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| - Ughh why are all the amazing taco places so far from my house? Why must I live on the West side???
This place is further from my place than even Tacos el Gordo, but it's more spacious and less crowded - though that doesn't mean the food sucks. No my dear children - the meat is wonderful. You know how some Mexican taco joints--actually, ALMOST ALL OF THEM-- use cilantro and onion (salsa sometimes too) to mask the flavor of an otherwise unremarkably cooked meat by piling that stuff on? And that when they do that, you're basically eating a cilantro and onion taco with meat filler? Not here. I mean, yes, they have those toppings but for once, you can actually taste tender rich meat.
I'm always looking for a place that has great lengua. I'm not sure how lots of places seem to fuck it up, but they do - barely cooked, tough, absolutely lacking flavor, barely any meatiness, or all of the above. Tacos el Gordo has amazing lengua, and so does this place. Their suadero and al pastor is also top notch. And don't worry vegetarians, they got you covered - finally a place that serves soyrizo!! My boyfriend is a (cheating) vegan and loves their soyrizo.
Their salsa bar is a welcome sight for so many of us who are rather tired of choosing between just roja vs verde. It's a salsa lover's dream. Their limes are also good quality - again, sometimes taco places just throw out crappy limes out there to sit on ice all day, or barely even any at all. Haven't tried their jamaica drink yet but their horchata is well-spiced and not watered down.
I'd also urge any future visitors to this place to READ THE SIGNS ON THE TRASH BINS. There's two that specifically state they're not for garbage but for glass bottles, and I've seen people dump their trash in there anyway.
It might be a good thing this place is so far or else I'd be blowing my money here every few days if I could.
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