This Summer, Things Are Getting More Caliente — Good, Cheap Mexican Food in BK!

As old-timey newspaper men in the movies would say, “Stop The Presses!”  Being a Southern California native, I have a huge stick up my ass about the quality and price of Mexican food in NYC.  Aside from the delicious taco van inside Union Pool, I had yet to find another place that sold good quality tacos at under $9 a taco.  Until now.  And it’s not a cart or van!  It’s an actual restaurant. 

If this experience were a movie trailer, it would begin thusly:

Anna G. was just an ordinary girl, when 3 days ago, before her roommate and his friend were seeing a show at the Music Hall, they decided to meet up for dinner somewhere close to the venue.  Someone suggested La Superior.  Would she be a MexiCAN or a MexiCAN’T?  This time….. it’s personal.

Anyway..

Though this place can definitely not be considered “baja” style Mexican food (rather, I guess it’s more the type of stuff you’d find more common in Mexico City), it still has the sensibility of what a Mexican food place should be: no-frills and cheap.  I started out with the Ezquites, which is essentially, Mexican corn on the cob made much, much less messy…because it’s in a cup.  Why hasn’t anyone else thought of this?  And guess what else?  It was $4.  We also got some chips & really good guac for the table for $5.

And my 3 tacos?  Fucking $2.50 a piece.  I got 2 grilled fish tacos, and tried one rajas taco (roasted poblano pepper strips cooked with some kind of creamy sauce).  I didn’t care much for the rajas taco, but the fish tacos were pretty good.  B had the Queso Fundido for $6.50, which is Chihuahua cheese with your choice of mushrooms or chorizo, with corn tortillas.  It looked pretty good as a main course or appetizer.

Essentially, I got 5 food items for about $11.  Kiss my MexiCAN ass, Dos Caminos!