I and I always say, the best food be made with one love and positive vibrations. Jah loves tacos. And now, 2 of his more enterprising children have created Rasta Taco. Them be a restaurant and taco cart movement in California mon, combining da rasta lifestyle with mexican food.

Chappy here be gearing up for a west coast exodus with Moving Matter this munt mon, and he be doin him some California taco research. After reading the review over at the DreadHead Times blog, him think this joint might posess the best tacos this side of Zion. Dem gots plenty of menu selections for which to lively up yourself, items such as the Pato Potato Taco and Eek-a-Mouse Quesadilla, this place be taking taco fusion to a new level mon. Hopefully dem food wont burn and loot your bowels either. and if dem belly not full, dem can even finish dem meal with a Jah-colate Chip Cookie! Respect. [Review from dreadheadtimes.com here]

while browsing Roadfood.com the other day, I stumbled upon our namesake in restaurant form - a taco destination hidden in the unlikely state of Nebraska. Taco Town, the restaurant, claims that is the “tac-0 the town” and roadfood critic Michael Stern agreed. Looks like an OK joint, respect. [full review here]

The Austinist has posted a review of their favorite ATX vegitarian breakfast tacos.. with the infamous Dirty Sanchez from Torchy’s landing at the top of the pile..heres an interesting comment from 1 reader:

Speaking of, not to be all nit-picky, but vegetarians can’t eat egg. Egg is meat. Egg is pre-animal, not animal lactate. Egg is meat for the same reason aborted fetuses aren’t breast milk and semen isn’t yogurt. Sorry to be all gross, but eggs are gross.

well put. but  let me add, soyrizo is excrement.

The folks at Apartment Food Hobos have reviewed the gorditas at the little Taco truck on Airport called La Canaria. hard to miss- its bright yellow. Anyway- this gordita looks mighty tasty. Check it out>

Cabeza

SAZON
1816 S Lamar Blvd
Austin, TX 78704 | (512) 326-4395
official website

Taco Town hasn’t tried Sazon (yet), but the other bloggers have and they’re weighing in- Metroblogging Austin gives a quick but informative review of this newish South Lamar joint. They love the mole and the margaritas. Full review here >

for even more opinions try the Yelp entry for Sazon

UPDATE: We finally tried Sazon for lunch the other day: i had the  Pollo En Pipian: a tender chicken leg, smothered in a greenish pumpkin seed sauce, served with rice and fresh corn tortillas.  The dish was very interesting, though i probably would not order it again.  Maybe just not my bag.  I did eat the whole thing though.  The service was outstanding and the atmosphere was nice too.  Return trip is needed for the full review, but it looks very good so far. - Cabeza

Metroblogging Austin gets a quickie review in of Jorge’s..they were spurred by an extensive review done by the Austin Chronicle….all good, but if you want an account thats “from da streets”.. you best check out Taco Town’s reviews #1 and #2

dont forget the brisket taco review we did as well..  tacotown on the beat.. we got your back.

The great Robb Walsh recently wrapped up a mini-series of Houstoned blog reviews on Houston taco trucks entitled the Taco Truck Gourmet.

Need credentials? Robb’s the founder of the Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival, Lead Food Critic for The Houston Press and author of several books including The Tex-Mex Cookbook. If you thought taco journalism was a relatively safe form of reporting- think again. The seedy, nomadic and oft-times unsanitary world of taco trucks has claimed the bowels of more than one taco explorer. Mystery meats abound- Robb even tried sweetbread tacos for Christ’s sake…so move over Geraldo, there’s a new face on the front lines of batlleground taco journalism. Taco Town salutes you Robb Walsh!

Below: highlights from Robb’s blog mini-series, Taco Truck Gourmet:

Taqueria Tacambaro [2520 Airline Drive - behind Canino Produce]
The sweetbreads were white and just barely cooked through. They had a delightfully mild flavor and a lovely fluffy texture that might remind you of the filling of a German veal sausage, like bratwurst or weisswurst. The tartness of the lime juice and sweetness of the onion were beautiful complements. But it was the addition of that dark brown salsa that made me close my eyes and sigh. Full Post…

El Mapache III [Renwick Dr & Gulfton St]
The barbacoa taco was by far the best –a huge mound of hot cheek meat nicely shredded and very moist. I was offered my choice of flour or corn tortillas, which is pretty unusual. I went for corn. The salsa was a thick and creamy green concoction and it packed a major kick. The truck also sells roast chickens and the beans are free on the weekend. Full Post…

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Houston is BIG.  And Cabeza has but one stomach.  I was happy to find out some other Houston blogs have joined the taco review party.  Shit, the more the merrier.  The Houstonist Bites gives a berry favorable review to this unassuming Heights joint.

Chilosos has six varieties of breakfast tacos, all of which are $1.35 (add $0.30 for additional toppings). As we walked up to the counter to place our order, we were greeted with a smile and could see the fresh tacos being prepared in the background. We opted for one bacon, egg, and cheese (for comparison purposes) and one chorizo, egg, cheese and guacamole. Although there were no chips and salsa to munch on while we waited, we did enjoy the checking out the house’s decor…Full Review>

Another blog called Food In Houston skews their review of Chilosos to the lunch fare with equal enthusiasm. they say:

The breakfast tacos are good, but my favorites are two lunch tacos: carne guisada and puerco en salsa verde. Carne guisada is a stew of beef tips in gravy. Chilosos’ version does not have quite as much cumin as my favorite carne guisada recipes, but it is far above average. Even better is the puerco en salsa verde, chunks of pork in a mild green salsa. This thick, yummy salsa is not as spicy as I might expect, but it is full of flavor. Chilosos also makes a good chicken fajita taco, which is greatly improved by a liberal dousing of the salsa verde. Although the default tortillas are flour, I prefer the corn tortillas which are thick and taste homemade…Full Review>

Chilosos Taco House
701 E 20th St
713.868.2273
Mon.-Sat. 7am - 4pm