Results tagged “tacos”

Taco Bell is capitalizing on the roving food cart trend with a cross-country tour giving away free tacos. (Insert free gastrointestinal problem jokes here.) They'll be handing out tacos outside the GW Student Center from 11:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. before moving on to Rosslyn, near N. Moore and 19th Streets around 4:30 p.m. You can try out their fiery Volcano or regular crunchy tacos.

      

The D.C. food cart landscape is slowly but surely changing from a sea of hot dogs and half-smokes to a kaleidescope of world flavors. Hungry residents can now munch on the likes of bulgogi, schwarma, jerk chicken, and tacos. Taco carts are a particularly important addition because they appear to solve not one but two problems currently plaguing the District: lack of good street food and lack of good Mexican food. Moreover, tacos are an ideal to-go meal: they're compact, easy to assemble, come in a variety of flavors, and can be consumed entirely without utensils. So how do these tacos stack up? What follows is a tale of two very different taco carts.

Until a couple of years ago, Adams Morgan’s tired Mixtec was the best approximation of authentic Mexican food that D.C. could muster up. Indeed, much of what still passes for Mexican food around here is actually a Salvadoran interpretation that is occasionally inspired, but more often than not disappointing.