Street food has been making waves in transforming urban street life throughout our cities. By attracting foodies, urbanists, and locals to gather under one umbrella for one purpose, the street food scene has the power to rejuvenate neighborhoods without stripping them of their culture.

Metro Los Angeles is home to an estimated 273,000 Guatemalans, making it the largest community outside Guatemala.

Street vending is part of the Angelino make-up now. It brings us together, allowing for people to have another means towards making a living.

It celebrates diversity, and quick frankly… it makes our tastebuds sing.

Los Angeles’ immigrant population helps to make the city what it is today.

Darlyn, her Aunt Romelia and Uncle Miguel were one of the first street vendors to sell their tacos at the Guatemalan Night Market.

Los Angeles is home to roughly 50,000 street vending operations which Contribute Half A Billion Dollars To the Local Economy.

This year, the Los Angeles City Council overwhelmingly approved an ordinance to fully legalize street vending.