Niall M.
Yelp
The extensive menu offers the expected tacos, huaraches, etc as well as some regional specialties, like cemitas, the irresistable sandwiches from Puebla - I wonder if they serve them with pápalo [update: yes]? I didn't see tacos Árabes, another Pueblan specialty, on the menu, but you never know. They'll have to wait; I've been looking for tacos to compare with the best I've had in other cities since I arrived in Poughkeepsie, and I found them at Taco Gol. The al pastor's pretty good (you need a trompo for that necessary char), but the carnitas is excellent- lush and porky where other taquerias' offerings have been dry and bland. They were sold out of chorizo and cabeza, so I ordered a goat barbacoa to round it out; it's a sleeper - not too gamey and seasoned well. All are topped with onions and cilantro and come with red and green salsa. The green salsa's a cilantro bomb that can easily serve as a green chutney in any Indian restaurant. If it had less salt, I'd shoot it like fernet after three of those carnitas tacos. Finally, the tortillas are made to order from a big lump of masa by the nice abuela running the kitchen.
I'm definitely going back to check out the rest of the menu, but it'll take a while to burn through it. The tacos are too good to pass up.
Edit: So good, I went back for lunch and ordered the carne enchilada cemita, a glorious construct of egg, Oaxacan quesillo, avocado, bits of spicy, charred pork and the mysterious pápalo on the perfectly toasted sesame-seed roll that gives the sandwich its name. Deliriously good - pork fiends will house this thing.
Everything I've tried has been made to order - even the tortilla chips were still shiny out of the fryer. The attention to quality and effort spent delivering it is obvious in the food. Made with love. Five stars!