Best catering in LA?

May 7, 2017 4:26 PM

I have an event in LA where we need the best tacos (our first choice) to be catered for an event in Downtown LA. Can you suggest ideas from personal experience?

Details:
- 70 people
- ~ half vegetarian, half meat eaters
- Awesome desserts

I imagine the size is too small for a food truck, but do you have ideas for crowd pleasers that can either drop off food or also have it served for us? Date of event is late May. We have an large budget so that is not a constraint.

posted by special-k to Food & Drink (7 answers total)

Best answer: You should see if Guisados will send a truck or do the portable grill thing. They're the bomb.

Border Grill also has a truck and does catering.
posted by BlahLaLa at 4:51 PM on May 7, 2017 [2 favorites]

Took the words right out of my mouth!

Extra points for Border Grill if they will make their pomegranate lemonade.
posted by Room 641-A at 4:54 PM on May 7, 2017

Can also vouch for Border Grill (get the avocado tacos!)
posted by eponym at 4:59 PM on May 7, 2017

No taco recs, but I've been to events with desserts brought in from Porto's and I remember those functions fondly.
posted by jetlagaddict at 6:53 PM on May 7, 2017 [1 favorite]

There's a FB group called LA Party Mamas where you can find any kind of vendor you want. We've certainly had a taco person come in and set up their grill for our outdoor event for about 50-60 people. Even if you hire a truck, you could do a deal where it's a flat rate, not a pp rate.

I didn't have a suggestion for desserts but now that it's been mentioned I heartily second Porto's.
posted by vignettist at 8:20 PM on May 7, 2017

Big love for Benny's Tacos.
posted by soakimbo at 10:22 PM on May 7, 2017

Seconding Guisados, but if I were you I'd see if I could work something out with El Flamin' Taco.
posted by Joseph Gurl at 1:34 AM on May 8, 2017