Shoot for 'Doritos Taco' Ad Further Snarls Maltman Avenue

Residents were already complaining about the extra traffic on Maltman Avenue north of Sunset Boulevard in Silver Lake.

The block has become a detour for vehicles that can't turn left off Maltman on to Griffith Park Boulevard anymore.

That stretch is now blocked and painted with green dots,

Then came Thursday and a shoot for an ad for the new "Doritos Taco" by Taco Bell.

Crew members said the shoot started at 6:30 a.m. at the corner of Maltman and Effie Street.

Cameras were still rolling at 7 p.m. as lights beamed "Night for Day" into the Craftsman bungalow housing the shoot.

Out on the lawn, two food stylists were hard at work crafting Doritos Tacos.

They said they'd made about 150 during the shoot, all in the pinkish shells that distinguish the "Doritos Taco."   (See our photo, above.)

According to Gothamist, the Doritos Taco is much-awaited, and, according to Taco Bell, will change tacos forever.

Meantime, the vans and cameras should be gone tomorrow.

But the extra traffic up Maltman will remain iissue with locals, some of whom say they had hoped to have more of a voice in the design of the plaza.

Sunset Triangle Plaza has its grand opening Sunday at 11 a.m.

The Doritos Taco launches at Taco Bell March 8.