Walking into the quant, but colorful restaurant you are not certain what to expect. At Taqueria on J Street, you walk right up to the counter to order your meal. There is a large white board across the back wall with black writing that contains the menu. There is also a physical menu on the counter, just in case you want to sit down and look it over. The restaurant overall is very informal and a great place to get together with friends and just hang out. They have an HD TV in the corner with a sports game playing.
On one of the orangey yellow walls there is even a Sac state Hornets flag. On the counter there is a tip jar with the words “Good Karma” written on the outside. This is very clever and an inventive way to ask for tips. Ordering was very easy once I weighed through the choices. A chicken burrito was the final decision. Taquiera has a chip bar where you can go and get some chips and of course unlimited refills, as well as multiple salsas’s to pair with the chips.
Ordering did not take very long and it also did not take very long to find a seat. It looked like we came at the right time though. After we all took a seat a line of 6 or so people formed to order.
Despite that the food came rather quickly. My burrito was bigger than I expected it to be, which made it a good deal for the $5.10 that is was. The chicken was tender and nicely flavored and the beans and rice in the burrito with it were also very tasty. The only thing was that the burrito kind of wanted to fall apart every time I tried to pick it up. I had to eat part of it with a fork and then pick up the other part and eat it, which wasn’t that big of a deal. To drink I had a soda out of the soda fountain. I had a regular Coke, but it tasted a lot like a diet Coke, so I am not sure what happened there. It was too bad though. I am not a big fan of diet drinks in generally, so having my Coke taste like a diet was fairly disappointing.
There were a few tough pieces of chicken in my burrito, but they were easy enough to take out and continue on eating.
The restaurant had an authentic Mexican feel to it. It had a wide selection of food, from quesadillas to nachos to tacos and burritos. If you like Mexican food it is definitely a great, reasonably priced place to go and eat. Location wise it is in a great place. It is close to campus and to the 80. The only problem with its location is the lack of parking. Taquieria has a very small parking lot with maybe ten spaces in it. In this case you would have to park on the street.
If you are lucky you can get a space in the parking lot or right in front of the restaurant, but if you are not you may have to park further away and walk to the restaurant.
Overall it was a great place to eat with reasonable prices and good food. I would recommend going there to have a laid back meal with friends.
Although the writer seems to have had an ok time at this restaurant, two passages screamed out at me as a reader:
ReplyDelete'I had a regular Coke, but it tasted a lot like a diet Coke, so I am not sure what happened there. '
And
'There were a few tough pieces of chicken in my burrito, but they were easy enough to take out and continue on eating.'
Either of those might have suggested to me that this isn't really a 'great' place to eat.
OK, perhaps. But great? I don't get that.
Otherwise, the reviewer survived the experience and will live on to eat elsewhere.
For me, this review did what a good review can do: it says either eat there, or avoid it.
I'm heading elsewhere...