Nicole S.
Yelp
Now I know where to go to get an excellent taco in Indianapolis! Just handmade corn tortilla, meat, chopped onions and cilantro. There are big communal bottles of green and red chile that you can squeeze on your taco, if you want. Boom. Vamos!
I had put off visiting Julieta because I don't trust Indiana people when it comes to Mexican food. (Sorry, Indiana people.) Julieta was getting rave reviews, but I pooh-poohed, Surely, I gathered, these were "gourmet" tacos with silly things in them to inflate the price. But no, these tacos are a full meal unto themselves. At least, that's the case with the carnitas taco that I ordered. What made it even more of a meal was the side of rice and beans ($3) that I added. The rice was the perfect rojo Mexican rice. Spot on. A carnitas taco with rice and beans -- you can't beat that.
Now, I did see fried mushroom and broccolini tacos on the menu. I guess it's nice that there are options for our vegetarian/vegan friends. These tacos are also $5 each.
There are some barstool seats inside Julieta, but when I visited on a weekday for lunch, most of the barstools were being used by people waiting for their food. There is pretty much no dine-in seating, so you'll want to take your food to go to eat at one of the outdoor tables in the Stutz.
Another option is to get your food "for here," and go next door to Turner's Bar. There's a shared window between Julieta and Turner's Bar, and the people at Julieta will scream your name from the window when your food is ready if you're enjoying it at Turner's. See my review of Turner's Bar for a more in-depth description of this whole thing. But it's expected that if you get your food to enjoy at Turner's Bar, that you also order a drink at Turner's Bar, which is a separate establishment.
Anyway, great tacos! Will be back to eat more.