I brought Barbi here, it takes 2 to TANGO
Or twerk or…read moredembow, or can you do the FANDANGO?
We can't dance with the toe point of LUISA BLANCO
But when we're on a pole, it's money in EL BANCO
When your boyfriend sees us you'll say "where did my MAN GO?"
He'll buy me a Ferrari and buy Barbi a DURANGO
But everyone knows, from Guadalajara to GLASGOW
That there's no better tacos than 100% CHILANGO
WHAT
This is simply one of the best taco places in the city. In the state. In the country.
So I know Mexican food in Houston better than the vast majority of non-Mexicans (and than some Mexicans), partly because Barbi is Mexican, and partly because for years I've been trying it all. My top ten list of Mexican trucks and taquerias would change your life. My top 5 list is the best you'll ever eat. And you guessed it. This one makes the top 5.
Possibly the best taco truck in Texas, definitely top 5, every bite of the tacos here will take you to heaven. Juicy, spiced, authentic, cheap, irresistible. And yes I'm talking about Barbi, but it also applies to the tacos.
You have to venture onto the roads less traveled (as depressing as all the lovely stray dogs and run down streets can be) on the Northside. It's absolutely delicious. Get here before the hipsters expand the Heights even more than they already have, swallow up this neighbourhood, and replace all these life-changing gems with fake-Mex-suggestive-of-sex Velvet Tacos.
It's definitely one of the most amazing taco trucks I've ever eaten at, anywhere in the world. Houston is totally spoiled for taco trucks, and this amazing truck in a convenience store parking lot is just another example of perfection, although this one is probably one of the top five trucks in the whole city, and along with the likes of nearby Presitas, nearby Matehuala, nearby Taconazo, and a couple of others, it's one of the best taco trucks you could ever dream of.
And leaving a family business a 1 star review because you came when it's closed or suck at navigating, is a really crappy thing to do.
And, they (Tarantino and his creepy peepys) made a Jamie Foxx movie out of this place: Chilango Unchained.
Oh, and they made another, much older movie about this place, but not this location. The one by the Eiffel Tower in France. It was called "Last Chilango In Paris."
Did I mention that I made the drive in a Dodge Chilango.