Sorry I haven't posted in a few weeks. I have been busy with several projects at work. One of which is very cool, and I will post about soon.
The Dayton area has a few good places to get a real, authentic taco. So far I'm up to three. Taco Loco in Troy (which may be the best), Taco Mexico Lindo (which I frequent the most often),and today I dropped in on Taqueria Mixteca on 3rd Street downtown. I think I'll be back.
This restaurant has been around for several months, and has all the telltale signs of quality Mexican food: repurposed fast food restaurant, bilingual menus, and servers that have a grasp of the English language that allows no room for customization. What is there to customize about meat, cilantro and onions anyway? However, I will say that our server was warm and friendly (after some hand motions and botched Spanish, it was confirmed that we knew her because she used to serve us at Tacos Mexico Lindo...small world).
Meals are served with fresh chips, simple salsa and a trio of specialty salsas in squirt bottles. All are bright and terrific. I had heard about their great tacos, but the first thing I noticed when I got the menu were the weekend specials. Only on weekends three soups are served: Menudo (tripe), Goat, and Pozole (chicken and hominy). I went straight for the goat soup, partnered with a chorizo and a carnitas taco.
The soup was rich and the goat tender (although it needed quite a bit of salt) and served with corn tortillas. In traditional style, just about everything is served with cilantro, onion and lime. We went with some friends, and others at the table got a few other things like taco with al Pastor (pork, usually with pineapple), and another had taco with Lengua (tongue).
Bottom line...Taqueria Mixteca is a great little restaurant, clean with little ambiance, nice servers and terrific food. In a town like this, like most others, often the greatest culinary finds don't include fine china or designer-influenced interiors. No...some just have goat, moist pork, good company, friendly smiles and plenty of lime, cilantro and onions. Good enough for me.
Eric
Yum, your pictures look good enough to eat! Nice bouquet too! I'm ready for another visit to Taqueria Mixteca....
Posted by: Cindy | March 04, 2007 at 02:42 PM
Great pictures Eric. I took the kids here a few weeks ago and they loved it. Call me next time you go. I have really enjoyed the photos. They look great.
Posted by: Bill | March 06, 2007 at 07:58 PM