Taco Mexico

TACO MEXICO

11221 Lake June Rd

Balch Springs, TX 75180-1219

(972) 329-7157

Late night hankering for some barbacoa. Barbacoa is phenomenal. The barbacoa at taco mexico is bland. You could throw some salt and lime and cilantro and onion on it and try to ignore the flavor of the meat itself, however, it can be quite difficult if the barbacoa is cold. Now, I don't like to write off a restaurant just because one menu item was distasteful, but I have no problem saying that this restaurant may at best have a few gems.

We pulled into the parking lot, excited about trying a new mexican place. The lot was small, and full, good sign. Inside the atmosphere was semi authentic. The tables and chairs were all unique, solid wood, and seemingly hand crafted. Just inside the front door is the register you will have to approach when you are ready to leave. (your underage and very nervous waiter will neglect to bring you your check... for a while... so, you will have to make it happen) To the right there is the kitchen, which you can see into through a glass display. You will see about 8 people working diligently over grills and prep tables. (Those are the people who drive those car in the parking lot because there is only one other party eating in the dining area.) Our waiter nervously asked us to sit wherever we wanted. Then he nervously took our drink orders. My water arrived with my straw already in my cup. The top of the wrapper was left on my straw. It was soaked and I had to peel the paper off of my straw and dig part of it out of my water. He brought us chips and three different kinds of salsa. We inquired about the difference between the salsas. The only information he could provide was that the green one was the hottest. Which was true, but it was really just the one that had the strongest flavor of jalapeno. All three were bland and barely mild. The chips were so greasy and oily that we couldn't eat them. It was as if they had just cooked them for too long at too low a temperature.

We placed our order.

The waiter said, and I quote, "Okay, Thank you. When your food is ready I will bring it out to you to your table."

Obviously... man.

I had two barbacoa tacos and charro beans.

You've heard about the barbacoa.

We were a party of three and we all agree... bad barbacoa.

The charro beans were made with vienna sausages instead of bacon fat.

SERIOUSLY!

Maybe I'm ignorant, but fuck that... VIENNA SAUSAGES!

so... I reallly think that's enough said and plenty to justify my rating of: .5 (for atmosphere)

LONG STORY SHORT: TACO MEXICO...

Okay concept/HORRIBLE food.