The taco truck: San Antonio's answer to the mobile cup-cakery of... everywhere else. The first time I met one of these vehicles of deliciousness was a couple years back at a backyard party featuring Lucha Libre, a tequila bar, and mariachis. El Tacomiendo, one of our best & brightest, was catering. I was the guest-of-a-guest, and if we weren't headed immediately to a playoff game the night could have gotten real ugly, real fast.
Ever since then I've endeavored to meet the ladies behind the wheel/on the grill regularly. Our rendezvous typically occur at Artpace's Taco Truck Fridays, which runs year-round rain-or-shine (a testament to one of the beautiful things about winters in South Texas... you’ve got a coin flips chance of waking up on any given morning to blue skies and 68-degrees).
Ever since then I've endeavored to meet the ladies behind the wheel/on the grill regularly. Our rendezvous typically occur at Artpace's Taco Truck Fridays, which runs year-round rain-or-shine (a testament to one of the beautiful things about winters in South Texas... you’ve got a coin flips chance of waking up on any given morning to blue skies and 68-degrees).
Each week, as the clock strikes noon, El Tacomiendo sidles up next to the courtyard and takes orders for two hours, cranking out, among other things, tacos al pastor, tortas de carnitas, and shrimp tostadas; the cheese enchiladas are also hard to beat if you're looking to keep it simple. Wash it all down with Mexican Coke and Topo Chico, gaze at the hipsters enjoying themselves in the shadows of an artistically-driven creative laboratory, and thank the gods above that you're not suffering through a Chicago winter (we laugh now, they laugh in August).
EL TACOMIENDO
210/843-1735
better call for hours and location…
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