Not that I had put much thought into it, but I did not think I would ever turn down easily accessible BBQ for tacos that were a drive away. I guess looking back on how I am drawn to fresh, authentic tacos at previously unknown locations I should not be that surprised. It certainly helped that Jackie and Jim not only vouched for the goodness of the food, but drove us there as well.
I should back up a bit to the BBQ option before moving on.
A view early on (from above)
Since the weather was just awesome on Saturday we (The Wife, Jackie, Jim, & little Elizabeth) decided to go downtown for the 4th Annual City of Orlando Blues B-Q. Surely you can guess that good music and meat products were plentiful. The smell in the air was just awesome.
A view from the ground
After seeing a few of the Cleveland Cavaliers grabbing some food (they were in town for a game and their hotel was across the street) we decided to pass up the BBQ on hand for the opportunity to have what we were told were can’t miss tacos. Maybe I was the only one who decided that, but regardless we left the festival and headed further south.
Passed on one of our favorites
This is another situation where pictures will tell the story best, but I will say that The Wife and I ordered one taco for each of the meat options on this board:
Always wanted to order one of everything.
That seems like a lot, but we could not decide on what to leave out, they are relatively small, and it was our first time there so we wanted to take in as much in as possible. Had I known at the time that our chauffeurs that day would be picking up the tab I may have shown more restraint. A huge thank you to Jim and Jackie for bringing us along and treating us to some great food!
Very good orange soda.
Though The Wife did not enjoy a few of them because of the texture, the lengua was a solid favorite for both of us and the chicharron and tripa were a nice surprise for me. The bar of taco toppings and hot sauces was the perfect accompaniment to the meal. Since we enjoyed so many of them I am not sure if we narrowed the list down much for our next visit.
One of the plates of goodness.
Choose your toppings.
And yes, there will be a next visit!
Great blog. Can you tell me where this taco place is? I’m dying for decent mexican food here in town.
I wish I could tell you the exact address and name of the place, but I don’t really know. If you are traveling west on I-4 (from Orlando) and take the OBT exit, it is only a mile or two off the exit on OBT (on the right). I will pay better attention next time to be able to tell you the exact location. Sorry!