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| - Food: There are multiple tacos to choose from, including beef, chicken, veggie, and more. The tacos aren't huge (but are cheap, see below), and two tacos and an appetizer or three tacos on their own will likely be enough to fill you. The appetizers are fairly small, and won't fill you up before you get to the tacos. We ordered the homemade mac and cheese and the apple slaw, both of which were good. The veggie tacos are filled with fresh veggies and are above average, however, I think Smoke is more suited for carnivores. The non-veggie tacos seem to be what draw the crowd.
Price: The prices are very reasonable, most tacos are $3, and both appetizers we ordered were $2.50 each. Neither the tacos nor the appetizers are huge, and you won't have any to take home, but you can eat your fill for well under $15, maybe under $10. Cash only.
Drinks: BYOB. Multiple tables had six packs on the table with their dinner. Smoke makes their own version of flavored water that rotates daily or weekly. This earned rave reviews, and it is good, but nothing spectacular. It was Honeydew flavor when we were there.
Atmosphere: Located right on 8th Ave. (the main drag of Homestead) near the Valero station, you may miss it if you don't look closely. It feels like a smoke house, starting as you walk through the screen door and into the strange old-fashioned interior. You seat yourself, and there aren't many tables, but you can move them however you want to accommodate your group. The entire dining experience is very casual. There are no plates; your tacos come wrapped in aluminum foil, and the appetizers come in coffee cups.
Service: The service was quick and friendly, and we had no complains at all. Our waitress came to our table right away, asked if we had been there before, and filled us in on what we needed to know as first-time-diners. She checked back on us multiple times.
(+): above average authentic food, great price
(-): for vegetarians the food is good but not great
Would I go back again? I probably wouldn't make the trip to Homestead just to eat here, but if I was at the Waterfront and didn't want to wait to eat at one of the chain restaurants, I'd definitely pop in for a cheap lunch.
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