TACOS every day, and twice on Tuesday.
Oh, look! It's Tuesday.
― CD spinnin', AC hummin', feelin' pretty (kenan), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 19:36 (fourteen years ago) link
No contest: tacos. But then I'm from Mexico, so obv.
― touch my bum / this is life (daavid), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 19:37 (fourteen years ago) link
that is one hell of a lineup there at Doug's tho!
― Jamón Balearico (carne asada), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 19:37 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah that menu is almost delicious sounding enough to make me want to eat some meat. Wow.
― ☺☻☺☻come on ppl now smile on u brother☺☻☺☻ (ENBB), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 19:39 (fourteen years ago) link
I couldn't go with any of the fancy dogs at dougs yesterday. Went with the basic grilled dog with everything on it, so I could have my proper chicago do, which I forgot is a messy pain in the ass to eat, and a polish dog with kraut and relish. I did not put ketchup on either, as all the signs say, but will secretly fess to being a ketchup on dog fan. With relish.
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 23 June 2009 19:40 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCwrdqGrxBU
― am0n, Tuesday, 23 June 2009 19:41 (fourteen years ago) link
from wiki:
# Chicago, Illinois - largest Mexican community outside a border state and second largest in the USA.
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 23 June 2009 19:42 (fourteen years ago) link
so it can reasonably claim to have the best of one and second best of the other
― am0n, Tuesday, 23 June 2009 19:44 (fourteen years ago) link
second city once again
― velko, Tuesday, 23 June 2009 19:44 (fourteen years ago) link
That's a lot of qualifiers there.
But yeah, we have tacos in Chicago.
― CD spinnin', AC hummin', feelin' pretty (kenan), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 19:44 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah dudes obviously largest number of mexicans equals best tacos duh
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 19:45 (fourteen years ago) link
chicago is home to the frankfurter diaspora
― velko, Tuesday, 23 June 2009 19:46 (fourteen years ago) link
if you assume that the best tacos are made by mexicans, then yes, more mexicans increases the chances of awesome tacos
― i want to marry a pizza (gbx), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 19:47 (fourteen years ago) link
I have to go with hot dogs because I've never had a good veggie taco
This is totally weird to me! I kept thinking as I was reading this thread that the reason I immediately chose tacos is because I don't meat. Veggie hot dogs can be decent (when I'm at Hot Doug's, I get a veggie dog with some of the more exotic condiments), but they're always a substitute for the real thing. Whereas you can get a great taco with just beans, cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, and avocado.
― Bianca Jagger (jaymc), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 19:48 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah i've had some great veggie tacos before
― i want to marry a pizza (gbx), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 19:48 (fourteen years ago) link
and, yeah, a veggie dog is just a slavish imitation of a hot dog, whereas a veggie taco is like all tacos just one more permutation, another color in the rainbow
― i want to marry a pizza (gbx), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 19:49 (fourteen years ago) link
Not second city. That doesn't include border states. Cities with more Mexicans then chicago:
San AntonioLos AngelesSanta AnaSan DiegoEl Paso
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 23 June 2009 19:49 (fourteen years ago) link
i didn't know that!
oh well nm
― i want to marry a pizza (gbx), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 19:50 (fourteen years ago) link
It's pretty much the only place I have considered making an exception for.
― Bianca Jagger (jaymc), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 19:50 (fourteen years ago) link
chiles rellanos make awesome veggie tacos fyi
― Suggest this user to be danned. (dan m), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 19:50 (fourteen years ago) link
True re veggie tacos, but I was thinking of a taco with TVP in it (or something along those lines) which I've never seen anywhere.
Also the place I get the hot dogs is more about the buns and toppings/condiments than the actual dogs so the veggie ones are honestly really good!
Shit, now I kind of want a real hot dog.
― ☺☻☺☻come on ppl now smile on u brother☺☻☺☻ (ENBB), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 19:50 (fourteen years ago) link
After 16 years though my stomach would probably explode and I might die if I decided to start eating meat again and began with a hot dog.
― ☺☻☺☻come on ppl now smile on u brother☺☻☺☻ (ENBB), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 19:51 (fourteen years ago) link
Also why I haven't.
― Bianca Jagger (jaymc), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 19:53 (fourteen years ago) link
― i want to marry a pizza (gbx), Tuesday, June 23, 2009 2:47 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
no, this is fallacious logic. for example, what if a city only had 1,000 mexicans but they were all experts at making awesome tacos, while another city had 1 million mexicans but they were all shitty taco-makers. also i'm going to go out on a limb here and say that at this point there may be some non-mexicans who are capable of making awesome tacos.
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 19:53 (fourteen years ago) link
love that the candidates for best taco city thus far are LA and Chicago and not anywhere in, you know, Mexico.
― It's set in "Kazakhstan" not Kazakhstan. (I DIED), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 19:55 (fourteen years ago) link
― dan selzer, Tuesday, June 23, 2009 2:49 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
i thought we banned gabbneb?
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 19:56 (fourteen years ago) link
can we trade him for u?
― am0n, Tuesday, 23 June 2009 19:56 (fourteen years ago) link
no
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 19:57 (fourteen years ago) link
potato tacos, y'all
― "jesus on the cross seems like classic homoerotic imagery" (omar little), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 19:58 (fourteen years ago) link
Maybe by percentage, but not by sheer numbers. There are more Mexicans in Chicago than the total (Mexican and non-Mexican) population of Santa Ana.
― Bianca Jagger (jaymc), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 19:59 (fourteen years ago) link
x-post what is this craziness of which you speak?
― ☺☻☺☻come on ppl now smile on u brother☺☻☺☻ (ENBB), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 19:59 (fourteen years ago) link
potato tacos!
― "jesus on the cross seems like classic homoerotic imagery" (omar little), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 20:00 (fourteen years ago) link
potato tacos, y'allOTM!
― Jamón Balearico (carne asada), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 20:00 (fourteen years ago) link
Not tacos but my neighborhood is largely south american and I've just discovered what might be one of my new favorite foods - pupusas!
― ☺☻☺☻come on ppl now smile on u brother☺☻☺☻ (ENBB), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 20:00 (fourteen years ago) link
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, June 23, 2009 2:53 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark
the main fallacy is assuming that good tacos can only be made by mexicans. this magical city of a 1000 taco geniuses is far more improbable, and a total strawman, c'mon.
like i said, ~if~ your main assumption is that mexicans = tacos, then yes, you actually will increase your chances of getting a good taco by being someplace with more mexicans. like, you know, mexico
― i want to marry a pizza (gbx), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 20:00 (fourteen years ago) link
for veggie tacos, a good bet is tacos with soyrizo and potatos (i've made one with purple potatoes)
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http://www.grubgrade.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/volcano-taco-bell.jpg
― am0n, Tuesday, 23 June 2009 20:01 (fourteen years ago) link
you can get an excellent potato taco at loteria grill
― "jesus on the cross seems like classic homoerotic imagery" (omar little), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 20:01 (fourteen years ago) link
I have never had Taco Bell.
― ☺☻☺☻come on ppl now smile on u brother☺☻☺☻ (ENBB), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 20:02 (fourteen years ago) link
yes, i am assuming that mexicans are tacos
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 20:02 (fourteen years ago) link
taco bell vs. hot dogs would be a pretty fair fight
― magical city of a 1000 taco geniuses (I DIED), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 20:03 (fourteen years ago) link
Taco Bell is terrible but also really really awesome. You do not go there for good tacos; you go there because you have a cancer in your soul and you couldn't be happier about it.
― get money fuck witches (HI DERE), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 20:03 (fourteen years ago) link
For some reason potato tacos are always expensive (well, comparatively, they're still only like $3).
― Suggest this user to be danned. (dan m), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 20:03 (fourteen years ago) link
you go to taco bell b/c you wanna see a taco bell taco slinger fist fighting with a hot dog
― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 23 June 2009 20:04 (fourteen years ago) link
it's the food equivalent of the end-of-the-party hideous chick you make out with
― "jesus on the cross seems like classic homoerotic imagery" (omar little), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 20:04 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah Dan, so I've heard. I don't know why I've never been but I plan to change that one day.
― ☺☻☺☻come on ppl now smile on u brother☺☻☺☻ (ENBB), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 20:04 (fourteen years ago) link
― "jesus on the cross seems like classic homoerotic imagery" (omar little), Tuesday, June 23, 2009 3:04 PM (23 seconds ago) Bookmark
lol this is otm
― i want to marry a pizza (gbx), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 20:04 (fourteen years ago) link
I had a good veggie burrito along these lines at Pokez in San Diego years ago.
― Bianca Jagger (jaymc), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 20:05 (fourteen years ago) link
I would never eat at a place named "Pokez".
― get money fuck witches (HI DERE), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 20:06 (fourteen years ago) link