I am happy to say that Tacos Rodriguez is still going strong with their Thursday-Sunday night schedule, although they have moved one block east from their old location on the corner of Tulare and First.
I am updating my years-old review to reflect just how marvelous the carne asada is at this establishment. It is the best in the Valley and I've tried dozens of the best competitors.
All taco truck aficionados know that they best way to judge the quality of a taco truck is not via the taco, but the burrito. This way you get to taste the beans and rice (the true measure of quality in any Mexican restaurant, taco truck or otherwise) and you get to see how they handle their flour tortillas--a far tougher challenge than the small corn tortillas on the tacos because so much more can go wrong. Are they fresh, chewy, and capable of cohering with the ingredients, or are they stale and prone to falling apart halfway through? Because all of the essential components of a taco truck are found in the burrito, go here first.
Fortunately, both the tacos AND the burritos at Tacos Rodriguez are outstanding. Indeed, they are the finest in Fresno by my estimation, and the reason for this is simple: the ingredients--especially the carne asada. The meat is meticulously trimmed so that virtually no clumps of fat are left. The chef also cooks the meat very quickly, making it so that the meat is charred on the outside, but juicy and tender on the inside. Savory but not too salty, and miraculously devoid of grease, the result is a carnivore's dream. This is world class carne asada, folks.
I've had better salsa, better fixings, and a more convivial environment for dinner (it can get a tad sketchy here), but in terms of the basic building blocks of the taco (think warm, soft, and chewy steamed tortillas) and burrito, Tacos Rodriguez is my current title holder for Fresno County. Most highly recommended. read more