Street Vending Archives ~ L.A. TACO

SoCal Street Vendors Demand Money Back After Paying Thousands For A Festival That Was Shut Down Before It Started

Janette Villafana — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 19:30:14 +0000

"Some artisanal vendors that came from Puebla and Veracruz were even crying and were so stressed out because they had purchased a giant booth filled with artisanal items that didn't sell,” says one vendor who feels scammed.

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Meet the Long Beach Paletero Selling Ice Cream To Both Dogs and Their Owners

Janette Villafana — Mon, 14 Aug 2023 21:43:24 +0000

Inside this paletero's ice cream cart, modified with four 14-inch balloon wheels to help push its weight across the sand, one will find a selection of ice cream for dogs, or “Frosty Paws” to be exact.

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It Took LAPD Two Hours To Show Up After a South L.A. Taco Stand Was Robbed At Gun Point

Janette Villafana — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 21:15:15 +0000

"As I kept writing down their order, the one in the grey sweater took out the gun. That’s when he said give me the money," said the owner of Tacos Deliciosos.

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South Gate City Council Makes Moves to Push Out Street Food Vendors

Janette Villafana — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 00:31:02 +0000

South Gate is in the heart of southeast Los Angeles, a city with street vendors engraved in its DNA. However, their City Council cite health hazards, safety hazards, and more to start cracking down on vendors operating in sidewalks, under street lights, parks, freeway exits, and more. Many of the city's residents and advocates wonder if the city's goal is solely to regulate vendors with no intention of helping them.

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L.A.’s 11 Best Places For Drinking Masa-Based Tejuino From a Range of Regions

Eli Lopez Beltran — Mon, 15 May 2023 18:48:01 +0000

A fermented, fizzy, corn masa beverage traditionally from Western Mexico and recognized for indigenous origins, tejuino packs a punch and delivers refreshing complexity with every sip. Here are L.A.'s best.

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Street Vendor Advocates Are Demanding the Implementation of a Bill That Will Legally Allow Them to Cook From home

Janette Villafana — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 21:39:22 +0000

Street vendors and vendor advocates gathered Tuesday morning outside of the Board of Supervisors office to demand two things: better protection for street vendors and the implementation of the Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operation. The California bill, which passed in 2019, amends the California Health and Safety Code to establish a “microenterprise home kitchen operation” (referred […]

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Street Vendors Activating L.A. Public Spaces: Abandoned Pay Phones at Pico-Union

Jose Tobar — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 23:45:06 +0000

On a busy corner of the Pico-Union district in Los Angeles stands what, at first glance, looks like an interactive conceptual art piece. It consists of a stylized mural painted against the stuccoed wall of a one-story commercial building near the Cuscatleca Bakery and the 99-cent store, an assortment of used wares from a local […]

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A Molino in Koreatown: How Former Street Vendors Opened a Tortillería and Your New Favorite Tiendita

Guadalupe Perez — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 20:54:55 +0000

The hard-working hands of employees at El Changarro Oaxaqueño Market in Koreatown embody the resilient spirit of Koreatown’s Indigenous Oaxacan population. Owner Estella Lopez helps at the register and greets her regular customers with a welcoming smile and small talk as they watch their selection of groceries be carefully packaged into bags. While others rush […]

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City Of L.A. Plans To Review Street Vendor Permit Prices

L.A. TACO STAFF — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 17:39:41 +0000

A City Council committee approved a motion this morning calling for a study of the annual fee vendors are required to pay for sidewalk and park vending permits, with consideration of the average annual income of vendors. The motion was originally authored by Council members Nithya Raman, Curren Price, and Kevin De León in July […]

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Olvera Street Restaurant Threatened As Users Confuse It With A Different DTLA Juanita’s

L.A. TACO STAFF — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 19:59:35 +0000

Yesterday, Edin Alex Enamorado, the admired defender of street food vendors who was profiled in an L.A. TACO feature earlier this week, posted a video to Instagram showing him do what he does best: courageously back up a street food vendor who had been assaulted, her products dumped on the ground by someone affiliated with […]

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