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The tortilla gets toasted in the fat dripping from the al pastor spit, which tells you most of what you need to know. This is a Tijuana-style taqueria doing the kind of taco that Tejal Rao named one of the best dishes she ate across the country in 2025, at $3.75 a pop. Two salsas, one creamy and calm and one aggressively hot, swirl together differently in every bite. Cash, counter, no fuss.
The awards strongest first
- The New York Times 2025 · 2 stars, Critic's Pick · Restaurant Review
- The New York Times 2025 · Taco al Pastor · The 23 Best Restaurant Dishes We Ate Across the U.S. in 2025
- Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in Los Angeles
One number, weighted & current 79
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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Tacos al pastor
“particularly the tacos al pastor filled with crimson-tinged, deeply marinated pork sliced from the trompo into tortillas imported from Tijuana”
The New York Times, 2025 -
Quesatacos
“Diners stop in for a quick bite or linger while eating precisely dressed quesatacos with salsa, onions, birria, and Taquería Frontera’s signature cilantro crema”
Eater -
Al pastor
“Though all meats are well-prepared, the house specialty is al pastor, which is impossible to miss on the north side of the kitchen.”
Eater
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