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| - Hungry for some decent grub in the Bathurst and College hood, I jaunted with a friend into the near-empty Rebozos around 7:30 on a Saturday night, anxious yet kind of excited to dig into some authentic Mexican cuisine, having been hyped quite forcefully by a close Mexican friend as one of her favourite taco-joints in the city.
First off, we ordered the Guacamole and chips ($8). Arriving in a stone bowl, this was a well executed version of the much-beloved avocado dip, not too creamy and topped with onions and cilantro, we basically licked the bowl clean.
This Saturday night I had been craving a healthy dose of protein, and Rebozos certainly delivered. For $10 you'll get three tacos, which you can mix-and-match with a choice of full-flavored Chorizo, slow roasted Cochinitas pork, succulent beef tongue, slow cooked pork carnitas as well as chicken and shredded beef, which we omitted to try this night.
And these are certainly not your standard hipster-taco flour tortillas that are currently all the rage in Toronto foodie circles these days. Rebozos' corn tortillas are of a very pleasing consistency; chewy, yet addictive.
We finished off our meal, still floating on taco-cloud-nine, by sharing a hefty, substantial burrito with Cochinitas ($8), nicely grilled and sufficiently stuffed with rice, meat, beans, cilantro and sour cream.
Rebozos on College has yet to receive their liquor license from the city, but they currently have the requisite array of Mexican sodas, Jarritos and virgin cocktails.
It's always a pleasure to have a satisfying experience at a great restaurant before it gets buoyed by hype. I'm not sure this iteration on College will go through the foodie buzz machine the way Grand Electric and the nearby La Carnitas have, but I'll certainly be back for more, knowing that if I have to wait in line for tacos, they'll be good ones.
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