Super Taco
truck parked on 96th and Broadway
(6pm-late night)
Possible Swine flu pandemic grips nation with fingers pointed at Mexico and New York City has the most reported cases in US. I know, let’s goto the city to grab some real Mexican food actually prepared by Mexicans. Great idea! Only 2 brave souls accepted this grave task, bravely putting their lives in danger as well as their immediate familys’ by dutifully heeding Eatclub’s call to eat authentic. We survived but caught an incurable infection: Mexican food fever!
Fast and friendly staff
Super Taco is street food at it’s most evolved. It is indeed a truck parked on a corner with a full kitchen busily preparing fresh food as it is ordered. There is an expansive menu (though some knowledge of Mexican is required), a makeshift salsa bar with lime wedges, and even a counter for eating standing up. Somehow, this truck even manages to have a phone number for takeout orders. For cart comparison, 53rd & 6th Halal cart makes Super Taco look like white table cloth fine dining.
Three carnitas tacos
Steak, chicken, and al pastor tacos
We got tacos. Real tacos at $2 each: chicken, carnitas, al pastor, and steak. You get a double corn tortilla piled with your meat of choice, and a mountain of onions and cilantro. Slather on some red and green salsa, squeeze the lime wedge and savor this super taco. The fillings were all fresh but some definitely stood out. Carnitas were very cartilage-y and were an acquired taste. I am sure its authentic but it wasn’t for us. The steak was just average tasting but you shouldn’t expect top quality beef from a truck. The chicken was outstanding, clear tasting flavor and juicy enough to quench your thirst after crawling out of the Baja desert. Al pastor was the meatier and heavier alternative but just as good. Perfectly cooked marinated pork strips cooked up with a touch of pineapple. Drool. This truck is the real deal.
Good
The TACOS! @$2 a piece, why not try them all, especially the chicken and al pastor.
Large menu and open late. You can even call ahead for pickup.
Bad
Carnitas was like eating a taco filled with gristle
Ugly
You may not get swine flu from the food but perhaps from the cook.
Brucio
We stopped by Koronets near Columbia University for their infamous pizza slice. It was big. Quarter shown for reference.
1 large cheese slice for $3.50
2 responses so far ↓
Chris Ho // May 4, 2009 at 9:39 pm |
Are you kidding me?!? I used to live on 96th and Broadway and this sounds like the exact same taco truck I used to frequent. Amazingly they have not raised prices in the last 10+ years! I always used to get 2 Chorizo tacos to go.
Of all the Eatclub reviews so far, none has made me salivate more than this one.
Bruce Lee // May 4, 2009 at 10:48 pm |
I doubt there are 2 taco trucks like this in the same ‘hood. I gotta come back and try the Chorizo.