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Learnin' a lot about PNW tacos today.
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If you want relatively cheap Mexican food in the Seattle area at least go to El Rinconsito.
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Oct 4, 2018 05:41
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Spergin Morlock posted:If you want relatively cheap Mexican food in the Seattle area at least go to El Rinconsito. The al pastor tacos are my faves.
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Oct 4, 2018 05:49
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Spergin Morlock posted:If you want relatively cheap Mexican food in the Seattle area at least go to El Rinconsito.
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Oct 4, 2018 06:34
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seiferguy posted:Learnin' a lot about PNW tacos today. Well you’re in for a surprise, because what taco time calls a taco is actually a burrito. I am not joking.
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Oct 4, 2018 15:18
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No one goes to Taco Time because they want an authentic Mexican food experience, except for maybe that Francisco guy from the sad story a few posts back.
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Oct 4, 2018 15:29
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Taco Time is way better than Taco Bell. Both are bad for you but scratch a certain junk food itch. Neither one should be thought of or compared to Mexican food; they are just american comfort food made with beans, cheese, and sometimes something vaguely resembling taco sauce.
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Oct 4, 2018 15:30
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therobit posted:Taco Time is way better than Taco Bell. Both are bad for you but scratch a certain junk food itch. Neither one should be thought of or compared to Mexican food; they are just american comfort food made with beans, cheese, and sometimes something vaguely resembling taco sauce. But how can you build a business blatantly making burritos and insanely call them tacos? Also what is “taco sauce”? I can’t even.
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Oct 4, 2018 15:45
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One of the Mexican food gems in Portland: https://goo.gl/maps/7aQ8RgCmU9L2 Their puerco con nopales is amazing
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Oct 4, 2018 15:53
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Jack In The Box Tacos are the best tacos.
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Oct 4, 2018 15:53
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Make your own drat tacos, it isn't hard.
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Oct 4, 2018 16:01
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HEY NONG MAN posted:Jack In The Box Tacos are the best tacos. I ate one once out of curiosity. Not sure if it's supposed to be this way or just a lazy kitchen worker but the fact that they were drizzled in ketchup was pretty astounding. Never again.
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Oct 4, 2018 16:02
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xrunner posted:I ate one once out of curiosity. Not sure if it's supposed to be this way or just a lazy kitchen worker but the fact that they were drizzled in ketchup was pretty astounding. Never again. Must’ve been the fabled “taco sauce”.
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Oct 4, 2018 16:05
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I like that they just slam a square of American cheese in there with the end just flopping out. No diced tomatoes either, just a slice from a burger crammed in there.
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Oct 4, 2018 16:16
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ElCondemn posted:But how can you build a business blatantly making burritos and insanely call them tacos? Also what is “taco sauce”? I think what you have going on here is the same sort of cultural revulsion I felt as an american going to Japan and being served corn mayo pizza. Since it is not suited to your tastes and will never seem right to you, you are probably always gonna just think it's gross. And you are probably right to think that.
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Oct 4, 2018 17:02
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El Rinconcito is good Mexican fast food. Taco Time is solid and fairly tasty ultra Americanized fast food. Taco Bell is garbage trash for idiots. hth
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Oct 4, 2018 17:10
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Taco Bell is your stoner friend that makes annoying stunt food they saw on YouTube, while Taco Time is basically Ray's SaniTaco cart from Achewood
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Oct 4, 2018 17:18
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DoombatINC posted:Taco Bell is your stoner friend that makes annoying stunt food they saw on YouTube, while Taco Time is basically Ray's SaniTaco cart from Achewood
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Oct 4, 2018 17:24
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I mean conceptually, not as a vector for lady butt stories 
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Oct 4, 2018 17:28
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I like how taco time seems to employ a lot of older folks. They always have good service and it’s clean. Also: the ice they use is the best ice.
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Oct 4, 2018 17:32
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There's a dive bar by me that does 2 tacos for 99 cents on taco Tuesdays and it owns.
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Oct 4, 2018 17:34
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HEY NONG MAN posted:I like how taco time seems to employ a lot of older folks. They always have good service and it’s clean. Also: the ice they use is the best ice. Every time I drive by I look in and see the place stuffed to the gills with old white people. I suspect there's some kind of secret "taco sauce" they've concocted that lures them there. It's their dark secret.
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Oct 4, 2018 17:49
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This thread reminded me of the Mexican place in town that closed a few years ago. I dearly loved how their menu said down at the bottom: "We're happy to help you celebrate events like weddings, birthdays, divorces. Ask your server. Compliments of the house."
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Oct 4, 2018 17:52
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Now I'm craving El Rinconsito for lunch
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Oct 4, 2018 19:12
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A lot of the confusion in this thread is because Taco Time is trash garbage whereas Taco Time NW is pretty solid fast food, basically the "Mexican" equivalent of Panda Express.
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Oct 4, 2018 20:45
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Isn't "Taco Sauce" just ketchup and cholula mixed together?
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Oct 4, 2018 20:49
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George posted:A lot of the confusion in this thread is because Taco Time is trash garbage whereas Taco Time NW is pretty solid fast food, basically the "Mexican" equivalent of Panda Express. What does it feel like to be so wrong?
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Oct 4, 2018 20:50
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Don Pedro's in Portland is pretty amazing, too. I find it rides that fine line between drive-thru and sit-in dining quite well.
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Oct 4, 2018 20:51
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taco time and taco bell are both not very good and there are enough taco places that you never need to eat there unless you live out in the middle of nowhere muchas gracias in vancouver is better than both and its a drive through, there's literally zillions of taco trucks all over the place that are better than taco belltime also. basically if you live anywhere even slightly populated and you like tacos there is almost no reason to go to one of those chains
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Oct 4, 2018 20:58
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Imagine four tacos on the edge of a cliff. Say a direct copy of the taco nearest the cliff is sent to the back of the line of tacos and takes the place of the first taco. The formerly first taco becomes the second, the second becomes the third, and the fourth falls off the cliff. Taco Time works the same way.
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Oct 4, 2018 21:01
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Spergin Morlock posted:Now I'm craving El Rinconsito for lunch I just got back from El Rinconsito for lunch. Had some Taquitos Rancheros. The one in Burien is just a mile away from my workplace and this thread inspired me to get some. It was good. Also they remodeled. Looked nice.
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Oct 4, 2018 21:03
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busydelicious posted:Don Pedro's in Portland is pretty amazing, too. I find it rides that fine line between drive-thru and sit-in dining quite well. Their Vancouver location is the best, but I hit up the SE 82nd location more than I probably should. I lived 3 blocks from a Muchas Gracias for a couple years in college, and while I regret nothing, I’m probably never going to one again.
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Oct 4, 2018 21:05
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I actually like Taco Time a lot but it was one of the only fast food places where I spent most of my childhood so that probably has an impact.
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Oct 4, 2018 21:31
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Reene posted:I actually like Taco Time a lot but it was one of the only fast food places where I spent most of my childhood so that probably has an impact. Yo same, plus I think the Pat Cashman ads built up a lifetime of good will for me
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Oct 4, 2018 21:36
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I like California Burrito on 99 because I'm trash and their rice speaks to me on my level. Otoh there's at least 1 arrest right outside their building everytime I'm there so that's probably bad. To bring this back to Taco Time, when I lived on the OR/WA border as a kid we'd cross the toll bridge to Hood River and stop at the Taco Time there whenever my mom would take me to see my dad in Seattle/my dad would bring me home from a visit. Taco Time is basically associated with summer visits and the two times my dad got arrested for a DUI with me in the car. Tulalip Tulips fucked around with this message at 22:22 on Oct 4, 2018 |
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Oct 4, 2018 22:19
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Reene posted:I actually like Taco Time a lot but it was one of the only fast food places where I spent most of my childhood so that probably has an impact. The good Taco Times (NW) don't have the "taco sauce". Its pretty obvious we're talking about very different things.
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Oct 4, 2018 22:21
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anthonypants posted:Imagine four tacos on the edge of a cliff. Say a direct copy of the taco nearest the cliff is sent to the back of the line of tacos and takes the place of the first taco. The formerly first taco becomes the second, the second becomes the third, and the fourth falls off the cliff. I knew it. Johnny Five Tacos.
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Oct 4, 2018 22:22
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RuanGacho posted:The good Taco Times (NW) don't have the "taco sauce". Its pretty obvious we're talking about very different things.
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Oct 4, 2018 22:31
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anthonypants posted:Give the rest of us an example of the difference between a Taco Time and a Taco Time NW The superior Taco Time NW is giving away free tacos today and the inferior Taco Time isn’t. Also their menus are entirely different.
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Oct 4, 2018 22:36
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They each have comparable menus that almost kind of line up with each other, which makes sense since they were the same company at one point, but Taco Time went more in the "Cheddar Blasted Peso Taco with South of the Border Sauce, and a Deep Fried Beef Burrito on the side" direction, while Taco Time NW took a more "Locally Sourced Free Range Chicken Taco on Five Grain Tortilla, and a Deep Fried Beef Burrito on the side" approach
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