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El Super Taco ~ Colorado chain : Colorado Springs


First visit: Jan 2025 (S. Academy @ Hancock)

Locations: Colorado Springs (2); Fountain; Pueblo; Pueblo West; Alamosa; Raton-NM (dba Alfonso's)

And the RJG notches the first new-to-us restaurant for 2025! I've been circling El Super Taco for many years, but just never got around to trying them. This particular location sits in the same parking lot as a thrift store I often frequent. So on this very cold but sunny Friday at lunch, I made my first visit, as I was already down this way. I believe this to be their debut restaurant and it looks to be an old Taco Bell that they repurposed to good use. 

Walk in and order at the counter (they have a popular drive through as well). I asked for a pollo asado taco, even though it wasn't on the menu. I passed on the sour cream, and substituted cheese. I also grabbed a ground beef taco sans tomato. Paid up with a credit card and they ask for the unearned tip, which they didn't get. No matter, as the ladies at the counter were very nice and professional. Then they proceeded to cook my meal to order.

A few minutes later out came my sizzling chicken taco and a wrapped ground beef taco. The pollo comes in a high grade double corn tortilla. The meat was hot and very flavorful. I tried three of their four salsas: Mild (red), Hot, and Extra Hot. They also have a mild green. The red mild is delicious, thick with ground chilis. Not spicy of course, but flavorful. Perfect texture. The hot was just slightly less textured but no less delicious. And it packed a nice punch. The extra hot, however, was too thin and it was hard to discern the flavor. The heat level was indeed the hottest, but it was my least favorite of the three.

After that, I dug into the ground beef taco. Nice crispy shell. I would have preferred a bit more spice in the meat, but it wasn't bland. The taste was more subtle. Next time I'll try for the carne asada (without pico and guac).

Overall a very pleasant first experience. We also have our first new entry from 2025 into the RJG rotation!

El Super Taco's expansion has been strictly to the south and southwest, and their market is geared towards the Hispanic population. Even though they do sport one locale in New Mexico (under a different name), I'll just leave it as a Colorado entity for now.

1/10/25 (new entry)

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