The taco truck

    Since I started this project the other day, my head has been swimming with ideas for new topics.   So today as my mind was racing, I realize that I'm starving and must eat lunch pronto.  Here in Nashville, like many cities, we have a ton of absolutely killer taco trucks.  You know, little trailers sitting in parking lots with a halved oil barrel as a grill spewing smoke, filling the air with the wonderous smell of grilled meat.  Now I understand how some folks could be skeptical of this type of food service establishment, I mean how clean can this little trailer be?  I throw caution to the wind, and I have never been disappointed.  My mouth is watering as I pull in the parking lot.
    My friend Mel turned me on to this particular one on Charlotte Pike that has rockin' piratas, which are kinda like a cross between a taco and a quesadilla.  I order the usual and dig a bottle of water out of the cooler at my feet.  I start to wonder where they get their ingredients and if their stuff is really that fresh.  Writing a food blog makes you question everything.  I mean I've never been disappointed, but you never know.  I then look down at the counter where this woman is starting to make my lunch, and she is hand pressing a ball of dough, actually making the tortilla that I'm about to enjoy.  Question answered.  Brilliant!

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  1. UnknownMarch 7, 2010 at 1:30 AM

    ok, if you are talking about taco trucks, somewhere in this blog process you gotta talk about the parking lot food scene at Dead shows. Yummy Yummy!

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  2. PenningtonMarch 7, 2010 at 10:01 AM

    I sold veggie burritos on the '92 Summer Tour.

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  3. UnknownMarch 9, 2010 at 12:08 AM

    Sorry, Kidde that the truck is in Nashville... you will have to come and visit! It's Taqueria Tex Mex in case anyone is wondering ;)

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