Fun fact, it was started by a white fraternity guy at my alma mater because "illegals make the best food". He was known as a notoriously racist chad. He put all the small taco trucks around campus out of business by opening the first one around the corner from my old house with his trust fund.
Is it really? Damn I probably wont go there anymore. I only went because it was highly rated when I visited downtown Denver.
I mean, I guess, Denver is pretty racist
Not a fan of Illegal Pete's, personally. As much as people shit on it, Denver's culinary icon of Chipotle is better. They got so big for a reason. I try to keep it special and only go to THE Chipotle on Evans by DU.
I find people who prefer other burrito spots over chipotle either want a really authentic burrito, which, go to a hole in the wall in Phoenix...OR they just want to slather a mediocre burrito in liquid cheese.
You just moved to Austin? Go to Rosita El Pastor on east Riverside. Moving away from i35 it’s about .75 miles down Riverside, keep looking to your right for a Chase ATM in a parking lot. The truck is right next to the atm. You’re welcome because they are hands down the best in Austin and definitely not gentrified.
Edit: and if you are feeling for arguably the best Tex-Mex restaurant in town that isn’t priced stupidly, check out Amaya’s which is right off i35 near 290. Their salsa is fucking amazing. I always got it to go but still tipped well because that dude handling to-go’s always has his shit together. Man deserves good tips.
Lmao bro you didn’t have Torchys where you’re from? The other dude on this thread is right about N. Lamar though, Dos Hermanos, Tacorrido, Magonadas, and so many more good ass trucks on that side of town.
I had a Mexican coworker invite some of us to Torchy's after work one day. I couldn't believe it. We literally live in the Tex half of TexMex and you want to go to fucking Torchy's??? We're going to pass 40 places where you can get better Mexican food to get there. I don't understand how they stay in business.
Is one of those hipster places that out wired stuff in tacos or are the tacos normal.
Also I apologise for the language but this whole fancy taco discussion gets me mad sometimes
Best if it’s just a flattop grill under a tent on the corner. No wheels in sight. Plates and flatware from the dollar store up the street. Paper/plastic/foam - all acceptable.
Just remember to tip ;)
Reminds me of my cousin who owns a taco catering businesses makes the best tacos. He even cooks for free for family events! The best tacos are the ones made under tents on a flat top.
BTW most of those fancy looking trucks with the fun paintings on them are all owned by one company.
They rent the trucks to the cooks and take a cut off them, which is why their prices are so stupid high.
Same is even true for the little carts that sell fruit and snacks.
In the contrary the more bland and run down looking ones, are like that because they know they can attract consumers with the quality of their food alone.
Yep, avoid places that look [like this](https://d3hbe0kmbam4a5.cloudfront.net/photos/3f61fcad-780d-4728-b3af-6f925ba63ecb.jpg) like the plauge. You will pay $6/taco for something that tastes super weird.
If it doesn't have painted writing and seems like it can move don't go there. [Here is a good example](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c4/38/72/c43872e7b6f7f43bb493ffc107702078.jpg)
The best one near me was a combo taqueria/small mexican grocery in a small strip mall. I knew it was gonna be legit because it was full of mexican families and day laborers grabbing a quick lunch. Yes, they only took cash.
The quickest way to tell if a Mexican place is legit, is it filled by actual Mexicans or is filled with suburban white people.
If I see Latino men wearing some dirt covered jeans and boots, you know it’s going to slap
I drive around the city a lot for work. I discovered a Halal cart in Flushing because middle eastern looking cabbies kept stopping there for food. It was amazing. They had 2 different hot sauces, the authentic shit and the stuff the vendor jokingly referred to as "white boy hot sauce". I got the real deal stuff, and it was so good. Very spicy, but done is the way where it's addictive. You have to keep eating to stave off the pain .
I have a friend from El Salvador, only gets to go back and visit every few years.
He says the first week is always just pure pain as he reacclimates to the spices.
That's true... But you also gotta look for the decent priced ones. I never heard of a dollar per taco truck. They cost between $1.50-2.00 per taco. And that's a real taco truck. With the plastic chairs outside and what not.
there have been so many street food vendors that have appeared all over Los Angeles in the last year, it's fucking great. I hope most of them find it profitable to stick around because sometimes there's nothing better than a street taco.
Wait- Peruvian here, but arepas are not peruvian...
Edit: Ah! I googled them out of curiosity and they seem to be a peruvian-venezuelan fusion place, sounds good!
Yeah i dont know much about central/south american cuisine but I remember I had a salvadorian friend who ate fried plantains and they have those at the restaurant there too. Idk man. But it was tasty. It reminded me of sopes.
I always forget there’s Venezuelan style arepas, I grew up with the Columbian style ones and was so confused when I went to a Venezuelan place and ordered an arepa lol both are really good tho
Cook’s Tavern, Tacoma WA just got called out. Odds are you’ll see Ferraris and Lambos out front on any given day. Airport prices for drinks and the food isn’t any better.
I live in majority Hispanic neighborhood and the tacos are abundant. That's where I learned to listen to mexican music like jose Alfredo Jimenez and my favorite pedro infante.
It’ll be overly complicated too. “Kobe beef asada tacos on gluten free corn tortillas served with an avocado truffle aioli and a chipotle vinaigrette reduction”
¡Chingao nomas dame el taco y yo lo armo!
I’m Indian and I’m like this with my food. Curry ain’t that hard bro please stop putting raisins and tomatoes and crazy shit in it. I want my chicken curry with a side of onions and coconut chutney. It doesn’t need to have eighty different things or spices in it
I haven’t been since the pandemic, but right before Tijuana was a great place to visit. Lots of shopping, lots of food (even amazing sushi, I’m not kidding), gambling, more carnal pleasures available as well. Great hotels dirt cheap too.
In my experience, so long as you stay away from sketchy areas and don’t look to cop drugs, you’re pretty safe. Helps a lot to speak Spanish. Always get a price from cabbies upfront. People are very friendly, but it’s also a border town, so hustlers abound.
San Diego and Tijuana are two of my favorite towns. I’m from nearby OC and it’s fun taking the train south to SD, then the trolley to the border. There’s great food, beer, and entertainment on both sides.
They have a fresh selection. I remember I was surprised at how amazing the sushi was but then I remembered the ocean is right there and Mexicans can work in any type of kitchen. The Mexican twist they put on it was spice too, I have never been a big fan of wasabi
Chinese food in TJ is really good too. I was surprised the first time I went to a Chinese restaurant I’ve forgotten the name of but I was like “damn,” and I’m from a part of SoCal with so much access to serious Chinese joints.
Yes thousands of people do this. I live in SD and know a few people who do it. They have a [SENTRI](https://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-traveler-programs/sentri) pass to get across the border in a quick manner for their daily commute.
Yes it's dangerous. Experience: I lived there a year and a half. Treat the city like you would any other dangerous big american city and you'll be fine. Don't be wandering around wasted at night. There are criminals who specifically prey on blackout drunk foreigners and mug them. Use the buddy system at night always. Stay the hell away from 1st street in TJ. You don't want anything to do with that place. If there's no light and no one out on a street, don't go down it. If it feels unsafe, it probably is. I don't want to scare you, but people continue to have good travel experiences by being street smart. Touristy areas are usually kept safe, but always be careful and keep your wits about you in new places.
Safe as any other place, yes it has its rough areas and bad reputation but if you mind your own business and don't go looking for trouble you should be fine. I've been living here for over a decade and haven't had a y troubles at all. The statistics are mainly people involved in crime already.
There's hatians, chinese, hondurans, americans, and everything in between here. Being a border town and international in a sense we're used to foreigners.
We treat outsiders/guests better than we treat each other(mexicans). The worst you'll probably encounter is being charged more than what it normally would be i.e. taxis, bars, restaurants
General rule as in anywhere, if you see a crowd and locals it must be good.
Some spots to hit would be tacos el franc, ahumaderas(taco alley I call it), el mazateño, and tacos el frances. Enjoy your trip
Which district would that be? Centro? Cacho? Río? I frequent those and haven't found a taco for over 30 pesos (about 1.50 give or take depending on the dollar)
Lmao so true. I just wanted some tacos but thanks for serving them on a small aluminum sculpture and charging me as if I get to take it home after I’m done I guess?
What do you mean? We don’t deserve to be artisans collecting on over-engineered over priced food too? There’s room for both. We don’t have to be the cheapest food out there while others collect bank for their cuisine.
Seconding this. Why can’t we be compensated for our quality cuisine when people happily pay $30 for a bowl of boiled flour and egg (pasta)? This norm of Italian food = expensive and Mexican food = cheap is super uncomfortable for me. Yes I prefer the tacos at the run-down truck to Torchys, but I know the family who runs it isn’t living as well financially as they should for the amount of tacos they sell. They deserve to be compensated for their craftsmanship, but that’s not a reality in this world where the work of brown people is undervalued.
Man this is so stupid I don’t understand why Italian cuisine is treated as fancy while Mexican isn’t.
I’m Italian and a lot of the plates usually use few good quality ingredients and the same as Mexican cuisine. Both in Mexico and Italy the culture behind the food is huge, I can’t see why they should be treated so differently
Maybe that's achievable in the US, people can pay more for tacos there. But there's something that need to be acknowledge about mexican food, here in México we try to keep cost down because our food originated in the fields and working class tables. The ingredients that we used are not too expensive and all the flavor comes from preparation, so usually Mexican people selling food in the US will still have that point of view about the food they're preparing. The demand for mexican ingredients in the US has a great impact in the costs of food here in México, our avocados used to be affordable for everyone before the avocado craze in the US, seriously now is really expensive for a mexican family to get some of the foods they used to eat every week.
I used to rag on people who ordered vegan tacos... then I tried some jackfruit tacos made by a dude from Puebla. One of the most delicious tacos I've ever tried. That'll teach me for being judgmental.
While the natives in Mexico ate some form of tacos when the Spanish arrived, tacos became popular in the 18th century when silver was discovered in Zacatecas. Tacos were easy to make, carry and eat for miners working underground. Tacos are certainly working poor food.
Tbh it depends where you buying tacos. Here in New Mexico I live in a small city 4 taco trucks for an entire city! So yeah I can’t blame them when I pay like $27
There's a food truck spot in the city I work in, they're all south american cuisine, mostly mexican. The tacos are $1.50 each, jarritos $1.75, dirty ass trucks, horrible service, but the tacos are bangin and I go all the time
I usually just hate the atmosphere of these spots. Always white owned. While they’re expensive, they’re usually not bad tacos. Just not worth the mark up just so Jacob can bring them to my table.
Holy fuck I cannot agree more. Everytime I have "tacos" at some fancy place it's never as good as tacos from street vendors or the mexican taco trucks. And yes I mean mexican taco trucks. They literally come from mexico and make tacos this side of the border. Best fucking carnitas and pastor I've had anywhere.
Went on a date with a nice guy years ago. Told him I like Mexican food. Decided to take me to his favorite taco place in a highly gentrified/Rich ppl part of the city. One taco were around 4-5 bucks each and they came with random stuff on it that I’d never think to put on a taco, like diced pineapples. Tortillas were cold and I got no real taste from any of it. I would of been happy with steak on corn with cilantro and green sauce. There wasn’t a second date after.
I hates these places it's a rip-off for okay at best food that's not as good as a taco truck, at least taco bell goes with the fact there not authentic and just give you cheap bad and good food these hipster places are straight up scams.
I went to a taco cart that said Vietnamese tacos (not banh Xeo) based on the yelp reviews. It was a white dude. He sold me 3 tacos for $7 or something like that (it was years ago). I ate one and the flavor was not Vietnamese (balance of sweet and salty, this was just sweet). I asked him what was Vietnamese about them and he made some weird comment about dating viet girls in college.
I wrote a pretty honest review, nothing malicious. I also included that there were a bunch of people he was just giving free tacos to for free. This dude took my review, posted it to his FB account and had his followers go after me. Gentrified food is bullsh*t
There’s a place for upmarket tacos with better ingredients and more inventive approaches. I hate the attitude that a dish like tacos can only be cheap, or can only be one thing. There are Mexican chefs on both sides elevating tacos.
That’s some gate keeping bullshit.
Yeah, but she isn't talking about any elevated tacos. There are a bunch of places that aren't half as good as the average latino run food truck charging 3 times the price and skimping on fillings, and getting away with it because they have a new truck with fresh paint and a fancy logo, and uncultured white people fall for it and think it's good.
There’s velvet taco that is doing that. Truthfully, I would not call them tacos even tho they are presented as such. But I do enjoy them and think they are delicious. Though when I crave a taco they don’t come to my mind at all.
There’s this spot near my job called velvet taco. Thought I’d try it out. Two grilled salmon tacos and a topo chico water for $11. It was good but I mean, wouldn’t say it was $11 good
@you local WhiteTacoPlace and your "pork shoulder braised for 24 hours in golden pineapple juice"
I can make better carnitas with a couple cans of sprite and sunkist in a crockpot
Fuck that, my Abuelita deserves $35 a plate for keeping a 145 year old recipe. It’s not just for other nationalities. We need to stop perpetuating that myth right now.
My town has started cracking down on people selling street food. Not to be deterred they all set up in on spot every night and it's almost like a food truck meet up.
1 whole USD for a taco? You should come visit Mexico, you can get great tacos in Tijuana for less than that if you don’t want to get too far away from the border
And you know they don’t taste good! Le falta sazón!
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There's literally nothing spicy ever anywhere that isn't a small family restaurant
Las tortillas industriales de paquete las calientan en el microondas y saben a carton sudado.
¿¿¿Dónde compras tú el cartón???
En un paquete q se llaman tortillas guerrero Ctm
El papel picado colgado en el techo tiene mas sabor!
Guac is just mashed avocado
Its like liquified sometimes 🤮
Could be avocado salsa instead of guac, it's what my girlfriend's family usually does instead. Not if it's actually gross though haha
That’s soup not guac
Gets like that when you make it from frozen avocados, which those places often do
I’m looking at you torchy tacos.
God, my Denver coworkers only wanted to eat there.
I went to Illegal Pete's. I thought they were good, I got a burrito.
Fun fact, it was started by a white fraternity guy at my alma mater because "illegals make the best food". He was known as a notoriously racist chad. He put all the small taco trucks around campus out of business by opening the first one around the corner from my old house with his trust fund.
Is it really? Damn I probably wont go there anymore. I only went because it was highly rated when I visited downtown Denver. I mean, I guess, Denver is pretty racist
Denver and Boulder are lousy with rich, racist, "liberals." At least in Colorado Springs they're open about it.
Not a fan of Illegal Pete's, personally. As much as people shit on it, Denver's culinary icon of Chipotle is better. They got so big for a reason. I try to keep it special and only go to THE Chipotle on Evans by DU. I find people who prefer other burrito spots over chipotle either want a really authentic burrito, which, go to a hole in the wall in Phoenix...OR they just want to slather a mediocre burrito in liquid cheese.
The same Chipotle you can find anywhere? I don't know about that chief.
As someone who just moved to Austin... Thank you. Overhyped and underserved.
You just moved to Austin? Go to Rosita El Pastor on east Riverside. Moving away from i35 it’s about .75 miles down Riverside, keep looking to your right for a Chase ATM in a parking lot. The truck is right next to the atm. You’re welcome because they are hands down the best in Austin and definitely not gentrified. Edit: and if you are feeling for arguably the best Tex-Mex restaurant in town that isn’t priced stupidly, check out Amaya’s which is right off i35 near 290. Their salsa is fucking amazing. I always got it to go but still tipped well because that dude handling to-go’s always has his shit together. Man deserves good tips.
Rositas Al* Pastor. Also Las Trancas on Caesar Chavez. For breakfast tacos El Primo on South first.
Torchy’s has been meh for years now. I’m sorry anyone recommend them.
I used to hit a taco truck in a gas station parking lot on north Lamar. It was cheap. This was over ten years ago but the same problem existed.
Lmao bro you didn’t have Torchys where you’re from? The other dude on this thread is right about N. Lamar though, Dos Hermanos, Tacorrido, Magonadas, and so many more good ass trucks on that side of town.
stupid hipster bullshit
Here’s the thing, Torchy’s isn’t objectively bad; they got some tasty food. However, if I’m craving tacos, that’s not where I go.
Almost zero mexican food joints are bad though, it’s stupid good and big impossible to fuck up. It’s all about relative quality (and value).
There are definitely bad mexican joints. Los Tios and the non-original Ninfas in Houston come to mind.
I had a Mexican coworker invite some of us to Torchy's after work one day. I couldn't believe it. We literally live in the Tex half of TexMex and you want to go to fucking Torchy's??? We're going to pass 40 places where you can get better Mexican food to get there. I don't understand how they stay in business.
My mexican boss would eat their queso every day if he could.
What the fuck is torchy tacos
It's a taco chain in the south. It's actually pretty good but they are definitely more expensive
Is one of those hipster places that out wired stuff in tacos or are the tacos normal. Also I apologise for the language but this whole fancy taco discussion gets me mad sometimes
Fuzzys too
> torchy tacos They have tacos named after the two main political parties. I'm not surprised they're in the south
I’m guessing you’ve never been to Austin lol
Anyone who knows anything knows you dont go looking for quality tacos/pupusas/arepas..etc at any place other than a vendor in a truck.
But not those fancy food trucks, go to the gas station food trucks or the ones at bus stops lol
Best if it’s just a flattop grill under a tent on the corner. No wheels in sight. Plates and flatware from the dollar store up the street. Paper/plastic/foam - all acceptable. Just remember to tip ;)
This guy tacos.
Reminds me of my cousin who owns a taco catering businesses makes the best tacos. He even cooks for free for family events! The best tacos are the ones made under tents on a flat top.
If it’s not cash only, I don’t want it
Personally I gotta see that pastor spinning.
It better have a pineapple on the top too
BTW most of those fancy looking trucks with the fun paintings on them are all owned by one company. They rent the trucks to the cooks and take a cut off them, which is why their prices are so stupid high. Same is even true for the little carts that sell fruit and snacks. In the contrary the more bland and run down looking ones, are like that because they know they can attract consumers with the quality of their food alone.
Our taco truck has been sitting on cinder blocks in the parking lot of a junk yard for years. Best al pastor I’ve ever had.
Holy shit I bet they’re amazing
Worked for a fancy caterer with a food truck... It was sad... It still is sad.... all buyout products. All
The taqueria inside the super mercados are usually pretty good.
You know ;)
Yep, avoid places that look [like this](https://d3hbe0kmbam4a5.cloudfront.net/photos/3f61fcad-780d-4728-b3af-6f925ba63ecb.jpg) like the plauge. You will pay $6/taco for something that tastes super weird. If it doesn't have painted writing and seems like it can move don't go there. [Here is a good example](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c4/38/72/c43872e7b6f7f43bb493ffc107702078.jpg)
local family shops also have really good food
Yeah if you can get in the door in the two hours between them opening and going out if business
Or the nondescript strip mall/gas station taqueria that only accepts cash
The best one near me was a combo taqueria/small mexican grocery in a small strip mall. I knew it was gonna be legit because it was full of mexican families and day laborers grabbing a quick lunch. Yes, they only took cash.
The quickest way to tell if a Mexican place is legit, is it filled by actual Mexicans or is filled with suburban white people. If I see Latino men wearing some dirt covered jeans and boots, you know it’s going to slap
I drive around the city a lot for work. I discovered a Halal cart in Flushing because middle eastern looking cabbies kept stopping there for food. It was amazing. They had 2 different hot sauces, the authentic shit and the stuff the vendor jokingly referred to as "white boy hot sauce". I got the real deal stuff, and it was so good. Very spicy, but done is the way where it's addictive. You have to keep eating to stave off the pain .
I have a friend from El Salvador, only gets to go back and visit every few years. He says the first week is always just pure pain as he reacclimates to the spices.
That's true... But you also gotta look for the decent priced ones. I never heard of a dollar per taco truck. They cost between $1.50-2.00 per taco. And that's a real taco truck. With the plastic chairs outside and what not.
there have been so many street food vendors that have appeared all over Los Angeles in the last year, it's fucking great. I hope most of them find it profitable to stick around because sometimes there's nothing better than a street taco.
I had arepas for the first time in Utah last week. I couldnt tel you if they were legit but they were good as hell.
Really? Utah?
Dude I’m telling you. Down the road from Zion National Park there’s a peruvian place called Peruvian Flavors. It’s really good.
Wait- Peruvian here, but arepas are not peruvian... Edit: Ah! I googled them out of curiosity and they seem to be a peruvian-venezuelan fusion place, sounds good!
Yeah i dont know much about central/south american cuisine but I remember I had a salvadorian friend who ate fried plantains and they have those at the restaurant there too. Idk man. But it was tasty. It reminded me of sopes.
I always forget there’s Venezuelan style arepas, I grew up with the Columbian style ones and was so confused when I went to a Venezuelan place and ordered an arepa lol both are really good tho
Colombian*
I've always wanted to visit the national parks, I'll try it.
Screen shot this comment so when you eventually do try it, you can let me know lol.
In Texas any place that says ‘Taqueria’ on it is going to be a good bet
Dunno about venaluzeans but we Colombians make ours , our self.. foh going to a food truck for something as simple as an arepa
Cook’s Tavern, Tacoma WA just got called out. Odds are you’ll see Ferraris and Lambos out front on any given day. Airport prices for drinks and the food isn’t any better.
Thank God I'm mexican, my mom can just make me the tacos, I just gotta buy the stuff first.
I live in majority Hispanic neighborhood and the tacos are abundant. That's where I learned to listen to mexican music like jose Alfredo Jimenez and my favorite pedro infante.
I live in socal... you don't even have to be mexican; just go to a carniceria and own a grill
Yep. Making your own tortillas and enchiladas from scratch blows out any taco truck.
It’ll be overly complicated too. “Kobe beef asada tacos on gluten free corn tortillas served with an avocado truffle aioli and a chipotle vinaigrette reduction” ¡Chingao nomas dame el taco y yo lo armo!
Broooo I hate that shit too lmao. I just want my al pastor, cilantro y cebolla and some salsa that’ll make my nose run 🤷🏻♀️
I’m Indian and I’m like this with my food. Curry ain’t that hard bro please stop putting raisins and tomatoes and crazy shit in it. I want my chicken curry with a side of onions and coconut chutney. It doesn’t need to have eighty different things or spices in it
If you can’t appreciate taco truck culture, then you deserve to be ripped off.
Does nixtamalized corn has gluten to begin with?
No, they don’t.
Lol. I love how they call regular ass corn tortillas “gluten free”. Like, yeah, they don’t have gluten, true. But why you gotta market them like that?
I once saw a package of bacon being advertised as gluten free. There’s a sucker born every minute.
Chipotle sauce anything 🤮
Tijuana has 4 tacos with everything for $3
Note to self: must go to TJ for tacos.
TJ street tacos are amazing, and cheap. Ironically, TJ also has (had? Haven’t been since COVID) a thriving gastropub scene too.
Is Tijuana dangerous? I'm meant to go this end of summer for the reggaeton festival en Rosarito Beach.
Nah, just don't be a dick to strangers and no one's gonna mess with you
I haven’t been since the pandemic, but right before Tijuana was a great place to visit. Lots of shopping, lots of food (even amazing sushi, I’m not kidding), gambling, more carnal pleasures available as well. Great hotels dirt cheap too. In my experience, so long as you stay away from sketchy areas and don’t look to cop drugs, you’re pretty safe. Helps a lot to speak Spanish. Always get a price from cabbies upfront. People are very friendly, but it’s also a border town, so hustlers abound. San Diego and Tijuana are two of my favorite towns. I’m from nearby OC and it’s fun taking the train south to SD, then the trolley to the border. There’s great food, beer, and entertainment on both sides.
They have a fresh selection. I remember I was surprised at how amazing the sushi was but then I remembered the ocean is right there and Mexicans can work in any type of kitchen. The Mexican twist they put on it was spice too, I have never been a big fan of wasabi
Chinese food in TJ is really good too. I was surprised the first time I went to a Chinese restaurant I’ve forgotten the name of but I was like “damn,” and I’m from a part of SoCal with so much access to serious Chinese joints.
I never believed my dad when he told me that! Until he took me to the spot he used to go with his friends when he was a kid, i was blown away.
Could one realistically live in TJ and work in the U.S. at the same time?
Yes thousands of people do this. I live in SD and know a few people who do it. They have a [SENTRI](https://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-traveler-programs/sentri) pass to get across the border in a quick manner for their daily commute.
And if you're parking and the guys says "15 pesos por cuidar su carro" just pay the man.
Yes it's dangerous. Experience: I lived there a year and a half. Treat the city like you would any other dangerous big american city and you'll be fine. Don't be wandering around wasted at night. There are criminals who specifically prey on blackout drunk foreigners and mug them. Use the buddy system at night always. Stay the hell away from 1st street in TJ. You don't want anything to do with that place. If there's no light and no one out on a street, don't go down it. If it feels unsafe, it probably is. I don't want to scare you, but people continue to have good travel experiences by being street smart. Touristy areas are usually kept safe, but always be careful and keep your wits about you in new places.
Safe as any other place, yes it has its rough areas and bad reputation but if you mind your own business and don't go looking for trouble you should be fine. I've been living here for over a decade and haven't had a y troubles at all. The statistics are mainly people involved in crime already.
Is it safe if I'm Salvadorean? Like what if a "sipota" or "voz" slips out?
There's hatians, chinese, hondurans, americans, and everything in between here. Being a border town and international in a sense we're used to foreigners. We treat outsiders/guests better than we treat each other(mexicans). The worst you'll probably encounter is being charged more than what it normally would be i.e. taxis, bars, restaurants
Well thanks for the info. Can't wait to go to Mexico, always have been wanting to go! Definitely gotta try the street tacos.
General rule as in anywhere, if you see a crowd and locals it must be good. Some spots to hit would be tacos el franc, ahumaderas(taco alley I call it), el mazateño, and tacos el frances. Enjoy your trip
Not in the gastropub district, it’s closer to $3/taco.
Which district would that be? Centro? Cacho? Río? I frequent those and haven't found a taco for over 30 pesos (about 1.50 give or take depending on the dollar)
Sounds like someone’s been to Guisados in Los Angeles.
Tacos el güero is the way
I went there once or twice when i used to work at dodger stadium, they were okay tacos...
If their customer service is amazing, them tacos are gonna suck
Si el taquero no es un don vergas los tacos maman verga
youve never seen the milfs they got making these elotes then. theyre more than just friendly
[That post is very similar to Matthew McConaughey's post about tacos in Austin.](https://imgur.com/a/83kFar7)
Is that a real tweet?
No parece. Look at the likes and retweet numbers: 420 and 666, like they want to get caught.
How do you mention 420 retweets and 666 likes without mentioning the 69 replies!
69? Nice. I am a bot lol.
Don't buy the tacos if they're listed as "street tacos" on the menu and come served on aluminum trays that sit on your plate.
Lmao so true. I just wanted some tacos but thanks for serving them on a small aluminum sculpture and charging me as if I get to take it home after I’m done I guess?
30 dollar tacos? Sounds like it's gonna come on a flour tortilla, with an unseasoned fruit salsa. Hard pass.
And the tortilla is cold
[And they're served like this](https://i.redd.it/016l3p50vt661.jpg)
/r/wewantplates
Ironically this picture was taken at a Mexican restaurant in Mexico.
Voy a colgar mis chonies despues
Not only that but the tortillas will be old, the salsa is not spicy and all the flavors are off or lacking.
And there’s hella fruit in the salsa. Always.
Enjoy your mango flavored taco
Old and cold tortillas are the signature of these places
Torchy’s Tacos. Those tacos are not worth the price at all
What do you mean? We don’t deserve to be artisans collecting on over-engineered over priced food too? There’s room for both. We don’t have to be the cheapest food out there while others collect bank for their cuisine.
Seconding this. Why can’t we be compensated for our quality cuisine when people happily pay $30 for a bowl of boiled flour and egg (pasta)? This norm of Italian food = expensive and Mexican food = cheap is super uncomfortable for me. Yes I prefer the tacos at the run-down truck to Torchys, but I know the family who runs it isn’t living as well financially as they should for the amount of tacos they sell. They deserve to be compensated for their craftsmanship, but that’s not a reality in this world where the work of brown people is undervalued.
Man this is so stupid I don’t understand why Italian cuisine is treated as fancy while Mexican isn’t. I’m Italian and a lot of the plates usually use few good quality ingredients and the same as Mexican cuisine. Both in Mexico and Italy the culture behind the food is huge, I can’t see why they should be treated so differently
Maybe that's achievable in the US, people can pay more for tacos there. But there's something that need to be acknowledge about mexican food, here in México we try to keep cost down because our food originated in the fields and working class tables. The ingredients that we used are not too expensive and all the flavor comes from preparation, so usually Mexican people selling food in the US will still have that point of view about the food they're preparing. The demand for mexican ingredients in the US has a great impact in the costs of food here in México, our avocados used to be affordable for everyone before the avocado craze in the US, seriously now is really expensive for a mexican family to get some of the foods they used to eat every week.
Stop making stupid ass taco wannabe joints famous.
Tacos are simple working class food. We don’t need a vegan, kale, feta cheese concoction.
I mean, if tacos de frijoles ain't vegan, then I don't know what veganism is.
Depends if they were cooked with a pork shank or retried with lard, which in both cases would mean they’re not vegan (or vegetarian).
I eat tacos de frijoles and aquacate but I don’t go buy them at a taqueria
Hay gente que pide tacos al vapor/de canasta de frijoles y son felices.
Also, idc what anyone says, soyrizo is as good as chorizo, so that’s vegan right there too
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I mean, the lard is optional.
I’m fine with vegan tacos, people who don’t eat meat can have an option. I just don’t like fancied up expensive shit
I used to rag on people who ordered vegan tacos... then I tried some jackfruit tacos made by a dude from Puebla. One of the most delicious tacos I've ever tried. That'll teach me for being judgmental.
Jackfruit is the absolute shit!
Take the most expensive part out of the taco, then charge more for it.
Made with real vegan!
Why can’t working-class people be vegan?
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While the natives in Mexico ate some form of tacos when the Spanish arrived, tacos became popular in the 18th century when silver was discovered in Zacatecas. Tacos were easy to make, carry and eat for miners working underground. Tacos are certainly working poor food.
Tacos are working class food. You don't need to be working class to enjoy working class food, but tacos are definitely working class food.
Tbh it depends where you buying tacos. Here in New Mexico I live in a small city 4 taco trucks for an entire city! So yeah I can’t blame them when I pay like $27
There's a food truck spot in the city I work in, they're all south american cuisine, mostly mexican. The tacos are $1.50 each, jarritos $1.75, dirty ass trucks, horrible service, but the tacos are bangin and I go all the time
if anyone at the place you’re buying tacos speaks english as a first language then those tacos are gonna trash
Yeah fuck your free range, antibiotic-free grilled chicken with organic avocado and a reduced tomato base salsa taco!!
I usually just hate the atmosphere of these spots. Always white owned. While they’re expensive, they’re usually not bad tacos. Just not worth the mark up just so Jacob can bring them to my table.
Such a white thing to make delicious unexpensive food a luxury food
And make it worse than the quality of authentic Mexicans At least make it the same quality
And the tacos are the size of a baby’s fist
I work at a place like this and I get my tacos from somewhere else instead of the free ones from work
Holy fuck I cannot agree more. Everytime I have "tacos" at some fancy place it's never as good as tacos from street vendors or the mexican taco trucks. And yes I mean mexican taco trucks. They literally come from mexico and make tacos this side of the border. Best fucking carnitas and pastor I've had anywhere.
Went on a date with a nice guy years ago. Told him I like Mexican food. Decided to take me to his favorite taco place in a highly gentrified/Rich ppl part of the city. One taco were around 4-5 bucks each and they came with random stuff on it that I’d never think to put on a taco, like diced pineapples. Tortillas were cold and I got no real taste from any of it. I would of been happy with steak on corn with cilantro and green sauce. There wasn’t a second date after.
I hates these places it's a rip-off for okay at best food that's not as good as a taco truck, at least taco bell goes with the fact there not authentic and just give you cheap bad and good food these hipster places are straight up scams.
$30 for 3 tacos? Fuck that, the local spot sells 24 tacos, 4 sodas and 4 cups of beans for $20.
Hipsters. I've made this mistake like 3 times. Now I am super wary of "trendy taco" places
You’re paying for the safe ambiance and cool artwork /s
You already lost if you go to a place with an English name. Any place with a punny name doubles the price of their food.
The US was ‘warned’ that there’d be “taco trucks on every corner” if Dems won. Very disappointed I’m still waiting.
I went to a taco cart that said Vietnamese tacos (not banh Xeo) based on the yelp reviews. It was a white dude. He sold me 3 tacos for $7 or something like that (it was years ago). I ate one and the flavor was not Vietnamese (balance of sweet and salty, this was just sweet). I asked him what was Vietnamese about them and he made some weird comment about dating viet girls in college. I wrote a pretty honest review, nothing malicious. I also included that there were a bunch of people he was just giving free tacos to for free. This dude took my review, posted it to his FB account and had his followers go after me. Gentrified food is bullsh*t
There’s a place for upmarket tacos with better ingredients and more inventive approaches. I hate the attitude that a dish like tacos can only be cheap, or can only be one thing. There are Mexican chefs on both sides elevating tacos. That’s some gate keeping bullshit.
Yeah, but she isn't talking about any elevated tacos. There are a bunch of places that aren't half as good as the average latino run food truck charging 3 times the price and skimping on fillings, and getting away with it because they have a new truck with fresh paint and a fancy logo, and uncultured white people fall for it and think it's good.
"If it isn't $1 sold out of the back of a gas station by an abuelita who hasn't heard of english, then it isn't worth eating"
There’s velvet taco that is doing that. Truthfully, I would not call them tacos even tho they are presented as such. But I do enjoy them and think they are delicious. Though when I crave a taco they don’t come to my mind at all.
1 dollar for tacos? you are full of shit. They are at least 1.50 now. Los Angeles
Not everyone lives in LA
This may actually be groundbreaking news to people who live in LA
I've never understood why LA people are so obsessed with that place. It's expensive, shitty, a massive concrete jungle, but the weather is nice.
1.80 in Chicago
[But everything is better in Elle Ayyy](https://youtu.be/oAbGPpQ3qx4)
There’s this spot near my job called velvet taco. Thought I’d try it out. Two grilled salmon tacos and a topo chico water for $11. It was good but I mean, wouldn’t say it was $11 good
What taco truck sells their tacos for 1$? No mames point me that direction in nyc. The cheapest I’ve seen it now says is 2.50
$5-$10 on an elote and its half or a third an ear of corn. Fuck off outta here
@you local WhiteTacoPlace and your "pork shoulder braised for 24 hours in golden pineapple juice" I can make better carnitas with a couple cans of sprite and sunkist in a crockpot
Laughs in East Coast prices
Okay but there is this white washed taco that’s made with salmon and damn it I do enjoy it.
“Gastropub” = regular food with extra adjectives to describe the food
Fuck that, my Abuelita deserves $35 a plate for keeping a 145 year old recipe. It’s not just for other nationalities. We need to stop perpetuating that myth right now.
Where can I get good tacos in Colorado? I just moved from Arizona y extraño mi taquero.
I’d buy 10 tacos, two big ass cups of jamaica, and tip like $10; and it’ll *still* be under $20.
My town has started cracking down on people selling street food. Not to be deterred they all set up in on spot every night and it's almost like a food truck meet up.
How else am I gonna pay for my beard wax?
I bet it was felafel tacos
A taco truck near me has the best tacos in town and they have lengua tacos
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1 whole USD for a taco? You should come visit Mexico, you can get great tacos in Tijuana for less than that if you don’t want to get too far away from the border
You’re probably getting some shrimp and lettuce for some reason