best tacos in NJ? (Elizabeth, Union City: office, distance, location)

[Gerania]

Originally Posted by mike0421

This is the holy grail of tacos, also known as a Gordita:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE2eNPH0dHA

That doesn't look very good to me. I've never eaten one so don't know.

[Gerania]

Originally Posted by Dangerous-Boy

or you have to mail order the tortillas from yuma and get adobo seasoning

My husband used to have to go there every year for about two weeks for work and he never mentioned tacos.

[Dangerous-Boy]

Originally Posted by Gerania

My husband used to have to go there every year for about two weeks for work and he never mentioned tacos.

people who used to go there said it changed a lot before I went there last fall.


it basically has everything you need.


The train station is super sketchy though and there is no hourly service to san diego, los angles, or phoenix.


I feel this is what holds it back.


the tacos were amazing. but for the locals, that's all they have. They don't have the food diversity that NJ has. They have good donut shops though.


Also, AZ needs more passenger rail. Driving in an arizona summer is a crappy rental for 5 hours sucks.


an arizona summer is ungodly.


the humid jersey summer is now tame.


It was hotter than asia out there.


It was also very free or libertarian out there.

[HudsonCoNJ]

Forget everything discussed up to this point

Chofi Birria in Union City is the one. I don’t know how I never heard of this place just a few blocks away from home until now. They have this consomé, a dipping sauce for the tacos... excellent. The tortillas are thicker than what you’re used to so it holds up well. Over an hour wait for a pick up order, but worth the wait.

[Dangerous-Boy]

Originally Posted by HudsonCoNJ

Forget everything discussed up to this point

Chofi Birria in Union City is the one. I don’t know how I never heard of this place just a few blocks away from home until now. They have this consomé, a dipping sauce for the tacos... excellent. The tortillas are thicker than what you’re used to so it holds up well. Over an hour wait for a pick up order, but worth the wait.

I have it on the mission list. I hear parking is horrific.

[Gerania]

Originally Posted by Dangerous-Boy

people who used to go there said it changed a lot before I went there last fall.

it basically has everything you need.
The train station is super sketchy though and there is no hourly service to san diego, los angles, or phoenix.
I feel this is what holds it back.
the tacos were amazing. but for the locals, that's all they have. They don't have the food diversity that NJ has. They have good donut shops though.

Also, AZ needs more passenger rail. Driving in an arizona summer is a crappy rental for 5 hours sucks.
an arizona summer is ungodly.
the humid jersey summer is now tame.
It was hotter than asia out there.
It was also very free or libertarian out there.

Sorry for the crunch. I just remembered that he had to go there in the summer. I remember shopping with him for shoes and socks. He bought an athletic shoe with a very thick extreme weather sole and the heaviest socks that he could find. He was out in the desert. He said that with anything less, thinner, that his feet would burn.

[raytodd]

Originally Posted by CaptainNJ

i cant say i have a great taco place i go to. baja fresh in ocean is my favorite these days. me and my family love it there.

costco has a taco platter that i sometimes get. its good and you can get 3 or so meals from it.

"taco night" is pretty easy to make at home and its easy to make really yummy tacos. i think they key on the standard homemade tacos is taco sauce.

Costco lol. whats next Shop Rite. Try Tacoria.

[CaptainNJ]

Originally Posted by raytodd

Costco lol. whats next Shop Rite. Try Tacoria.

its pretty good. tacoria isnt really in a convenient location for me. it needs to be within 15 minutes of holmdel or walking distance from my office in brooklyn.

[Dangerous-Boy]

Originally Posted by CaptainNJ

its pretty good. tacoria isnt really in a convenient location for me. it needs to be within 15 minutes of holmdel or walking distance from my office in brooklyn.

the only thing i like from costco are the waffle cookies for coffee.

[HudsonCoNJ]

I tried Locos Tacos in North Bergen. They make birria tacos, and you have the option of choosing a tortilla made entirely of cheese. Make sure you get lots of napkins.


https://www.locostacosnj.com/