Torchy's Tacos - Review - West Midtown - Atlanta - The Infatuation
"This West Midtown Torchy’s is the first Georgia location for the popular chain and their sloganed “damn good tacos.” And the tacos are pretty good. It has the trendy corporate franchise polish—floor-to-ceiling windows, a shelf with branded merch, and a menu hanging above the order counter with print so small it signals they expect you to already know what you want. And if you don’t, we’d suggest the migas breakfast taco (stuffed with eggs, avocado, tortilla strips, and cheese) and our favorite, the Trailer Park (fried chicken, lettuce, and pico). Both prove mass produced menus can still flex perfectly good flavors. Food Rundown The Threesome The dip trio includes creamy guacamole, spicy red salsa, and our favorite thing, the queso—it’s yellow and has chunks of guacamole mixed in with a sprinkle of cotija cheese on top. If you’re riding solo and can’t commit to all three dips, just go with the queso. Migas A flour tortilla holds an enormous portion of eggs, green chiles, avocado, pico, and tortilla strips—it's so full it’s hard to pick up. Our only complaint is that the corn tortilla strips can sometimes be a little too chewy. Trailer Park This is an essential order, especially for first timers. The fried chicken is good (though it could learn a thing or two from some of the fried chicken institutions in ATL) and sits in a flour tortilla, smothered in a spicy poblano sauce. Green Chile Pork The pork is juicy, tender, and topped with slightly spicy green chiles, crumbles of cotija cheese, and cilantro. It comes in a corn tortilla, which doesn’t hold up as well as the flour ones, but it holds together long enough to avoid disaster. Fried Avocado For our vegetarian friends, this is as close as you’ll get to trying the Trailer Park. It has mostly the same ingredients, just swapping out the chicken for lightly fried pieces of avocado." - Juli Horsford
