I'm writing about Tacos El Pariente mobile stand #1, which is a cart next to the street in the parking lot of Les Schwab Tire Center on 7200 S in Midvale. My daughter and I stopped by to check it out for the first time, yesterday.
The cart is a one-woman show who did a nice job handling a large volume of customers while we were there at lunchtime. The customers were all Spanish speaking, except for me. Thankfully, my daughter speaks Spanish. I only saw cash transactions and don't know whether any other forms of payment are accepted. There is no seating or designated eating area. The only shade was a 10' x 10' shade structure for those in line.
There's a good selection of non-alcoholic beverages in a cooler, but no agua frescas. There's another cooler with grilled onions and grilled jalapeños, and an even bigger one with salsas, lime wedges, diced raw onions with a bit of tomato and cilantro, sliced radishes and shredded cabbage
I'm a fan of street tacos made with offal (e.g., tripas, buche, cuerito, chicharron) and this stand offers buche and chicharron. I also tried a taco with bright red chorizo. My daughter had tacos de chicharron, cabeza and birria. Although I (and at least one other customer) was disappointed by the lack of tripas, the buche is the tastiest that I've ever had. I'd return just for that. My daughter enjoyed her birria taco the most.
We'll return for more tacos in the future, for sure. read more