"Man, I’m getting hungry, but I’m only allowed to drink diesel." Editor's note: The L.A. Times carries a story today on the Kogi Korean BBQ taco truck and its Twittering ways. We figured we'd talk to the truck itself. Kogi co-founder Alice Shin interprets the truck's responses for us. If you’re an Angeleno, you've no doubt heard of Kogi. If not, get to know it here. Photograph courtesy of Eric Shin Name: Kogi Location: Downtown Los Angeles, Venice Beach, Silverlake—generally wherever I can find hungry vampires fiending for our goods Occupation: Taco truck URL: kogibbq.com, twitter.com/kogibbq What is Kogi? You can call it our homage to the Mexican taco trucks that fed and sustained us in our Korean American youth.... More

The Oregonian How 'bout this? Portland, Oregon, taco truck owners Gabina Lopez and Chencho Martinez parked their mobile kitchen on the street next to their home and then built a dining area in their front yard for customers. Now free of debt, Martinez had borrowed from his brother to buy the truck and used a Home Depot credit card to build out his porch to the street. "My American dream is starting to take shape," he said. Neighbors complained, but the truck is legally in a commercial zone, so there wasn't much the city could do but require the owners of El Nutri Taco to upgrade some electrical hookups. The truck is on Southeast Woodstock Boulevard near 84th Avenue,... More

Photograph from jfer on Flickr. Yesterday was a happy day for taco enthusiasts. A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge overturned a controversial rule made in April that forced the city's 14,000 registered taco trucks to move every hour, thus stalling normal business. Judge Dennis Aichroth ruled in favor of taqueros, calling the ban “too ambiguous to be enforceable” and “arbitrary and not based upon any rational, intrinsic or natural basis." That taco tragedy inspired more than 9,000 signatures on SaveOurTacoTrucks.org where the founders (two Highland Park taco lovers) are rejoicing after yesterday's decision, but remaining levelheaded. "This may only be round one. The county can still appeal this decision, or rewrite the law." But fear not; there are... More

Los Angeles District-1 County Supervisor Gloria Molina is not on great terms with her cilantro-loving community right now—they've rallied against her proposed elimination of taco trucks. New rules require mobile taquerias to actually be mobile, moving at least every hour, or else they'll run the risk of a $1,000 fine and six-month jail sentence. No more walking up to the same street corner to sniff the same meaty smoke clouds. Your friendly carne asada dealer might be a few blocks away. Why all the hate for a vehicle hawking folded maize pockets of deliciousness? We asked Taco Bandini of the popular L.A.-based blog The Great Taco Hunt, who has been documenting and scoring taco experiences on his five-point scale since... More