Transportation
A Classic L.A. Taco Stand Has Beef With Cyclists
On the eve of the car-free festival CicLAvia, Tito's Tacos is on the wrong side of history.
CicLAvia is headed to West Los Angeles this weekend, where it’ll turn a cluster of high-traffic streets into cyclist and pedestrian through-ways for a single, high-spirited day. Past events have drawn hundreds of thousands of participants. But one Westside outpost is not so thrilled: Tito’s Tacos, a popular 56-year-old Mexi-American canteen along the planned route.
According to L.A. Weekly, Tito’s owner Lynne Davidson is threatening "to file a claim under the Government Code against the City of Culver City and CicLAvia”—whatever that means. In an op-ed on a local news site, Davidson writes: