Official Rating: Urban Taco

And with this last official rating in, Urban Taco took 2nd place overall with 7.83 / 10 possible points.




Anonymous Comments:

"The shrimp and pastor tacos were excellent."

"Great taco selection, delicious chips and salsa, and great tacos. They even gave us separate checks. Can we go back?"

"Freakin awesome. Without a doubt, best experience of the tour. That's it, I'm done."

"Boo, Urban Tacblow."

"Great tacos! Very nice atmosphere! The Ahi Tuna and Barbacoa were delicious and I would also recommend the blanco beans."

"OVERrated....clap, clap, clap, clap, clap....OVERrated. A little too Dallas for me."

"Tacos were alright, but service was horribly slow. It wasn't even busy in there!"


And for all of our dedicated readers, don't blog on next week because we won't be eating any tacos.

Urban Taco

Endings are always bittersweet. Even though we have enjoyed trying new taco places around town, I have a feeling that most of us won't be eating tacos anytime soon. At least not together. JK...sort of :)

For our last stop we tried Urban Taco, a much more upscale and trendy taqueria located in Mockingbird Station. This place should definitely get points for ambiance since, unlike some of our past visits, Urban Taco has tables, chairs, and large cushy couches.

Urban Taco's broad menu offers many mexican dishes from traditional tacos to tortas (sandwiches). Their specialty tacos include the dos equis amber barbacoa, pollo con mole, and al pastor.

Here are our pictures:

Part of the menu

The 4 of us who wore our Taco Tuesday shirts

The other 4 who didn't

Chips and salsas

It says "Create an Urban Taco tweet, show one of our staff members and receive a complimentary churro con canela!"

Official Rating coming soon!

Urban Taco
5331 East Mockingbird Lane
Suite 125
Dallas, Texas 75206
214.823.4723

Official Rating - Desperados

The official rating for Desperados is....

7.44 / 10 possible points

The Desperados Tacos

Anonymous Comments:

"The Desperados Tacos were delicious. I would recommend them. The beef was a little greasy, so if you're wanting to be healthier order the chicken. P.S. This was definitely the fanciest place we have been."

"Deduction on atmosphere because it is not a stand in the middle of a parking lot. Meal was yummy to my tummy. Loved the crunch."

"Eh, it was ok."

"Great fun! So, so taco."

"The brisket tacos left a lot to be desired."

"Though I have no point of reference, these tacos were yummy. Greasy but yummy. It was an honor just being nominated for a Tuesday invite." - From our guest judge :)

Blog on next week for our final stop on the 2009 Taco Tuesday Tour, Urban Taco!

Desperados

Today's lunch took us to a very familiar part of town for most of the SMU alumni. Desperados, located on Greenville Ave just a little north of University, has been around since 1976. The outside looks kind of like the Alamo as Mike pointed out.

Most of us ordered the "Desperados Tacos," their self-proclaimed most popular dish, which are just liked normal Tex-Mex tacos but with a crispy (semi-fried) flour tortilla.


Here are our pics:

Becky was the only one to wear her Quad T shirt today!


Celebrity photos on the wall


Their awards from the 90s


The large outdoor patio, if only it wasn't rainy and gross today


The front of Desperados

Desperados Restaurant
4818 Greenville Ave
Dallas, Texas 75206
214.363.1805

Official Rating - Los Lupes

Official Rating - 7.21/10 points

Chicken fajita taco

Egg and potato breakfast taco

Anonymous Comments:

"The egg, potato, and bacon breakfast taco was the best taco I have had so far."

"Oversized tacos but bland. Clean and festive atmosphere. More gringos in one place than I've seen in all other joints combined. (Not a good sign.)"

"This place is a hidden gem! Very clean, friendly service, and delicious tacos. The egg and sausage breakfast tacos was one of the best I have ever had!"

"Greasy but good. The free chips and salsa, music, and ability to eat while seated made this a pleasant Taco Tuesday experience."

"mmmmm...mmm...good!"

"No corn makes me happy. Magic gumballs make me happier. Stew tacos make me sad."

Blog on next week for our visit to Desperado's on Greenville Ave!

Los Lupes

Today our lunch took us to Los Lupes Mexican Restaurant at the corner of Industrial and Cole. This place is only open for breakfast and lunch with a wide variety of breakfast tacos served all day.

In the large dining room (only open until 1pm), large chandeliers hang from the ceiling and bright colors adorn the walls. From the size of the room, I am guessing they get a ton of business on the weekends. I can image it being filled with people, tacos, and a mariachi band.

The tacos are made with soft flour tortillas which was a nice change after mostly corn on the tour. The breakfast tacos seem to be their specialty, but there were other traditional Mexican meals available to order. More reviews on Yelp.

Here are our photos:

Mike made a friend

Magic Gumballs?

Yum!

Los Lupes
1400 N Industrial Blvd.
Dallas, Texas 75207
214.939.3725

Official Rating - Tacos El Guero

The official rating for the day of confusion...

6.32 / 10 possible points


Anonymous Comments:

"Does not paying attention when you place your order count as lack of atmosphere?"

"The menu here was very confusing. I think we were all wondering exactly what we were eating. The tacos were not the best I have tasted on this tour. They people there were friendly and you get a free taco when you walk in, so they got points for that."

"Mildly traumatizing. Saw meat being scraped from bones and accidentally ordered Cabeza tacos. The free sample tacos were decent...whatever those were!"

"The meat was fatty. The place was cozy and clean but small. They get a bonus for offering a free sample."

"Sir, if you think giving me free taco samples is going to influence my score...you'd be absolutely correct."

"The place was cramped, ordering was confusing and although one taco was great, the fat in the last one canceled it out."

"At this point all these damn tacos taste the same to me. However, the salsa at El Guero was damn good, so their overall taste rating was higher than normal. While I appreciate the free taco sample provided during my order, the language barrier proved too much for me and the chef. I was trying to order 'three tacos,' he thought I was saying 'beef tacos,' I was confused by the 'free taco,' and I think it's possible I could have left with 'Lee's tacos.' Net net, the tacos were good, but not the greatest."

Blog on next week for our visit to Los Lupes!