It’s all about the barbacoa at this Commerce institution, served with just a touch of fried crunch, little cups of lamb drippings and plenty of tortillas.

Everyone knows about their fried puffy tacos, but don’t sleep on Bar Amá’s breakfast tacos, which are lumbering, eggy and perfect for clearing up a hangover.

It’s almost always huitlacoche season at Cacao Mexicatessen, which means you can get their funky corn tacos whenever you’d like.

Tender, slightly funky birria (goat) tacos can be found on every plate inside this Pico-Union mainstay.

It’s Austin-by-way-of-Los-Feliz at HomeState, where breakfast tacos rule the morning, complete with Cuvée coffee.

As perhaps Venice’s hardest-working taco truck, customers line up for the mariscos and carne asada — with stewed pinto beans on the side, of course.

It’s all about the taco sampler platter here, moving from carne asada to mole to carnitas to al pastor seamlessly.

East L.A.’ers know Los Cinco Puntos well — mostly for their boiling cauldrons of carnitas, served with a side of tortillas made by hand.

The somewhat polarizing ground beef and pickle fried tacos at Malo deserve their place, if only for their originality within L.A.’s taco scene.

All parts of the porker are at work in this Mexico City-style carnitas shop in Highland Park.

Seek out the suadero, cecina and al pastor at this East L.A. late night truck.

North Hollywood’s Tacos La Fonda trailer brings thick, hand-patted tortillas and lots of carne asada, all doused in endless salsa table options.

This South L.A. parking lot operation turns out some of the city’s best carnitas.

With thick slices of al pastor and plenty of pineapple, Tamix is always willing to give Tacos Leo a run for their money.

Cheap tacos with lots of salsa keep the Van Nuys neighborhood going all day long.

A relatively recent addition to the South L.A. taco landscape, this Tijuana-style vendor is serving up impeccable carne asada.