Carne Asada ’Perron‘ from Tacos 1986 | The Kitchen at The Los Angeles Times

😚🍓😚🍓😚🍓 Jorge “Joy” Alvarez-Tostado 🍓😚🍓😚🍓😚 joins us in the Kitchen this week to make the off-menu taco de carne asada “el perron” con todo.
The "world's greatest" taquero shares stories from his past and tells us about the trials of starting his business as a pop-up in Hollywood to exploding to the six locations throughout Los Angeles.
Catch Joy and Tacos 1986 at this year’s Food Bowl presented by City National Bank. Buy tickets at lafoodbowl.com
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[@MarkAzali]

This guy is exploding with personality and is obviously very passionate about the food. There are countless options for tacos in LA but I really do think his stands out in it's own special way.

[@TasteofAce]

need one in LOng Beach

[@DanielRyanLucero]

I agree!

[@foolakadugie]

I love Tacos 1986! Love this guy's personality too!

[@DanielRyanLucero]

Tacos 1986 are amazing, unfortunately the service in DTLA lacks...

[@sandieraver3238]

What an amazing story

[@alfredobarreralara3908]

Eres una inspiración
Saludos de puebla méxico

[@JesseUrrutia-zo1uj]

Great job tacos 1986

[@miguelvaldez9449]

Joy is the man !!! Tijuana tacos here my spot on Beverly in La is my spot!!

[@jlee4039]

This guy is adorable ❤

[@sandieraver3238]

We need one in the bay area

[@edcastillo4456]

For the record, the original taco "perron" is from Tacos el Yaqui in Rosarito, not Tijuana.

[@ericktellez7632]

We are pretty much owned by Tijuana now, seen as an extension of Tijuana metro area

[@livnaway]

This guy is a testament to the Americsn dream. He is passionate. And he knows the art and value of showmanship. I would love to meet him someday. If only for 1 minite to tell him I can see why he is a success

[@jamesdizzle420]

so he decided cocaine was no longer an option

[@dstriker7333]

Bobby Lee is the Co Owner of tacos 1986.

[@Bravonewyork]

I went from NYC to Cali to tried it and it was trash!! I went to Compton and tried taqueria el poblano and it delivered!

[@brianaguirre1]

Tried the DTLA location and honestly some of the worst tacos I’ve had, extremely poor ingredient quality.

[@jasonh1974]

Las Angeles may had been a city of dreams in 1986 but now it’s the city of scum😂