Taco Costume

Halloween Tacos

I’ve been wanting to be a taco for Halloween for a couple of years now. But then I saw the picture below over at Tacotown.org
and now I just want to be with the taco girls for Halloween, or any other day of their choice.

Photo~Jessica Michelle Henry at JessicaMichellePhotography.co

According to the heads at Taco Town, “There’s a new Austin-made short film available via HBO on Demand called “Taco! Taco! Taco!.â€? Directed by UT-alum John Estrada, all we know is that its about a taco-stand owner and his plot to bring down a new competitor.. looks spicy!” You can view shots of the film shoot on Flickr

The Taco Truck

Not just any taco truck, this is THEEEE TACO TRUCK. Here we we have the apotheosis of vendrification, the logical conclusion of a chain of events that began thousands of years ago with the domestication of corn, the accouchement of nixtamalization, the birth of the tortilla, the first taco. I’m starting to feel that these taquero dream teams elevate humility to absurd levels, a superior humility, if you will. On one hand, we have taqueros on street corners in neighborhoods, with one eye on the griddle and one the street, feeding la gente. On the other, we have edgy fonts and tricked out websites, Chief Operating Officers and Media Relations Officers creating brands with merch and social networking and, oh yeah I almost forgot, tacos. Like a pet rock fashion consultant or a chia hairstylist, where does the road lead for the players in the inevitable run through of this trend?

I don’t really mean to pick on The Taco Truck. They have Roberto Sanitbañez and a crack team of folks. If I get out to Jersey I will order some of their tacos and let them slap my bald head for talking smack. You can sign up for The Taco Truck YouTube Channel here.

San Francisco Chronicle’s Bargain Bites

Here is a rather extensive list of inexpensive places to eat in the San Francisco Bay Area. There are lots of taquerias and Mexican joints.

Last Call For Tacos

Last Call for Tacos Trailer from Vishwanand Shetti on Vimeo.

The movie inspired by the life of Maria Corbalán, founder of Taco Xpress in Austin, Texas and acknowledged as the Taco Queen of South Austin. She also wrote an autobiography called Maridee. Buy the book here.

Esquire’s 20 Best New Restaurants of 2009

Of Esquire’s Top 20, two are high end Mexican places, Rivera in Los Angeles and Nopalito in San Francisco. Check out this video from Evan Kleiman at KCRW as she waxes about Rivera’s flower, not flour tortillas. The menus of both places are mouth watering and though they don’t sell much in the way of tacos, there’s nothing stopping a diner from ordering an entree and making their own tacos with the homemade tortillas served at both places!