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| - First: definitely not a barbecue restaurant. Some of the meats in some of their tacos are roasted, but you can't buy a plate of brisket or a pulled pork sandwich here. (I'm Southern. I have very strong feelings about barbecue.)
I had a pork and a brisket taco with a side of potato salad, and my partner had chicken with a side of black beans. The barbecue (all 3 meats) were dry and pretty tough. Actually, the pork was some of the least tender "barbecued" pork I've ever had - not the product of at least 12 hours on low heat. Everything tasted great, but go elsewhere if you're looking for barbecue. The black beans were excellent. Given that it's in grungy Homestead, $15 for two tacos, a side, and a drink is a little steep.
Service was excellent - very friendly, very helpful, very attentive without being smothering.
Pretty nice digs inside. Looks like they're still getting used to the space: they had a bunch of boxes stored behind the bar that looked a little junky, but the rest is good inside. I'm not 100% certain, but I think they're still flying the cloth banner out front instead of a real sign. That's cute when you've been open for a few weeks, but it's pretty trashy when you've been open almost a year, especially when you're charging more than $2 for a taco.
I'd have gone 3.5, except that this is yet another Pittsburgh business that doesn't take credit cards. It's 2012, for chrissakes, and you're not a street corner taco stand. Stop making me carry cash just so that you can hide revenue. Minus one star. Minus another half star for claiming to be a barbecue restaurant when you're really just a taquerÃa.
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