Teddy's Red Tacos

"Teddy’s Red Tacos serves some of the best birria in Los Angeles, with trucks parked across the city. The taco plate includes three tacos, rice, beans, salsa, and crispy birria tostadas. The meat is saucy and rich, held together by deep orange tortillas." - Eater Staff

"I recently moved near one of Teddy’s Red Tacos’ trucks (which one, I’ll never say) - and that experience has proven to be both a blessing and a curse. A blessing, because I now live a mere five minutes away from some of the best birria tacos, quesadillas, mulitas, and vampiros in town. A curse, because it’s located at the bottom of a super-steep hill and I don’t always have the strength to walk back up it. Yes, I drive there sometimes. Don’t judge me. I’m very fragile." - kat hong

"If you don’t find yourself transcending this astral plane when handed the deluxe plate from Teddy’s Red Tacos, then damn, maybe life really is meaningless. But that probably won’t happen, because for just $14, this Tijuana-style taco truck (and their brick-and-mortar spot in Venice) will give you a life-affirming assortment of cheese-encrusted molitas, quesadillas, tostadas, pozole, and birria-stuffed tacos, plus, an 8 oz. cup of consome. Their South LA and Echo Park trucks are only available for pick-up, and Teddy’s Red Tacos’ Venice location is available via various delivery platforms." - kat hong

"With two different trucks and a brick-and-mortar in Venice, Teddy’s Red Tacos has quickly expanded their empire throughout the city. And rightfully so - their spicy beef birria is some of our favorite in the city. You can get it in either a taco, quesadilla, tostada, mulita, or vampiro, but our move is to just do the deluxe plate, which essentially gives you one of each for only $13.99. Open daily from 9am-7pm (10am-9pm in Venice), takeout only." - brant cox

"Teddy’s Red Tacos is a truck located about 15 minutes south of downtown, sitting right on some (hopefully-not-in-use) railroad tracks. There’s no menu, they only cook beef birria, and before you even say hi to the cashier, they’ll have started making you a deluxe plate, which comes with a quesadilla, molita, tostada, taco, pozole, and chips and salsa for only $10. Teddy’s food is big and gooey and the kind of soul-curing meal you need as you sit and wonder if that train will actually come. Cash only. photo credit: Jakob Layman" - Brant Cox