SoCal Celebrates National Taco Day
Did you know it’s National Taco Day. Mya Mariey Vinnett visited three taco shops throughout LA to see how they celebrated the occasion.
This isn’t any ordinary taco Tuesday. It’s October 4th, National Taco Day and taco restaurants are going all out in celebration of the delicious dish.
Byron Gomez, the general manager at Chica’s Tacos in Culver City knows just how much his restaurant is feeling the excitement. Today, they have a popular $3 taco special
Byron Gomez: We already got like 600 tacos out for companies around like the area we got an order from Grubhub for 400 tacos... The most popular tacos that we have right now, they’re really hitting the market for that. It’s the shrimp taco, which actually we launch it at on July of this year. And then the fish tacos, the beer batter, fish tacos. It’s one of the most popular tacos that we have along with the other few, which like the steak, the slow brace, beef and jackfruit, and also the crispy taco for the vegetarian, you know, people out there, you know, and vegan people.
Just like there are different tacos for different people there are different ways to celebrate the day. For Tito’s Taco shop today is a chance to give back.
Mario Presa: This is the fifth year that Tito’s Tacos partnered with Tito’s Vodka. They’re doing it because they want to collect money and donate it to the art foundation of Culver City. So everything that’s going to happen today money wise, tickets donations everything... It goes directly to our Culver City Art Foundation.
From Culver City to South LA near USC at Bill’s Taco House it’s just another day of comida and community, according regular customer Donald Dillon.
I’ve been coming to Bill’s tacos for over 20 years. Uh, Bill’s have really served our community well. And without Bill’s taco here, I don’t know what we would do.
For restaurant owner Eva Won, taco’s aren’t just for one day, they’re for all of life’s days.
Eva Won: Before I just had a sandwich shop. This one. I like this one. When I wake up, I always happy. I want to go to the taco house. I’m gonna go to the taco house. I like this one.
