I have made it my mission to try all the taco stands in Tyler.
So far the list is as follows:
GuerrosVine Street
This place is pretty good. They have a
Tres Leches cake
which is an absolute plus plus. The atmosphere is clean, nice, and a bit upscale for a taco stand. I had the Tacos and was happy.
JalpitaAlso on Vine
This one is behind
Guerros.
Guerros has carefully put up a fence to hide the small hole in the wall,
Jalpita. Once I had eaten there, the fence seemed like not only a reasonable defense, but a necessary one. The food at
Jalpita is crave worthy. If you are into decor, don't even bother. A place like this is only worthy of the true foodie, the foodie that will go to any lengths to get a good meal. I
recommend the chicken
quesadilla and chicken tacos on corn.
Jr.'s Taco'sLoop 323 (Near East Texas Brick)
You can only get beef at this taco stand. The
menu items include
Tortas, Tacos and
Qusadillas. This is by far the best beef tacos I have had in town.
El LugarTroup Hwy
This place is yummy. Who does not love El
Lugar. In Tyler right now this would be considered the chain of Taco stands. El
Lugar's have sprouted up all over even in, dare I say, south Tyler...
My favorite thing here is their
Quesadilla with all veg, no meat, or a taco made the same way.
El Pollo RegioValentine Street
El
Pollo Regio is somewhat of a Texas chain. They are known for their spicy whole chicken served with tortilla's, beans and sauce. Their chicken is off the hook. One whole one is enough for 2 hungry people or 3 regular. If you are
squeamish about chicken on the bone, a) you are not a true foodie, and b)
don't bother coming here.
Morelas TacoVine Street (going toward Gentry)
Looks like a family run Taco stand. It really is more on the periphery of being a taco stand with a sort of full restaurant
influence. None the less they have a hand written menu on the wall so it still qualifies as a taco stand for me. Tacos were mediocre. I tried a new thing though, Tacos Al
Pastore-- Tacos made with
pineapple.
Definitely worth a try. I give it another go and try different hand written menu items. Red and Green sauce on the
ok variety.
MLA Taco HouseCrockett Texas Across from the Courthouse
This Yummy place is a
kitchy convenience type store with a taco shop in the back. The orange
sauce it fab and
spicy to boot. I had
quesadillas and Erick had
barbacoa. Both were good.
Tony's Taco
On Vine street headed to the loop.
This place was not my favorite. I give it a C because the food was edible.
Chilada
On Hwy 271
This must have been an old truck stop or convenience store. The things I were highly impressed with were the clean bathrooms and kitchen. The cleanest I have seen at a taco stand to date. With that said -- clean does not necessarily good food make. I had three tacos a chicken one, a Tinga -- which is chicken in sauce, and beef. The two chicken tacos were edible and the beef was definitely not. The grade on chicken was a C and the beef was flat out flat line F! The tres leches cake was even bad!
Paisano's
Highway 271
Super Clean cute little place. I had a desebrada (shredded) beef taco and a chicken taco. Vanessa had chorizo, desebrada and Nopales (Cactus). E had the Barbacoa of course. He must have liked it because he had six. I liked my food and they had an orange sauce that was pretty good. I would go back here not only for the tacos that amazingly enough were only one dollar each, but to try other menu items as well.
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Los Charles Highway 271
Los Charles is a buffet but I heard they had good tacos so I made a trip. I had a chicken and beef and they were good. E had the Barbacoa and claims it is the best he has had yet. The flan was not worth the money. I make a better one, but then again my flan is rockin.
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