Overview
- The City Council, which voted unanimously Tuesday, granted landmark status to the first King Taco at 1118 Cypress Avenue in Cypress Park.
- The designation allows the city to pause any plan to demolish the building for up to one year during a formal review.
- Planning officials say the site represents important cultural and economic history and reflects Latino commercial identity.
- Heritage commissioners credit founders Raul and Maria Martinez with launching the first U.S. taco truck and popularizing soft-shell tacos in Los Angeles.
- The business began as a converted ice cream truck in 1974, opened the Cypress Park storefront in 1975, and now operates more than 20 Southern California locations.