My cousin Tiffany Patrick who lives in Reno, Nevada was in town working in her company's Phoenix office. We decided to get together and have dinner.
Tiffany
and I started with margaritas and a basket of chips with five different tasting
salsas….homemade salas. We chose Roasted
Corn and Garlic Crema – Cucumber – Avocado and Garlic Crema – Green Chiles and
Cilantro Aioli and Chimichurri (Southwestern).
I liked all five of them. We can
really pick ‘em. The Roasted Corn and
Garlic Crema has a nice kick to it. The Cucumber was calm and peaceful. It was a good chaser after the Roasted Corn
and Garlic Crema…every once in a while you could taste some heat in the Avocado
and Garlic Crema…it had a very smooth consistency…but I have to say my
favorite..and that was hard to pick was the Green Chiles and Cilantro Aioli.
Tiffany
ordered the Pork Verde Burrito – a huge tasty entrée stuffed with lots of pork…not
too much rice…or beans. The fork tender pork burrito with verde sauce atop was
served with black beans, rice, pico de gallo, oaxacan cheese and cilantro. Tiffany really liked it.
I
ordered two Urban Gourmet Street Tacos – Fish Taco – Beer battered catfish –
fried with cabbage and radish slaw, avocado crema and cilantro…just delicious. My second taco was Chicharones Taco – fried pork
belly with a mixture of what tasted to me to oaxacan cheese, grilled pablano,
chipotle salsa, queso fresco and cilantro.
Nope..I checked the menu it was fried pork belly, tomato, chipotle
salsa, cilantro and queso fresco. I was
very close.
I
promise on my next visit to try the Octopus Asada Taco -
marinated and grilled octopus, onions, poblano, cilantro and queso
fresco.
These
were the largest street tacos I have ever eaten. What a lovely meal. I enjoyed every bite of it. It was voted Reader’s Choice “Best Mexican
Restaurant” in AZCentral.com’s Fall 2015 BEST awards. Also garnering second best salsa by Phoenix
Magazine in 2015.
From
Urban Taco’s webpage: “Every one of
Urban Taco’s Salsas are made in-house and are owner Tim Perkins’ main
passion. Tim and his wife Lisa opened
Urban Taco in 2014. Tim brings a
lifetime in the food and beverage business to the table with over 25+ years
experience in the restaurant and hotel food and beverage industries. Tim is a Phoenix native and has a special
place in his heart for the neighborhood where Urban Taco sits. Urban Taco dedicates every Monday as ‘Madison
Monday’ and donates a portion of the day’s proceeds to benefit Madison area
schools.
Urban Taco
Mexican
6522 N. 16th Street
Phoenix, AZ
(602) 368-2708
urbantacos.net
Hours: Monday – Thursday 11:00 a.m. – 9 :00 p.m.
Friday – Saturday 11:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m.
Sunday 11:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
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