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| - Walking in, I was won over by the funky Dia de los Muerto decor melded with street art feel. Bright, airy and you can watch the ladies and gentlemen rolling fresh tacos in the window! There are several dining areas: their outdoor seating looked charming, dining room has 3 small tables & 2 large tables so it can accommodate large or small groups, there is a bar area & another eat-in area past the indoor taco truck. I thought it was a little confusing at first, do we order at the table, do we order at the truck? Eventually a server stopped by & got us going with Margaritas. I had the Blood Orange, it was good if not overly sweet for me.
On to the food, the beans and rice were both dry. Rice had a sweet garlic flavor that was subtle and good. Basically, skip the sides & make up for it with lots of tacos.
Tacos:
Al Pastor: 5/5 - tastes like summer, crisp carmelized pork, tomato sauce, plenty of cilantro & spice- a spicy tomato & onion purée was so yummy. The mix of soft corn tortilla with flavorful caramelized meat, crunch from raw onion with lots of cilantro, this was a standout!
Carnitas - 4/5 they were a-ok but def go with pico de gallo, the flavors go together so well!
Gringo Tacos- 3/5 in a crispy taco shell, complete with cheese and crisp fresh lettuce.
Carnitas, dry. Nice bite of cilantro. First we tried without the sauce and they were a 5/5 for me, then I ordered with the sauce and it just overwhelmingly SWEET, couldn't eat it. so with the sauce 1/5 from me. Would def order again, without sauce.
Camerones - 5/5 tender shrimp, crispy cabbage, just right in sweet and salty, lots of smokey paprika first, spicy little after note. Delish!
Notes for improvements would be, the table we were lucky to get (they were slammed for Taco Tuesday at 5:45pm, note to self!) was awkwardly located too near the line forming at the truck, because the line kept backing up and forming around our table. Kids coloring menus would also be a great offering! It was a cluster on Tuesday at 5:45, but we got a table- people lining up around our table not the best.
Management stopped and chatted with us for a few minutes, that was great! We'll be back again to try some more; glad to have this spot in our neighborhood!
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