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Literally, it's at the back of a Latin American bakery-money transfering-convenience store, so no points for "decor" or "atmosphere". Grab a drink from the convenience store fridge before you sit down.
We got there on Saturday and the menu items were: Menudo (meat/tripe soup), carnita (shredded pork shoulder) or shredded lamb served with corn tortillas, and a trio of onions, cilantro and limes. They assumed we spoke Spanish which was cute. The carnita and lamb tacos were delicious! The lamb was mildly gamey like goat which I prefer over boring old beef. The pork was savory and had nice crispy bits, proper. The tortillas were steamy, pliable, didn't fall apart and served in a warm towel. We made our tacos and kept eating and eating. We ordered extra tortillas and I think I ended up eating 8 tacos! So full!
Ok, I like my tacos gentrified (you know pork belly, fish etc with fancy sauces etc) but these tacos were legit. Simple, but still full of flavour and authentic (we were the only non-Spanish speaking people there).
Ok, paying which is done at the convenience store cash register.
It's $12/per meat order which the very nice server explained was 250g (a bit over a cup of meat). We didn't get charged for the additional tortillas.
So $30 for 2 meat orders, a $2 drink and tax/tip. I thought for some reason (the location/decor) that it would be slightly cheaper but $15/person is reasonable.
Was it worth it? Yes. Will I be back? Probably, when I am hankering for no-frills tacos!
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