TNBear
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Post by TNBear on Mar 29, 2008 12:57:11 GMT -5
I read about this place in yesterdays paper and thought it sounded like my kind of place. I was very right.
It's a small and somewhat funky storefront in the 200 block of E. Main, across from the firehall and a parking lot away from Niedlovs Bakery. Inside it seems very clean though, and the lady who served us-probably the owner-speaks English and Spanish fluently.
The food is Salvadoran which is new to me. I ordered a lengua (tongue) papusa and a loroco(?) papusa. A papusa is a tortilla stuffed with cheese and another ingredient of your choice from a list of 6 or 8. Loroco is a green with a pleasant slightly astringent flavor. I also had a corn tamale, very good, slightly sweet wrapped in corn husk.
Mrs. Bear had a chicken tamale, which is cooked and served wrapped in a bannana leaf, it was quite good. She also had a pastor taco-here made with lamb-and a sausage papusa.
All the food was very tasty including the fried plantains and two salsas placed on our table when we sat. The best part is that all this food-I am still stuffed 2 hours after finishing-cost the paltry sum of $11.00 before tip. As they don't serve beer it would be almost impossible to spend a lot of money here. The most expensive item is the plate of the day, which looked to be some type of pork today, and is a huge plate of food.
Give it a try.
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cdojanet
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Post by cdojanet on Mar 29, 2008 13:27:05 GMT -5
They are my review that is coming out on Friday!
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TNBear
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Post by TNBear on Mar 29, 2008 14:52:53 GMT -5
I am looking forward to reading of your experience Janet. We had to go here today as next Saturday is already reserved for Rain.
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Post by cdojanet on Mar 29, 2008 21:25:28 GMT -5
We're looking forward to Rain Thai also. Hope they don't disappoint!
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Post by nobbynomates on Mar 31, 2008 16:15:31 GMT -5
I have been to Taco Rico numerous times and it is awesome. Definitely try a pupusa. The sausage tacos are really tasty too (and cheap!)
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Post by bluckarma on Mar 31, 2008 20:28:54 GMT -5
I'll have to check that place out. We have a Salvadoran restaurant here in Dalton that has Pupusa. The menu is a bit limited on items though. The food is good I just wish it had less Mexican and more Salvadoran.
Did they have the "slaw" as a side? That stuff is great.
I can't think of the name of the place here in Dalton, but it is on the Bypass just east of Cleveland Highway just off the North\West bound lanes.
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Post by Homebrew Dave on Mar 31, 2008 23:24:46 GMT -5
Caterer and I had dinner tonight at Rain. I am still basking in the glory of the meal and will write a review later on today. For now, it is time to get myself to bed.
Dave
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TNBear
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Post by TNBear on Apr 1, 2008 17:49:50 GMT -5
Taco Rico indeed includes the slaw-type side with the papusas.
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Post by rogue on Apr 1, 2008 20:00:28 GMT -5
Very good place...We went with a small group and our tab for a party of five was $40...Chicken taco was excellent. I got the sense that the tortilla was home made. I may have gone a little crazy with the fiery red salsa... Chorizo papusa was my favorite. Lots of gooey cheese. Topped with the chimichuri sauce it disappeared quickly. Sausage burrito was good but compared to the other things it was my least favorite. Fried plantains on the side and the slaw were interesting sides. Beans and rice were more ordinary. Only disappointment was the Coca Cola bottled in Honduras. It might have been bottled with the elusive cane syrup but it was flat. If this place does get a beer license it will be even more of a winner. We will definitely be back.
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