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| - Good old Filiberto's! Filiberto's was actually the spot where I had my first ever California Burrito (San Diego, CA) way back in the day. While not my favorite taco shop in the land, they will do in a pinch. Fast forward to present day in Phoenix, and I had a craving for some tacos. I had read somewhere that Filiberto's has deals for "Taco Tuesday". I pulled up their website and it said that tacos were $1.49 on Tuesdays. I drove down here for lunch to grab some of those $1.49 tacos.
I pull up to the joint, and to my surprise, there is a sign on the building that says "$.99 tacos". What, what? $.99 cents? What, what? Thought I had died and gone to heaven! I pull into the drive thru and order 4 shredded beef tacos. Pull up to the window, pay the lady my $4.30, and am handed my bag of tacos. About that..........I noticed right away that the bag was super light. Like, really, really light. I was just praying that the tacos were even in there! I pulled over to a spot in the parking lot and was going to eat them there. I opened the box and sure enough, there were 4 tacos, but they were THE SKIMPEST tacos I had ever seen! The tortilla was regular hard taco shell size, but the mid section of the taco was beyond skimp. Maybe 1 oz of meat in each one, some shredded lettuce and a couple of strands of cheese. Seriously! Look at my pictures! The flattest tacos I have ever had. You literally had to crack and pry them open to confirm that there was anything in them. Even Jack in the Box tacos are fatter than these ones were! I took a bite into them and the taste was good, but it was 90% fried tortilla. I ate all 4 of them and could have easily had 10 more. Yeah, that skimp.
I hope and pray to God that these tacos are only this skimp on Tuesdays. If these are the regular hard shelled beef tacos they sell at normal price, it is a complete rip off and I would ask for my money back and never come back. I wasn't expecting too much for $.99, but even at a buck a piece, I don't know if they are worth coming back for? I do like that they had a drive thru, and I'm sure I'll come back here sometime for a burrito, but as far as those tacos go....you have been warned. Order at least 8, lol!
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