If you’ve never been to Tacos Por Favor, it’s probably due to one of two reasons: (1) you stopped by but they were closed, or (2) you thought “Any place named ‘Tacos Please’ cannot seriously taste better than Taco Bell.”
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[Image taken from The Great Taco Hunt]
Honestly, would you ever try a burger from a restaurant named “Burger Please”? I know that I would never try ramen from a shop called “Ramen Kudasai,” unless I had a friend strongly recommend it…
…which is how I first became acquainted with Tacos Por Favor. A friend who goes by the alias of Ken Yamamoto works in Santa Monica and knows the surrounding lunch areas very well. I believe one day I said something along the lines of “Have you ever been to Tacos Por Favor? Seriously, what the hell kind of name is that?!” upon which Ken Yamamoto immediately corrected me and said I should check it out.
Is it just me or did Tacos Por Favor recently extend their opening hours? Back when I first tried it, I swear they weren’t open on Sundays and they weren’t open on weekdays past something like 5 or 6pm. Luckily for all of us taco-obsessors, Tacos Por Favor is open on Sundays and they’re open on weekdays until 8pm. Or so says Yelp.
Their main specialty, according to the book of Spreewell, is the chorizo & cheese tacos. I’ve had all of their tacos and I can firmly say that nothing comes close to their chorizo & cheese tacos. Their carne asada is decent, but I haven’t ordered anything else besides the chorizo & cheese since day one.
Honestly, would you ever try a burger from a restaurant named “Burger Please”? I know that I would never try ramen from a shop called “Ramen Kudasai,” unless I had a friend strongly recommend it…
…which is how I first became acquainted with Tacos Por Favor. A friend who goes by the alias of Ken Yamamoto works in Santa Monica and knows the surrounding lunch areas very well. I believe one day I said something along the lines of “Have you ever been to Tacos Por Favor? Seriously, what the hell kind of name is that?!” upon which Ken Yamamoto immediately corrected me and said I should check it out.
Is it just me or did Tacos Por Favor recently extend their opening hours? Back when I first tried it, I swear they weren’t open on Sundays and they weren’t open on weekdays past something like 5 or 6pm. Luckily for all of us taco-obsessors, Tacos Por Favor is open on Sundays and they’re open on weekdays until 8pm. Or so says Yelp.
Their main specialty, according to the book of Spreewell, is the chorizo & cheese tacos. I’ve had all of their tacos and I can firmly say that nothing comes close to their chorizo & cheese tacos. Their carne asada is decent, but I haven’t ordered anything else besides the chorizo & cheese since day one.
I know what you’re thinking – Hey, Spreewell, get a decent camera! You make bundles of money and yet you can’t afford a camera to take pictures with three billion more megapixels than your shitty camera phone?! – to which I say, The essence of Tacos & Ramen is not to find the most exquisite and luxurious restaurants that are highly touted in magazines and television shows, but instead to find the best tasting food (namely tacos and ramen) in the dark corners and seedy strip-mall-esque underbelly of Los Angeles. In other words, you’ll view my cell phone camera pictures and you’ll like it.
But seeing as how Rex Banner had his new camera out, here’s a nice picture of the delicious tacos at Tacos Por Favor.
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[The tacos come with tortilla chips. Sadly, they do not come with Andy the Ankylosaurus.]
Added bonus of Tacos Por Favor: they’ve got a self-serving salsa bar. Sound familiar? Double-added bonus of Tacos Por Favor: they serve Jarritos!!!
I feel like I’m a cheap date [Ed. note: I am]. Include a self-serving salsa bar and Jarritos and you’ve got a recipe for a minimum 3-Jarritos taco stand. Include homemade tortillas and you’re looking to break the 4-Jarritos barrier. Personal preferences notwithstanding, the tacos at Tacos Por Favor are delicious. The tortillas do not detract from the flavor of the tacos, nor do they crumble after the first bite. The meat is perfectly cooked and tastes fantastically amazing. My only two complaints with Tacos Por Favor, which prevent it from breaking the 4-Jarritos barrier, is that (1) sometimes the cheese isn’t completely melted, and (2) the chorizo & cheese tacos border on the salty side of things.
Although I have a natural aversion to very salty things, thanks to my refusal to add any salt to anything I cook unless absolutely necessary (and probably thanks to my somewhat faulty family genetics which will cause me to have high blood pressure in the near future [and the possible existence of a “Ginger Gene” which I hope to eradicate in the near future {my Ginger Gene, not the actual race of Gingers}]) (Calling all math nerds: Did I use my ellipses correctly?), the chorizo & cheese tacos at Tacos Por Favor are manageable. People who complain about the saltiness of the chorizo & cheese tacos probably don’t complain about how salty everything is at any restaurant charging more than $30.00 for an entrée.
Triple added bonus: I didn’t get salmonella [knocking on wood] despite eating their tomato salsa.
Bottom line: If you’re on the Westside and you crave some delicious tacos containing meat other than the usual suspects (carne asada, al pastor, etc.), you cannot go wrong with Tacos Por Favor. In fact, you can’t go wrong with Tacos Por Favor at all. Except maybe the name could use some tweaking.
Tacos Por Favor
Address: 1406 Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90404
Google Maps: Link
Much love till my next post.
Added bonus of Tacos Por Favor: they’ve got a self-serving salsa bar. Sound familiar? Double-added bonus of Tacos Por Favor: they serve Jarritos!!!
I feel like I’m a cheap date [Ed. note: I am]. Include a self-serving salsa bar and Jarritos and you’ve got a recipe for a minimum 3-Jarritos taco stand. Include homemade tortillas and you’re looking to break the 4-Jarritos barrier. Personal preferences notwithstanding, the tacos at Tacos Por Favor are delicious. The tortillas do not detract from the flavor of the tacos, nor do they crumble after the first bite. The meat is perfectly cooked and tastes fantastically amazing. My only two complaints with Tacos Por Favor, which prevent it from breaking the 4-Jarritos barrier, is that (1) sometimes the cheese isn’t completely melted, and (2) the chorizo & cheese tacos border on the salty side of things.
Although I have a natural aversion to very salty things, thanks to my refusal to add any salt to anything I cook unless absolutely necessary (and probably thanks to my somewhat faulty family genetics which will cause me to have high blood pressure in the near future [and the possible existence of a “Ginger Gene” which I hope to eradicate in the near future {my Ginger Gene, not the actual race of Gingers}]) (Calling all math nerds: Did I use my ellipses correctly?), the chorizo & cheese tacos at Tacos Por Favor are manageable. People who complain about the saltiness of the chorizo & cheese tacos probably don’t complain about how salty everything is at any restaurant charging more than $30.00 for an entrée.
Triple added bonus: I didn’t get salmonella [knocking on wood] despite eating their tomato salsa.
Bottom line: If you’re on the Westside and you crave some delicious tacos containing meat other than the usual suspects (carne asada, al pastor, etc.), you cannot go wrong with Tacos Por Favor. In fact, you can’t go wrong with Tacos Por Favor at all. Except maybe the name could use some tweaking.
Tacos Por Favor
Address: 1406 Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90404
Google Maps: Link
Much love till my next post.
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