HOT DOGS V. TACOS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCwrdqGrxBU

from wiki:

# Chicago, Illinois - largest Mexican community outside a border state and second largest in the USA.

so it can reasonably claim to have the best of one and second best of the other

second city once again

That's a lot of qualifiers there.

But yeah, we have tacos in Chicago.

yeah dudes obviously largest number of mexicans equals best tacos duh

chicago is home to the frankfurter diaspora

if you assume that the best tacos are made by mexicans, then yes, more mexicans increases the chances of awesome tacos

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.

yeah i've had some great veggie tacos before

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

Not second city. That doesn't include border states. Cities with more Mexicans then chicago:

San Antonio
Los Angeles
Santa Ana
San Diego
El Paso

i didn't know that!

oh well nm

Yeah that menu is almost delicious sounding enough to make me want to eat some meat. Wow.

It's pretty much the only place I have considered making an exception for.

chiles rellanos make awesome veggie tacos fyi

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.

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.

Also why I haven't.

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, 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.

love that the candidates for best taco city thus far are LA and Chicago and not anywhere in, you know, Mexico.

Not second city. That doesn't include border states. Cities with more Mexicans then chicago:

San Antonio
Los Angeles
Santa Ana
San Diego
El Paso

― dan selzer, Tuesday, June 23, 2009 2:49 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i thought we banned gabbneb?

can we trade him for u?

no

potato tacos, y'all

Not second city. That doesn't include border states. Cities with more Mexicans then chicago:

San Antonio
Los Angeles
Santa Ana
San Diego
El Paso

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.

x-post what is this craziness of which you speak?

potato tacos!

potato tacos, y'all
OTM!

Not tacos but my neighborhood is largely south american and I've just discovered what might be one of my new favorite foods - pupusas!

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, 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

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

you can get an excellent potato taco at loteria grill

I have never had Taco Bell.

yes, i am assuming that mexicans are tacos

taco bell vs. hot dogs would be a pretty fair fight

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.

For some reason potato tacos are always expensive (well, comparatively, they're still only like $3).

you go to taco bell b/c you wanna see a taco bell taco slinger fist fighting with a hot dog

it's the food equivalent of the end-of-the-party hideous chick you make out with

Yeah Dan, so I've heard. I don't know why I've never been but I plan to change that one day.

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, June 23, 2009 3:04 PM (23 seconds ago) Bookmark

lol this is otm

for veggie tacos, a good bet is tacos with soyrizo and potatos (i've made one with purple potatoes)

I had a good veggie burrito along these lines at Pokez in San Diego years ago.

I would never eat at a place named "Pokez".

I'm fucking hungry now and really bizarrely tempted to walk around the block and just screw it all and get a real dog. I won't but I'll be thinking about it for the next 55 mins that's for sure.

how about SHEETZ

in general my rule is "do not end the name of yr restaurant with a 'Z' unless it is in a French word"

MANGEZ

I'm fucking hungry now and really bizarrely tempted to walk around the block and just screw it all and get a real dog.

a real dog?!?