My first taco destination was Taqueria Mary's off of mile five in Alton. So, I've been to Don Felipe's before, which is right next to Taqueria Mary, and many people had told me these other tacos were better. I liked Don Felipe's so why not, right?
Well, let me start off by saying I felt very at home in at this taco destination. I grew up in Rio Bravo, Tamaulipas, so going out for tacos was a very similar experience to this. Walk in, take a seat on one of those aluminum folding chairs, soon after a guitarist singing famous rancheras walks by, and then a server speaking spanish comes and takes our order. Typical Valley taco place.
On this journey, I've decided to stick simply to finding bistek tacos, everything on the side even though I end up putting it all on anyways.
So, I give Taquria Mary 2/5 stars. I'm not going to lie, I was pretty disappointed. Maybe the talk everyone gave hyped up my experience too much, but i was not impressed.The tacos came and looked promising, but the lightly fried tortillas tasted like old oil. The meat was too finely chopped and slightly burned. We compared it to the bistek in our potato, to the one in our tacos and that one was better. It made me kind of sad. So, from the meat being chopped up too finely, to the cilantro and onion being mixed together, this was just not my type of taco.
Here's to hoping the next one is bomb dot com and that y'all keep following me on my taco journey.
*Disclaimer: We also had a loaded potato and lemonade and beans. Those were all amazing, but I'm reviewing tacos here people! Until next time.
Never been to either establishment, but thanks for the rating 🙌 . Will look somewhere else for my tacos!
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