Emily Heller

Taco Tuesday

Joe and I have decided to do an unscientific survey of our neighborhood taco joints. The Mission is famous for the proliferation of Mexican restaurants, and sometimes it seems as though every other store front serves tacos, burritos, and tamales. Most residents of the Mission have a favorite spot or two and it is always easiest to go somewhere no farther than a block away.

However, it is my goal to find what I consider to be the best taco within a 10? block radius. We are evaluating on 5 criteria; overall, meat (or veggie option in my case), toppings, salsa, and wrapper (the tortilla). I was hoping we could hit three spots per session but after our maiden voyage, I think we will be going to two per evening. And of course Taco Tuesday can only happen on a Tuesday.

We struck out at the first two spots as famous La Palma Mexica-tessen was closed, and I was scared of Taqueria Vallarta because it looked like they only had steak, brains, tongue, and hip.  Upon further reading of Yelp, I was probably too quick to judge.  Perhaps we can try it another time.

We did manage to get tacos at Corneta and Tonayense Taqueria.  Further analysis of the results to follow once we have successfully conquered a few more Taco Tuesdays.  But exit polls reveal Tonayense was way better!

June 3rd, 2009 | 2 Comments »