Sonoratown
Mexican restaurant · Downtown Los Angeles
208 E 8th St, Los Angeles, CA 90014
Highlights
Northern Mexican-style tacos with grilled meats and handmade flour tortillas
Northern Mexican-style tacos with grilled meats and handmade flour tortillas
"The parking situation near Sonoratown isn’t great, but these legendary housemade flour tortillas are worth walking a few extra blocks. These buttery tortillas melt in your mouth, and the smoky carne asada tucked inside these tacos is tender with the right saltiness. The standard asada tacos always hit the spot, but our move is the caramelo, which is about double the size and comes topped with pinto beans, jack cheese, salsa roja, avocado, and diced cabbage." - brant cox, sylvio martins, cathy park
"When it comes to Downtown tacos, the field is competitive. But Sonoratown has managed to take a tiny space on Los Angeles St. and turn it into an institution. Their house-made flour tortillas melt in your mouth, and their charred grilled steak is smoky, sweet, and the exact right level of salty. You can certainly order their regular tacos and be happy, but our move is to stick with the caramelo, which is about double the size and comes topped with salsa roja, avocado, and cabbage." - brant cox, sylvio martins, cathy park
"With three locations across Los Angeles in Mid-City, Downtown, and Long Beach, Sonoratown is usually never too far away to swing by for burritos or tacos made on some of the best tortillas in town. Specializing in flour-tortilla-based dishes, a specialty of the Sonoran region, Sonoratown serves its tacos and burritos on chewy but still tender, fresh tortillas made in-house. Tacos, burritos, caramelos, quesadillas, and more come with a choice of proteins like costilla (grilled steak), cabeza, chorizo, and pollo. If looking to add a little more smokiness and spice to a burrito, make sure to add in grilled poblano chiles. Order takeout directly through Sonoratown, or delivery through Uber Eats." - Rebecca Roland
"The downtown location adjusted operations to close earlier, shutting by 6:30 p.m. to comply with curfew rules and local safety concerns." - Rebecca Roland
"There’s much to love about Jennifer Feltham and Teodoro Diaz-Rodriguez’s warm storefront taquería — its menu of regional Sonoran tacos, the lorenza, caramelo, carne asada tucked into Sonoran wheat flour tortillas, and the chivichanga. The proposition of well-seasoned chicken, melted cheese, roasted Anaheim peppers, and tomatoes wrapped in a flour tortilla, which is then lightly fried, is a simple pleasure worth repeating." - Bill Esparza
