At this small streetside taco shop the carnitas tacos were so yummy we came back in the afternoon and got a pollo asado for carry-out for dinner on Madrone
One of the things we look forward to in any new town is seeking out new and delicious things to eat. If that’s the standard, then Barra is top-notch.
Part of the reason is that there’s a healthy population of northerners in Barra. Some are from the US, but the majority seem to be Canadian. It’s not quite right to call them tourists, because most seem to come for at least several months to avoid/escape the Canadian winter.
One side effect of these visitors is that restaurants spring up and compete for business. The result is many places to eat, and many of them are delicious.
Feasting on delicious food at I Taco
To name a few, I Taco (yes, that’s the actual name) served up fantastic barbacoa and carne asada. Tacos de Tuliz is a tiny shopfront with a miniature kitchen – they turn out fresh fish and shrimp tacos that are the best we’ve had since Baja.
We had a cute little visitor at I Taco- she loved the carne asada and barbacoa too!
And no culinary exploration would be complete without a trip to the local al pastor restaurant. The local place in Barra doesn’t seem to have a name, but it was hard to miss with the crowd of folks eating on the tables spread across the sidewalk. The food didn’t disappoint – the best al pastor of the trip so far, and the bar is set fairly high by now. Five al pastor tacos for 65 pesos (about $3), washed down with ice cold bottles of Pacific (20 pesos, or about $1 each) – all is well in Mexico!
Gorgeous fresh fish tacos from Tacos de Tuliz
