Deqwone was at the register, and what a smile. I do not know that I have ever gotten such genuine, welcoming, service at an airport. And I see a lot of airports.
Folks have been talking about the new place in B terminal at sky harbor. We had a three hour sit, so it was taco time.
Three tacos are $12. Which, I think, are pretty fair for airport prices. And the amount of filling in the tacos was good. You didn't have to have the same protein, you could mix it up, so I went with variety. I ordered an asada, pastor, and barbacoa. The reigning kings of street tacos!
Everything was hot. And cooked properly. However, they could have done with some more time on the flat top. It lacked texture. And that bit of caramelization that heat brings. Everything from the tortillas to the meat. They do make tortillas, but they had no cooking marks on them. And the meat was soft. It was tender, but was just on the better side of mushy. Also the pastor was cooked as chunks of meat. Which made me think of chicken. The FLAVORS of the meat were good, and just a little bit more time on the heat would level this place up. However, the pickled onions were beautiful but brought NOTHING to the table. Little bit of a disappointment. Their stand alone locations have bangin reviews and I will check them out the next time I've got some time in PHX.
Other than the charming Deqwone, the stand out was the hot sauce! YES give me something with a little heat! Nothing that the masses couldn't stand but enough to say hello. I LOVE hot sauce and I have a good tolerance for heat, but I don't need it to scream to make an impact. This was a great standard. It is a creamy salsa verde, which speaks to my heart. It was very flavorful and brought a little heat. Perfect. They throw in a couple of limes, whomever is establishing the menu is doing good. It is new and just needs a little something on the execution. I'm not saying this to be persnickety, I'm saying this because these tacos could level up to must go status, OUTSIDE of being in an airport.
I work in aviation and it is getting a lot of chatter in our groups. A lot of the patrons who were there when we visited were employees of the airport or airlines. This could end up being THE spot in PHX. read more