Orange County's contribution to the development of Mexican food in the United States is deceptive. We are the longtime home to Taco Bell, Del Taco and El Torito—but those iconic companies started in Downey, Barstow and Encino, respectively. Roy Choi, founder of the Kogi truck, is an OC boy—but his Korean-Mexican marriage of a taco happened in Los Angeles County. Even the creator of the frozen burrito, Duane Roberts, who got the idea for the meal from a Santa Ana butcher in the 1950s and now lives in Laguna Beach, did most of his innovating in... More >>>