For our third outing as the MRS (Mexican Review Squad) we chose Tacos Mexico. It’s located at 1408 South Bascom Avenue just north of Hamilton Avenue in the Dick’s Center. You cannot miss the sign. We were attempting to find a hole-in-the-wall and we did just that.
This is a very small place. There were only three small tables inside but too large stacks of chairs (probably 30 chairs) don’t see why. There was also several tables on the front sidewalk area. It was not crowded at all when we went there but they did have a steady stream of customers.
The menu was very small, burritos, tacos, tortas, tostadas and maybe a few other things but that’s pretty much it. They have the traditional choices of meats, pollo, asada, chorizo, and they also had pork cheeks and beef tongue. No chips! I really wanted some chips. They have canned soda, bottled water, Jarritos and horchata. They only accept cash but there is an ATM inside if that’s all you’ve got.
They have one cook but the food came surprisingly quick. I had a asada tostada and a pollo tostada, both with extra lettuce. It was a corn tortilla with re-fried beans, meat, lettuce, sour cream, cheese and a tomato slice. Everything was good except the beans. They tasted EXACTLY like the canned beans from the super market and they may have been. The vegetables were very fresh and nice and cold. All-in-all the tostadas where okay, slightly above average. I also tried a asada taco which was delicious. I would get that next time.
The prices can’t be beat. Each tostada was $2.50 and was a good size. Two tacos are $1.70 and the burrito I think was $4.50. Drinks however are $1.00 per can.
They had a delicious salsa verde but I didn’t see any other varieties of salsa.
The staff was very friendly, didn’t speak much English but had no problem communicating. They also didn’t mind us louging around after our meal even though we took up 1/3 of the indoor seating (again it wasn’t too busy).
I would give this place 3.5 stars if possible and I will definitely be back. It’s perfect for a quick, cheap meal.