Guisados Tacos

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"#73 Is Guisados taking over Los Angeles? The De La Torre family’s acclaimed Eastside taquería now has seven locations, stretching from the O.G. Boyle Heights address all the way to Beverly Hills. Their tool of domination is guisos caseros, home-style Mexican braises that take hours to cook and mere seconds to devour. There are 15 guisos on the menu, including an intensely smoky tinga de pollo; a bacon-infused, griddled flank steak; a marvelously soupy chicharrón in chile verde; and cochinita pibil underscored by the fury of habanero chiles. Guisados’ constellation of well-calibrated tacos has more than decent vegetarian options — the hongos con cilantro is a satisfying taco of mushrooms, green chiles, bright cilantro and queso fresco. Spice hounds come for the famous chiles toreados, a selection of four super-spicy chiles blistered together over high heat. All tacos are served on hot, thick, pliant corn tortillas, pressed fresh before your eyes. No alcohol. Street parking. Credit cards accepted."