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Taco Fiesta ~ Baltimore, Maryland


Latest visit: Sep 2019

First visit: Nov 2016

Taco Fiesta is my favorite taco place in the country right now. I think that’s an odd thing to say for a Texan working in Baltimore. It just can’t be can it? Well sure it can.

While I have no doubt there is competition in DFW where we resided for many years, of all the taco places I’ve tried, I’ll take Taco Fiesta. Yes, and that includes the much lauded Torchy’s that we’ve written about in these very pages. It’s not a hardcore taqueria like, say, Alvarado’s either. I suppose it tracks closest to Fuzzy’s if looking for the type of environment. It’s a counter service place (honestly not enough of those near where I work), with a full bar setup, and seating on the main level as well as upstairs. As mentioned in the Alexander’s Tavern review, I have to segregate alcohol from non-alcohol, so Taco Fiesta is strictly a to-go place for me. They have a pretty full menu, but I never get past the tacos. In fact, I rarely eat anything but carne asada and pollo (and occasional pork carnitas). All their tacos are soft double corn tortillas, loaded with meat and lettuce (and tomato if you wish). And that’s it! But what a great flavor the meat possesses! And it’s always served super hot, so even with a walk back to work, the meal is still hot (each wrapped nicely in aluminum foil). But best of all is their salsa bar. No less than 6 salsas are served every day, and at least 4 could be quantified as spicy. I usually get 3 of them, choosing among the 4 hot ones each time. Except for one constant. I must get their hottest one each visit, and that would be their chile de arbol. It’s not killer heat mind you, but rather it has such a unique wonderful flavor. 3 tacos are plenty, and I usually have a huge appetite a few hours after my daily morning run. Sometimes I’ll have 4 tacos and feel completely stuffed. I eat here at least once per trip, and it’s not unusual for me to go twice. Which was the case this past week.

As mentioned above, they do have a full bar (with flat screens), that I’ve not sampled at all. But looking at their taps, it’s pretty much Mexican industrial lagers with maybe one local tap, so I don’t feel it’s anything I’m missing either. I should see if they have a frozen margarita machine just in case, but I doubt it. 

11/29/16; 2/26/18 (new entry); 9/26/19
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