and fusions with the melted shredded cheese to form a seasoned crust that holds everything together. They're great just as they come, but if you're someone who loves a little more sauce on your nachos, douse them in Sky's housemade salsas." - brant cox, sylvio martins, nikko duren, garrett snyder, arden shore
"LA has no shortage of traditional taco spots, but Sky’s is not one of them. This 25-year-old, order-at-the-counter spot on Pico combines Southern soul food and tacos in ways we didn’t realize were possible. There are tacos involving cajun shrimp, filet mignon, and crawfish with spiced tortillas —all topped with “sassy sauce” and all of them excellent." - kat hong, brant cox, sylvio martins
"There are few institutions as unique to Los Angeles at Sky’s Gourmet Tacos, the Black-owned soul food burrito and taco specialist that’s famous in its Mid City neighborhood. In addition to classic options like carnitas and steak burritos, Sky’s Gourmet Tacos also serves burritos stuffed with lobster, crawfish, filet mignon, and tilapia." - Rebecca Roland
