tˈɑːkoʊ ʃˈɑːp pˈoʊɪts ɪz ðə nˈeɪm əvə pˈoʊɪtɹi ænd spˈoʊkən wˈɜːd kəlˈɛktɪv fˈɔːɹmd ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti fˈoːɹ æɾə pˈoʊɪtɹi sˈɪɹiz, tˈɑːkoʊ ʃˈɑːp pˈoʊɪtɹi, hˈoʊstᵻd baɪ ædˈɑːlfoʊ ɡˈʌzmənlˈoʊpɛz æt ðə sˈɛntɹoʊ kˈʌltʃɚɹəl də lˌæ ɹˈɑːzə ɪn bælbˈoʊə pˈɑːɹk, sˌæn dɪˈeɪɡoʊ.
Taco Shop Poets is the name of a poetry and spoken word collective formed in 1994 at a Poetry Series, Taco Shop Poetry, hosted by Adolfo Guzman-Lopez at the Centro Cultural de la Raza in Balboa Park, San Diego.