You may not see hard shell tacos in Mexican restaurants much, because they were invented in the U.S. — specifically in San Bernardino, California, in in 1937 by Lucia and Salvador Rodriguez — but that ...

Taco Bell is not nor has it ever been authentic Mexican food; it is categorically TexMex. While zesty and fiery, a Flamin' Hot Cool Ranch Doritos Locos taco not only shows that Taco Bell doesn't know ...

The version that once thrived at the midcentury fast food stands of Los Angeles is now a regional treasure. By Tejal Rao Tejal Rao is a critic at large, in Los Angeles. Bar A Tí is a serious taqueria: ...