Taco shops are places where people eat, talk, and leave behind social and class barriers in search for the perfect carne asada burrito. Taco shops have become the new meeting places for a cross- section of society. But taco shops don't just have a culinary function any longer.
Taco shops are cultural centers, they are the the cultural crossroads for the new millenium.
As Taco Shop Poets we are the cultural workers at these crossroads. As of August of last year we have been cultural guerrillas, taking over taco shops in San Diego, Tijuana, Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Jose, taking poetry to an audience not usually exposed to the spoken word and taking the usually jaded spoken word audience to a new environment for poetry. Our work can be found where these areas intersect. We are a group of accomplished Southern California performers who have converted taco shops into temporary cultural centers. Our performance consists of music, poetry, prose, storytelling, and ritual.