Taco Scouting
When this website launched, the main idea was to build a map of all taco trucks (and gun ranges) in the Houston area (up there to your right). I knew it wouldn’t be easy, because there are just too many trucks to count.
The map has come a long way, but it’s still way behind. I’m not entirely sure how this happened, but the Google map shows that it has had 466,624 views since its creation in 09.
As much fun as it might be for one person to visit every single truck in the Houston metro, it’s just not possible. So I had this nifty idea.
We rounded up a few taco fanatics on Twitter, and chose a place to meet up. After mastering a plan of attack, we then split up into different directions, writing down intersections and addresses to every taco truck around. While eating scores of tacos.We used the #tacoscout hash tag to stay connected on Twitter.
It was a blast. I didn’t count the trucks we added to the map, but it was somewhere in the area of 50 total. This, my friends, is how you fill out a taco map. Once we were stuffed with tacos, we met up at Liberty Station to knock off the trail dust.
So, we’re doing it again. I’m thinking Southeast side, Edgebrook area. If we put a bigger crew together this time, we can expand our reach and explore new taco frontiers. The more great eats we find, the better spots we’ll have for the next Houston Chowhounds Taco Truck Crawl.
If you’re interested, let’s meet up at Starbucks off 45, Sunday, July 10. at 11:30 AM.
I keep telling you to hit up the Wayside & Lawndale area! Taqueria El Aragan at the Fiesta Pawn owns it.
Hola Jay,
I found you through the food critic report on “Camp Taco” in today’s Houston Chronicle. I have not been able to find my favorite Mexico City- style foods in Houston. In particular, I am always looking for “tacos al pastor”, the real Mexican kind with seasoned pork, cooked on a trompo and garnished with pineapple, onions, cilantro and lime. Some places have something similar, but always beef rather than pork. The article today mentioned that there was a Houston city regulation that makes trompo harder to find??? What is that? I live in Ft Bend County, so anywhere you could steer me would be greatly appreciated. I am also in search of great consomme de pollo – con pollo, and chicharron de queso. I can’t handle all the Tex-Mex smothering of flavors with super hot peppers and melty yellow cheese. Muchisimas Gracias and Buen Provecho!
if you go toward the beltway from this taco stand there is another on called los gemelos they go killer beef tacos with the best seasoning and i think they have another truck in the parking lot of fiesta on mt. houston going west from 45 mmm good