LA Weekly columnist and Pulitzer Prizer-winning critic Jonathan Gold hits pay dirt with My Taco in Highland Park. This neighbor restaurant specializes in barbacoa (stewed lamb, cilantro, chopped onions, served with goat consumme) and carne asada fries (a mound of fries, cheese, guacamole and charred pieces of steak. It also serves chilaquiles (tortillas fried with homemade salsa and eggs, longaniza sausage or chorizo) and potato tacos, delicious fried plump tacos filled with seasoned mashed potatoes.
My Taco
6300 York Blvd
Highland Park, CA 90042
323-256-2698
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