Ok, so..... it's been a while since I've gotten around to writing any reviews. I've eaten plenty of tacos, just haven't written about any, mainly because life and traveling and chaos have gotten in the way. But now that things have settled, it's time to get back to TACOS!!
Stop #59: we FINALLY get into a spot that we've been wanting to try for a couple of months now at Paleteria La Reyna. We went once last year and found out the place was closed on Wednesdays. Which required some adjusting since Wednesdays is our designated taco tour day. Then we tried to go again a few months ago and they were shut down for vacation. Third time's the charm though as Travis and I were finally able to meet there for lunch. Chris was doing unspeakable things and will probably never go and review it if his pattern holds to form.
Anyway, the place is a stand alone building on north Arkansas with plenty of parking and several cars already in the lot when we got there. They seemed to be doing a decent business and it smelled pretty good, so the first impression was definitely positive. You basically order and pick up at the counter. They had a nice selection of tacos including some saucy options that we don't always see around town. So I decided to go with 4 tacos: chicken, pork verde, al pastor, and carne asada. We were handed some chips and salsa and picked out a table. The salsa was pretty good - a decent kick, but not overpowering and I really liked the chips which were nice and thick and perfect for scooping.
Our tacos came out after a reasonably short wait and looked pretty good. Standard dress with the onion and cilantro, lime and radish on the side. I started with the chicken and it was a reasonably good chicken taco. Had a fair amount of fried (as opposed to marinated) chicken which was tender and lightly seasoned. Considering the number of sloppy mushy marinated chicken tacos I've had, this one was actually a pleasantly tasty entry. The pork verde was next, which was basically pork cooked in a spicy green sauce. The sauce had a nice spicy kick to it, so if you're a bit of a sissy on the spice scale, you might want to skip this one. The sauce kinda drowned out the pork flavors, but overall I still enjoyed this taco quite a bit. Al pastor was next - nice rich coloring to it and a decent flavor to match. Can't go wrong with the al pastor here either. Last was the carne asada. It was filled with a decent amount of tender steak. Didn't seem to have the flavor pop of the first three, but still an above average taco with a good meaty flavor.
Overall, I would say we were pretty pleased to find this place, even if it did take us a couple tries to finally make it work. Plus at $2.25/taco they were fairly priced, though not the cheapest. Still the value was good and I'm looking forward to going again and trying some of the other tacos on the menu. My overall ratings on the 5 Taco Scale are below.
Food Quality - 3.5 Tacos
Price - $
Value - 3.5 Tacos
Cleanliness - 3.0 Tacos
Service - 3.5 Tacos
Overall Experience - 3.5 Tacos
Likelihood to Return - 4.0 Tacos
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