Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Restaurants Zocalo adopts a lunchtime taco menu
Posted by Cliff Bostock @cliffbostock on Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 3:36 PM
I've suffered longterm withdrawal from this quesadilla, "la gringa," that Zocalo sold at its closed Grant Park taqueria. It's al pastor meat with onions, pineapple and cilantro between two flour tortillas.
Now, Lucero Martinez-Obregon has moved the al pastor rotisserie into the kitchen of the Midtown restaurant (187 10th St.) and la gringa is available at lunchtime with all the other taqueria-style items from the Grant Park location. That means you can feast on $2.25 tacos filled with everything from carnitas to a chile relleno.
Zocalo's evening menu remains the same, featuring more complex dishes. Lucero, incidentally, recently visited Puebla in her native Mexico as a participant in a Slow Food event devoted to mole. She says she is "playing" in the kitchen with some new dishes inspired by her trip.
(Photo by Cliff Bostock)
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When I was living in Cabbagetown (2007 through early 2008), I loved going over to Zocalo's for cheap tacos and a beer. I was really bummed when it closed. Oddly enough, I have never eaten at the original Midtown location.
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Yay! I miss Zocalo taqueria so much -- it was a fun place to go. It's sad to drive by that building where it was and to still see the sign up but not be able to go in and get the great tacos they had. Do you know if they'll be be serving the old taqueria stuff for lunch on weekends or just week days?
This is great news! The pastor at the taqueria was the closest I could get in town to the versions you have in Mexico City. They're tortillas weren't so hot, though.
I too have missed their al pastor tacos (though I agree with BG that the tortillas are meh). Any word on if they're serving the huge disk of fried cheese rolled into a log? I think they called it a chicharron even though there was no pork in it. That thing was awesome with some lime and hot sauce.
Drew: You thinking about this? http://farm1.static.flickr.com/41/85787550_0d85c5038e.jpg?v=0 Called a "chicharron de queso." Love those, but have no idea if Zocalo has them now.
The menu on their website confirms that it's still in existence and still being served.
I heard a rumor that Tortillas was going to re-open in the old Zocalo Grant Park space... Anyone have an update on that?
Drew: Yes, everything that was on the Grant Park menu, including the chicharron de queso, is available at lunchtime on 10th St. These dishes are not available at night, however.
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