2009 Taco Tuesday Tour: October 2009

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

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

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

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: