I know I reviewed a Mexican cart last week, and hinted I might do the same this week. By coincidence, I also ordered the same dish -- an Al Pastor Burrito.
Northwest Tacos is a brand new cart that just opened up, and it is one of the more slick and modern looking carts I've seen (inside and out)
The owners of the cart were very friendly and talkative.
The menu is relatively simple: Tacos, Burritos, Tortas, etc -- but they have a wider variety of meats to pick from, including Beef Tongue - one of my more recently acquired preferred meats. Unfortunately, I got there right after 11am and the beef tongue wasn't ready to be served.
While chatting and awaiting my burrito, they filled me in on why there were a bunch of big fancy trailers taking over the lot --- apparently, the TV series "Grimm" is in town with cast and crew and filming scenes in our lovely rainy town.
Hey, at least they're very well positioned to try out some good food without spending much time out in the elements.
Now, on to the Al Pastor - which is style of pork cooked 'Middle Eastern' style like lamb might be for gyros - and, I've recently learned, often with pineapple. Always fun when I learn something new about cuisine I thought I was already well versed in.
This was a huge burrito, as is somewhat customary from the carts around - but, much to my delight, wasn't stuffed with mostly rice as filler. There was rice (I could go on about my dislike for using rice in burritos, though that's my opinion, really) - but not a whole lot. There are some carts I won't go to because I feel like I get a 'rice burrito with a hint of what I ordered' - Not here.
Overall, this was very tasty, the people in the cart were friendly, it was clean, good prices - if you're in the mood for Mexican and find yourself downtown on 2nd Avenue, check it out!
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