More on LA Taco Truck Controversy

One of my favorite things to do is to pull over and buy tacos from taco trucks. I’ve never been disappointed.

Ben Bergman reports for NPR:

Pulitzer Prize-winning restaurant critic Jonathan Gold gets paid to eat wherever he wants. And yet, several times a week he chooses to pull over to the side of the road and eat food served on a paper plate — out of a truck.

“I’ve probably been to 3,000 trucks in my life,” says Gold, who writes for the alternative newspaper LA Weekly. “It’s a hobby, you might say.”

Many Angelenos share Gold’s love of the quick and inexpensive meals, with blogs and online maps dedicated to the quest for the perfect taco.

Not everyone is so enamored, however.

Los Angeles County officials recently passed a law that makes it a misdemeanor to park a taco truck in the same place for more than an hour. Violators face penalties of up to $1,000 in fines or six months in jail. Click here for the rest of the story.

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