New carne asada specialist: https://www.tacosroyale.com/
Bill Esparza wrote them up yesterday: Los Angeles’s New Tacos Royale Is a Carne Asada Superstar | Eater LA
Currently setting up Thursday to Sunday evenings at 2511 West Sunset. This was their first weekend and seemingly every food writer in LA was there, including @matthewkang, according to their IG.
This place sounds great. I hope to check them out soon, and I hope they live up to the hype.
go early folks! the carne asada is actual steak…so it’s like medium rare. So tender. and generally portioned. Two tacos is probably enough but even $22 for three, you’re getting a whole steak! dress properly: little bit of cabbage, tomato salsa (or tatemada), avocado, and onion - that’s it. Pico de gallo is there but not necessary. Neither is lime! Enjoy!
Ohmigod, when I first read this phrase, I was like, “Oh, is it really cold out there? Or is there so much smoke that you should wear clothes do you don’t care about?”
::snort::
what is the recommended hours???
I gave this place a shot and wrote about it in the August 2026 Rundown:
Tacos Royale (Silver Lake / Echo Park) (Site) - This newish spot already has its own FTC thread and has been written up in numerous places outside of FTC. It was really good and, for me, lived up to the hype. I tried the asada taco. I also had them add the beef chicharron to the taco and I loved that combo. (Side note: I called the beef chicharron “veneno,” as referenced in Bill Esparza’s Eater article about Tacos Royale, and the guy taking my order had absolutely no clue what the hell I was talking about. He simply called it beef chicharron.) The salsas were mostly excellent, though the salsa macha was a miss for me.