Netflix 'Taco Chronicles' Locations Eat Your Way Through the Show

Publish date: 2024-06-08

If you could have completed gazing Netflix's 'Taco Chronicles' and wish to hit up all the taco spot locations, read this.

Let's just say that if you are now not yet totally hungry for lunch, you might be about to be. We simply finished observing Netflix's Taco Chronicles (Las Crónicas del Taco) and concept we might put in combination as complete an inventory as possible of all the locations they hit up all over the six episodes of the sequence.

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"I went everywhere from Mexico City to Tlaxcala, Hidalgo to Monterrey, to Hermosillo, Sonora, and Michoacán," says "taco scout" Javier Cabral in an interview with Vice. Javier, a taco knowledgeable and enthusiast, was once responsible for bobbing up with the filming locations for this bold series.

Keep studying for all the best spots to hit up for tacos like the ones on Taco Chronicles.

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Here are a few of the locations visited in Taco Chronicles on Netflix.

As you understand from binge-watching the sequence, the Spanish-language Taco Chronicles shies clear of profiling explicit taquerias, as an alternative favoring focusing each and every of the six episodes on distinct taco flavors: Al Pastor, Carnitas, Canasta, Carne Asada, Barbacoa, and Guisado.

And researching for this collection — as amusing as it sounds — used to be no stroll in the park for Javier. "I delivered a manuscript magnum opus on tacos called The Taco Bible," he mentioned to Vice. "This was the piece of content all the guionistas, all the writers of the script, and the directors and producers would refer to while making the show."

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The task sounds enviably strenuous: "Sometimes I would eat at up to 17 or 18 taquerias in a f-----g day. I would go by myself because this is work that you gotta do by yourself," he explains, adding that the complete analysis to filming procedure took a complete yr. "Not everyone can hang."

And if you need to try a day in Javier's life, visit Mexico City and "hit five different taquerias from 10 p.m. up to like 3 or 4 a.m." The hard part, as he tells it, is getting to know "interesting personalities and characters while also stuffing your mouth with tacos at the same time. But also not stuffing yourself too much."

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The very best al pastor tacos are on Lorenzo Boturini Street in Mexico City.

If there is one thing we discovered from Taco Chronicles' episode on al pastor tacos (smartly, we discovered a couple of issues), it's that Mexico City is the house of al pastor, and every of the places they consult with — Taquería la Autentica, El Buen Taco, Tacos Don Guero among them — looks incredible in a unique way.

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But the sequence makes some degree of saying that the true foodie enjoy is going to be on Lorenzo Boturini Street on the way to the airport. "When my craving is really bad," a professional on the show says, "I go all the way there."

The taqueria owners on Boturini concur, "Lorenzo Boturini street has become really famous for the kind of taquerias that were unexpectedly successful here," says one taquero. "These are the most traditional al pastor taquerías." Spots to hit up if you make the trek out there are Gabacho Taqueria, El Pastorcito, and Los Güeros.

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Fly to Mexico for some mythical carne asada.

Javier spoke to LA Mag upon his go back from Mexico about the most epic, maximum memorable spots he visited. And bearing in mind he visited hundreds, asking him the best three that come to mind turns out like a treasured workout. "One that comes to my head right away is a place in the carne asada episode that is called Tacos Armando," he stated.

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It's a surprise to no person that this humble joint has 5 stars on Trip Advisor. Of route, that's all because of the "really high-quality, prime beef," as Javier places it. "If you eat meat, you can tell when you have a beautiful, juicy, marbled piece of beef. It stood out to me because it was like, oh, this is what asada is and should be. It changed my mind on an entire type of taco."

If you might be sticking to the States, these are the two spots Taco Chronicles visits.

We wish we had unending time to document each single puestito Javier and his group hit up on Taco Chronicles, and possibly at some point, we will be able to. But in the meantime, we're sticking to the highlights, and it sort of feels vital to note the spots that are obtainable to those who don't need to trip south of the border.

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Taco Chronicles visits two (and drives via a third) taco spots in Los Angeles, and those will have to be added to any American's listing of want-to-eat meals. Guerrilla Tacos appears in the guisados episode, and taquero Wes Avila is profiled for his modern interpretation of tacos. It's proper in Downtown LA and we're loss of life to try the lobster quesadilla.

While Taco Chronicles drives by Leo's Tacos in the al pastor episode, aka the best possible al pastor tacos in Los Angeles, they go deeper in profiling Sonoratown, Javier's absolute favourite in the city. Also situated in Downtown LA, Javier says their carne asada "is a way of life." Bonus issues for his or her humility — "We know our asada will never be the same as Sonora but we try our hardest," they are saying.

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Other spots completely not to be ignored if you're occupied with embarking on a taco excursion are La Playita, Mercurio — which specializes in Northern Mexican delicacies and the place taco chef Roberto Solis makes his own play on "the evolution of the taco" — and El Vilsito, an auto restore store by day and taco joint by way of evening.

See, we advised you you would get hungry.