Tacos El Venado absolutely runs the San Fernando Valley taco scene. With multiple locations, this Tijuana-inspired stand draws legions of fans nightly, and draws in tens of thousands of Instagram followers along the way.

One of the newer entrants onto the Tijuana-style taco scene is Pablito’s. The restaurant actually began life as a Peruvian pop-up turned sit-down spot, but now they’ve expanded into Tijuana territory with multiple locations across the Valley, including at the famed Circus Liquor.

Angel’s Tijuana Tacos is actually run by the same team as Tacos El Venado, though they tend to focus on different neighborhoods. The new-ish Eagle Rock location rocks from dusk until late night, often playing to very long lines.

Loqui works a pan-Baja menu, offering flour tortillas similar to Rosarito’s El Yaqui, and other outfits found out in Mexicali. There are plenty of attachments to Tijuana directly, including options for corn tortillas.

El Ruso owner Walter Soto hails from Tijuana, and makes his Mexicali/Rosarito-inspired fare shine despite all the competition out in Boyle Heights. Head there for charcoal-kissed carne asada, and lots of guacamole.

Tacos Los Poblanos #1 Estilo Tijuana is a classic Southeast LA spot, known forever for its Tijuana-inspired tacos served from a truck in a parking lot. Along with Tire Shop, this is one of the spots that has been doing it right since forever.

Ah Carbon is a Tijuana carne asada specialist based out of Montebello. The place is quickly amassing a following on social media, and in real life, with evening post-ups on Tuesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.

Whittier is getting into the Tijuana-style game with Carlos, the upstart option that operates on weekends only. Don’t forget about the adobada here, or the larger-than-life quesadillas.