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Mexican Food Even a California Transplant Will Love

Californians might not shut up about the humidity, but now they'll shut up about the Mexican food

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Matt Meltzer
Oct 21, 2025
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Chris and Isa Flores of Taco Time and More//Photo by Carlos Miller

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New Yorkers love to complain about Miami’s lack of good bagels. West Coast transplants have similar gripes about the lack of good Mexican food. But because they’re all West Coast about it, and mix that complaint in with recommendations for a dog therapist, somehow it gets lost. Well, we’re happy to report that we’ve found Mexican food even an insufferable LA burrito snob will love, wedged into the back of a strip mall near W. 107th Ave. and Flagler.

Meet Taco Time and More, a family-run, brother/sister operation with absolutely zero connection to the beloved mexi-nugget chain out west. It’s the creation of Isa and Chris Flores, who began delivering their mom’s cooking during the pandemic. The operation grew, and ultimately the sibling duo were able to buy the business from their parents. The result is the exact friendly, delicious, hole-in-the-mall Mexican spot Californians lamen…

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