Santa Monica Promenade
Thursday lunch - picnic on the bluffs overlooking the ocean.
Then a walk along the Santa Monica pier.
LA Food Trucks
Far from being just construction worker fast food, the LA food trucks offer every specialty you can imagine. There are websites that track these trucks so you can always find Oooh La La Crepes, or the Grilled Cheese Truck, or Bollywood Bites, or Barcelona On The Go.
Leo's Taco Truck is one of the originals, and is just down the street from me (well, a 20 minutes drive, but still down my street). Read the review below.
Whenever you drive on La Brea at night, you see a real busy area on the parking lot of the ARCO gas station on La Brea and Venice. This place is busy busy even during weekdays. It is a pretty awesome taco truck and I can see why. It has won over a lot Angelenos’ late night taste buds with roasted pineapple topping on their tacos. I got hooked too. I always get al pastor tacos with roasted pineapple toppings.
Leo’s Taco Truck broadcasts when their order is ready since there are a lot of people and it could get loud and distracting so you can miss hearing another guy yelling that your tacos are ready. It’s fun hearing these speaker sounds while waiting for tacos. The experience only adds to their awesome tacos.
These guys bust out their al pastor grill in front of their truck and slice meat onto your tacos upon orders. Oh yeah, this is the way to do it like they do it in Mexico City, which by the way is the birth place of al pastor tacos. The guy made sure a side is perfectly grilled before slicing it off so you only get the nicely browned part of the meat.
Ribs...Onion Rings...Yum
Country Bear Restaurant
With a view of the island and the boats and the ducks... the perfect quiet spot at the edge of the Happiest Place on Earth.
The Stripey Bag Awaits You
A relic from our last cross-country trip together. Snacks aplenty!
