Memo Torres 🌮

Los Angeles, CA

Award winning journalist. Host of the Daily Memo. ‘Where Memo Torres Eats’ on Apple Maps. Seen on Netflix, occasionally on KCRW. Former 3rd gen landscaper. Proud son of an immigrant. Golden Bear.

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ICE Death Tracker

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‘Where Memo Eats in Los Angeles” on Apple Maps

Updated monthly w/ 5 new spots

All of Memo's Articles on L.A. Taco

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PROFILES ON MEMO

Univision con Ilda Calderon

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This American Life

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Chapo Traphouse

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Brief But Spectacular

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Nick Valencia News

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Huffington Post

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Washington Post

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The Majority Report

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Legendary Latino

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MSNBC with Jaco Soboroff

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An L.A. publication founded to cover tacos and weed is now a major source for ICE raid news

Profiles of prosperity: Tacopreneur Memo Torres

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Memo Torres shares his most underrated taco spots

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PAST FOOD STORIES

Rare, Pit-Roasted, Zacatecas-Style Birria

—Estilo Moyahua—Is Being Revived In This Inglewood Backyard

L.A.’s Latest Great Sonoran Taco (and Hot Dog)

Contender is a Taco Stand in Boyle Heights

These Simple Mexicali-Style Burritos

One of Tijuana’s Most Respected Taco Shops

Just Opened in East L.A.

L.A.’s Next Top-Tier Taquería

Brings Border-Defying Asada and Perfect Al Pastor to Cypress Park

$7 Mini ‘Al Pastor Trompos

Have Arrived In the San Fernando Valley

KCRW Good Food: Eating with Memo Torres

Rancho Cooking With a Twist

Carnal Opens In Highland Park From Two Titans of Mexican Seafood

Here’s Everything You’ll Eat at The Clippers’ New

LA’s Underground Kamikaze Dinner

This Underground, Seven-Course Omakase In An El Sereno Front Yard Features Tom Yum Aguachile and Cacao Sopes

Chemo's Chorizo Estilo Moyahua

Meet The Underground Chorizero Making Handmade Zacatecas-Style Chorizo That’s 'Too Spicy,' According to Other Mexicans

Lebanese Street Sandwiches in Eagle Rock

Meet L.A.’s Queen of Carnitas

Lumpia Burgers, Tosilog Burritos, and Sisig Quesad

Lumpia Burgers, Tosilog Burritos, and Sisig Quesadillas at Carson’s Filipino Mom-Pop-and-Son Shop

KCRW’s Good Food With Evan Kleinman: APPLE GUIDES

Each month, Memo Torres shares his favorite places to eat via Apple Maps

Armenian Pork Shawarma BBQ

These Kings of Armenian BBQ Sell An Incredible $10 Pork Shawarma Wrap in North Hollywood

Afro-Latino Siblings Making Sinaloan/Baja FishTaco

Meet The Afro-Latino Siblings Making Sinaloan Tacos With Baja Fish in The Culver City Projects

KCRW Good Food: Metro’s 33 taco guide

Mar Vista's Blue Corn Mother & Son

This Mar Vista Mother and Son Are Fighting Gentrification With Their Own Blue Corn Nixtamal

13 Best Tacos Along L.A. Metro’s 33 Bus Line

The 13 Best Tacos Along L.A. Metro’s 33 Bus Line, From Santa Monica to Downtown

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JUST FOR FUN

LOS ANGELES DECLARED BEST CITY FOR PIZZA IN THE US

This year’s April Fools joke

LOS ANGELES TO DECLARE TACOS THE OFFICIAL FOOD