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| - This ain't your mama's taco joint! I remember venturing to Homestead just to check out this eclectic joint. Fortunately, we returned and were greeted by an extremely friendly staff that made us feel at home. It was like some friends got together and decided to invite a few more friends to enjoy their new take on tacos.
Fast forward, and now they're located in their current Lawrenceville location. Same warm coziness that I got from the other location, but with more space.(Thank the Lord!) My daughter Muff and my sister Luch were on our way back from a food event at the John Heinz History Center, but we still had a few empty pockets in our tummies that need to be filled with some delicious food. Hence our trip to Smoke. We wanted to keep things light (Hah!) and decided to go with the "Burnt Ends" dip, "Rib" dip, Chorizo taco and "Gringo" taco. Whew!
Heads up! Smoke doesn't serve traditional flour or corn tortillas, but they have their own unique buttermilk flour tortillas. The recipe gives a slightly different chew to their tortillas and when fried, provides a little more heft to the tortilla chips than regular tortilla chips. That extra heft doesn't take away from the chips at all and provides a better counter-balance to the heartier Burnt Ends and Rib dips. You can't go wrong with burnt ends, buttermilk and bleu cheese! And the Chorizo and "Gringo" (Ground sirloin and brisket with pico de gallo, avocado cream, cheddar and crispy tortilla crumbs) tacos were on point!
We left stuffed to the gills with no empty tummy pockets to be had!
It's a little pricey as far as tacos go, but definitely worth the trip!
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