This little gem is on 9th street. Working in New York on Father's Day, what to do, what to do. I was very fortunate the my cousin with a pretty amazing name had some free time. She came by my work and we went on a walk through Midtown, New York. It was a nice break during downtime at the restaurant. We shared stories, caught up and had a fantastic time. Don't worry, I got an unflattering picture of her and I will share it. We almost hit up a Philly Cheese Steak place, but she saw this and well, yeah, you know where we went. We made the prudent choice. Not too big in there, so you know they aren't wasting time and or space.
Narrow space, nice guy working the register. Place was pretty full when we got there and seemed to be humming with locals pretty much the entire time that we were there chatting and eating. The scariest part of this trip was the lady at the table next to us. Her eyebrows were painted on in the scariest way possible. I would have feared for my life if it was any darker outside. I could not get a picture of them, but found this on the internet, close enough, just imagine, uglier, more ghetto and scarier...
Yeah, no one needs to do that to themselves, it is not hot or attractive. However, the menu was nice and had nice graphics.
Look how colorful and pretty that is. There is the address if you are using your GPS to find this place because you are lost in New York and want to follow in my taco eating footsteps. Did not get much food, it was hot, we were walking, I had been working and was heading back to work. Eleni went for a tostada, you'll never guess what I had...
RATINGS:
BARBACOA: 3, yes, it was made with goat and I was so happy. Very nicely done. Slightly on the tough side. I think that they cooked it just a little bit too high of heat, but the flavor on it was good.
SUADERO: 4, oh man this was good. Super, duper good. It had a little bit of the fat on there, it was cooked and then thrown on the flat top to crisp the outsides a little bit. Oh heck, that was fantastic! I was so happy that I got this.
AVACADO SALSA: 4, they put this bad boy right on the tacos and it was enough to get the flavors, spice and salt and just enough to make you just crave more but not over power the meat and tortillas.
SALSA VERDE: 3, came on the side and was good. A bit sweet, with mild spice, but overall good flavor. The dark color to it makes me think that they did it in large bulk and it is sitting in the back. The bolder flavors says that I got the bottom of the barrel and that is great in my book!
That nasty diet Coke belonged to my cousin. I know I need to teach her to drink better things. All in good time my friends, I am still introducing her to The Order and how to hunt, attack and enjoy excellent tacos anywhere you go. The place has good hot sauces on the table and like I said, pretty darn tasty. Biggest suggestion, drop the price a bit, yes I know you are in Manhattan, and give a little bit smaller of a portion. I would have had a third taco, spent more money and been happier, with the food. Here is a copy of the menu so that you know what you are going to get when you get there when you go.
Pretty cool huh? What was my favorite part? Was it that the grade was still "pending" at the place? No. Was it the company? I do always say that it doesn't matter where you eat, but who it's with, but sadly no. Don't get me wrong, I cannot thank Eleni enough for tacositting me today. I was missing the kids and my dad on Father's Day and it was great that my cousin came out, met me and we got to spend sometime. Quality time and really talk. I really did need it. So what could it have been?
Thank you to everyone for the emails, re-posts, re-tweets and telling your friends. Thank you for reading. Before I go, as I'm sure you know there is always that goodbye/gratuitous photo. This was my favorite part, catching this look on this photo. Confused, bewildered, you be the judge.
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