The Taco Truck

[Aileen]

The other day I counted 5 taco trucks in the space of about 10 blocks on Main Street in my town (Longmont, Colorado - big hispanic population). They're everywhere! I've never tried eating from one, they look a bit scary.

[CarrotStick]

Wait a minute, wait a minute....we have taco trucks, right here in DC?!

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Check out the soccer field in Arlington at Gunston Middle School (2700 S. Lang St) on weekends and nice weekday evenings. I have seen up to three taco trucks at a time if there is a good soccer match going on. Haven't tried any of them yet...

[bloviatrix]

There's two trucks that I can think of on Manhattan's Upper West Side: W. 96th st, just west of Broadway and one on Broadway at about 103rd.

I love the smells from the 96th street truck. If it was kosher, I'd be all over it.

[wilewil]

For Northern Virginia, there are many in the Arlington Coumbia Pike area and a pretty good one is (was, I haven't been by there in a couple of weeks) at the office building across from the car wash in Central Springfield.

[ScooterQ]

I just want to give a quick thanks to the taco truck fans on this board. Your enthusiasm encouraged me to drive down to Oakland and try the Mi Grullense truck at International and 29th. Great stuff - the tacos were outstanding (and cheap). I waited in line with a cop who told me he's tried lots of trucks and recommended this one highly. After my plate of tacos I crossed 29th and bought a little bag of fruit from a street vendor there. She dusted the fruit with salt and hot chile, then squeezed a lime over it all and gave me a stick to eat it with. Heaven. My bulging $2 bag contained jicama, strawberries, cantaloupe, mango, cucumber, coconut, watermelon, apple, and another fruit I didn't even know (hard seeds though).

The Tacos al Pastor weren't bad, but I have to say that Tacubaya in Berkeley gets my vote for the best al Pastor tacos. Pricey, yes, but I love to sit at the counter and watch the pork and chile turn on the vertical spit (pineapple on top) until it gets crusty brown and delicious - major food porn. A couple of tacos and a 16 oz bottle of mexican coke there and I'm fat, dumb, and happy.

[tiki]

Having moved from California to Oklahoma---i must admit --i dearly miss my taco trucks!!!!! Great food--authentic preperation--cheap and fast!!! I worked for a park district and most of us in the department ate at one at least 3 times a week. For those of you who havent experienced them--think Taco Bell prices and grandmothers recipes!!!(if your grandmother was mexican that is!)

[Dr. Funk]

I've eaten at taco trucks in both OKC and Tulsa - keep looking.

[RETREVR]

Rocky Ford Colorado. Small highway Ag town in the Arkansas valley with a high espanic population. I drive down there to bird hunt. They have a kick-ass taco truck on the weekends. There is nothing better than a tonge taco after a long day of walking fields of milo looking for quail, or sitting in a blind calling ducks.

[Dr. Funk]

Been there. My sister lived in Rocky Ford for years. You'll find the trucks from Pueblo to Lamar, but the one in RF is the best.

[RETREVR]

Hey Funk-

This is a little off subject, but...

Have you ever been to Sweedlers (sp) outside of Lander WY? I think the town is Hudson.

Very old restaurant. They serve cabbabge rolls before every meal. The prime rib is thicker than War and Peace. No Credit cards.

We were about to pay cash...they refused. They asked for our address and sent us the tab. If I lived in Dixon I would think it is worth the drive

[Timh]

This is one of my,chose one;future projects or present fantasies. Tongue, grilled beef, or roasted pork, fresh corn tortillas, the fixens'. A BBQ truck (memphis style), a or a Parisian crepe stand.. I want to do one of each.

Edited November 2, 2004 by Timh (log)

[Dr. Funk]

Hey Funk-

This is a little off subject, but...

Have you ever been to Sweedlers (sp) outside of Lander WY? I think the town is Hudson.

Very old restaurant.  They serve cabbabge rolls before every meal.  The prime rib is thicker than War and Peace.  No Credit cards.

We were about to pay cash...they refused.  They asked for our address and sent us the tab.  If I lived in Dixon I would think it is worth the drive

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It's Svilar's and it is in Hudson. First time there was in July of 1980 when the lady who managed the Thunderbird Motel in Riverton paid off her gambling debt. Great place - where else do you get cabbage rolls as a side to a great steak? From here it's about 200 miles. I stopped there on my way back from Thermopolis last fall. My wife couldn't believe the place.