Overview
- The Planning and Land Use Management Committee voted unanimously to advance King Taco #1’s Historic-Cultural Monument nomination to the full Los Angeles City Council.
- The Department of City Planning found the site meets monument criteria as an important business that reflects Latino commercial identity.
- The one-story building was built in 1948, moved from North Hollywood to Cypress Avenue, and has housed King Taco since 1975.
- Founders Raul and Maria Martinez launched King Taco in 1974 from a converted ice cream truck, helping popularize Mexico City–style soft-tortilla tacos in Los Angeles.
- The chain now has 24 locations in Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties, and a designation would bring regulatory protections and formal recognition to the original site.