Stop #2: Tacos El Primo, the taco truck
"Hey, I've always wanted to check out that truck!"
One U-turn later, and we were parked across the street from Tacos El Primo. The menu is painted on the board. You give your order to one of the cooks through a small window, and minutes later they pass back tacos hot off the grill.
It was a bright hot summer day, and they must have been roasting inside their silver taco cart, but they sure were enthusiastic as they handed us our tacos.
We all ordered tacos al pastor, and they were huge! and utterly amazing. My favorite al pastor of the day, even if not the traditional trompo-style. They have a small table set up with traditional garnishes of radishes, roasted jalapeños and quartered limes. They offered me a small seared onion and told Joe in Spanish that I should squeeze lime juice over it. Oh my! That was delicious!
Across the street a church ceremony of some sort (a wedding? we weren't 100% certain) was just ending, and the guys in their suits and ties started trickling across to load up on tacos. This is clearly a locals' hangout, and it definitely helps to know a bit of Spanish, but if you don't speak any Spanish beyond "al pastor," don't let that stop you from trying their tacos.
The Tacos El Primo truck is located on a small parking lot on Junction St and just across the street from a large church, visible from Vernor if you are heading toward downtown. I don't know if the truck moves or if this is its permanent location, but look for them. They are worth checking out!
Rating: awesome!
Closer to home, you might also check out Taqueria La Casita in Ypsilanti - it's in the same shopping center off Washtenaw as Temptations.
Just had some excellent tacos and pozole there, comparing favorably to what we had last week in Houston (taco trucks and all). They even have paletas (Mexican popsicles), which my son loves (they just need some cantaloupe agua fresca and we'd be all set :-)
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