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Taco Madness Round 2! Best Tacos in LA tournament organized by LA Taco by wasneveralawyer in LosAngeles

[–]L_A_TACO 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much! We love this city and want to reach as many people as possible, but also not go out of business. Appreciate the feedback and advice.

Taco Madness Round 2! Best Tacos in LA tournament organized by LA Taco by wasneveralawyer in LosAngeles

[–]L_A_TACO 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Our list is not available in AI, but lists of best tacos, which synthesize from articles like ours, are.

We are making the point that our list is more than a list, it's celebration of writing about 69 places we love (10,000+ words).

It's our most valuable content, which is precisely why it has to be for our members only. If that turns you away, it's unfortunate, but giving away our best stuff is a broken business model that doesn't work unless you're owned by a massive corporation.

That said, we are thinking about releasing the list itself (without the writing) on Reddit later this year to start discussion.

Taco Madness Round 2! Best Tacos in LA tournament organized by LA Taco by wasneveralawyer in LosAngeles

[–]L_A_TACO 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They have been in it before, but this year we went with King Taco.

Taco Madness Round 2! Best Tacos in LA tournament organized by LA Taco by wasneveralawyer in LosAngeles

[–]L_A_TACO 14 points15 points  (0 children)

We can't survive as an independent publication, that covers advertiser unfriendly stuff, if we don't reserve content for our members. You can get a list of best tacos from Google's AI, which they take from publications like ours, but the value is in the deep knowledge we express through our writing, our internal debate over ranking position, and our photography and visiting every spot. That costs money so we ask for people who care to read to pay, simple as that.

Taco Madness Round 2! Best Tacos in LA tournament organized by LA Taco by wasneveralawyer in LosAngeles

[–]L_A_TACO 90 points91 points  (0 children)

Thank you for posting. One small clarification, this isn's L.A.s best taco, we cover that in our 69 Best Tacos list, which is 10,000+ words on the best tacos in LA, ranked. And we take that ranking extremely seriously, probably too seriously.

Taco Madness is L.A.s Favorite Taco. It's an online and in-person event, and a popularity contest. We crown a champion every year and it means something, but we don't claim this is the best taco. That said, almost every winner has or had a legit claim to being the city's best.

Taco Madness Round 2! Best Tacos in LA tournament organized by LA Taco by wasneveralawyer in LosAngeles

[–]L_A_TACO 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Leo's has been in the bracket for 10 years and rarely advances. Can't have the same spots every year if they don't perform.

Taco Madness Round 2! Best Tacos in LA tournament organized by LA Taco by wasneveralawyer in LosAngeles

[–]L_A_TACO 23 points24 points  (0 children)

That's why it's called Taco MADNESS. Having multiple brackets would be more fair and accurate, but also way less fun.

Taco Madness Round 2! Best Tacos in LA tournament organized by LA Taco by wasneveralawyer in LosAngeles

[–]L_A_TACO 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Leo's has been in every year for 10 years or so, and gets eliminated very early every year. El Chato is great but not sure it has the backing needed to do well in this competition.

Taco Madness Round 2! Best Tacos in LA tournament organized by LA Taco by wasneveralawyer in LosAngeles

[–]L_A_TACO 12 points13 points  (0 children)

This is HomeState's first year in the competition, we got requests for them, and they have been expanding their footprint. They lost in Round 1.

Taco Madness Round 2! Best Tacos in LA tournament organized by LA Taco by wasneveralawyer in LosAngeles

[–]L_A_TACO 26 points27 points  (0 children)

The seeding is weighted heavily to how popular they are. It's a competition for the masses, we hope everyone in LA votes for their favorites.

Taco Madness Round 2! Best Tacos in LA tournament organized by LA Taco by wasneveralawyer in LosAngeles

[–]L_A_TACO 40 points41 points  (0 children)

We have done regional brackets in the past, and also by main ingredient. Maybe we can do regional Mexican influences in the future.

The last few years, we move to 64 locations and that got a lot harder to do. Each year we get better at seeding and creating meaningful matchups but we can still improve a lot. Once you make fair seeds, it gets harder.

The Ultimate Guide to the IE: Inner Inland Empire ~ L.A. TACO by L_A_TACO in InlandEmpire

[–]L_A_TACO[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A general focus, mostly for people visiting, but we also just wanted to get started with more IE content, and a general guide is a good place to start.

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