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Mexicantown mow-down: three tacos (chicken, steak, pork) three restaurants at a time

 1. El Taquito

W Vernor and Military
Detroit, MI 48209
(313) 516-2915

Categories: Mexican, Food Stands

Neighbourhood: Southwest Detroit

4.0 star rating
  2/12/2012

Take-Out Taco Review
Total Average Taco Score: 7.83 (8, 8, 7.5)

type: truck

price: $1.25 ea ($2 for flour tortilla)

7 - atmosphere: next to sidewalk in a dirt parking lot

7.5 - salsa: green and red - nice kick - good flavor - ask for it at the truck as…More »

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 2. TMAZ Taqueria

3182 Packard Rd
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
(734) 707-6066

Category: Mexican

4.0 star rating
  2/28/2012

Take-Out Taco Review
Total Average Taco Score: 8.2 (low 8, high 10)

type: extra-small restaurant

price: $1.50 ea

7.5 - ATMOSPHERE: doubles as a travel agency, me thinks, but in any case the front half is a desk with papers and computers - the back half…More »

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 3. Taqueria La Fiesta

4060 Packard Rd
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
(734) 477-9240

Categories: Mexican, Ethnic Food

4.0 star rating
  2/29/2012

Take-Out Taco Review
Total Average Taco Score: 7.83 (low 7.5 high 9)

type: small restaurant

price: $1.80 each

9 - atmosphere: warm yellow painted walls with door painted blue. Good music. Filled with gringos, though. Super friendly service

7.5 - salsa:…More »

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 4. La Casita

2866 Washtenaw Rd
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
(734) 434-0815

Category: Mexican

4.0 star rating
  2/29/2012

Take-Out Taco Review
Total Average Taco Score: 7.33 (low 5 high 9)

type: small restaurant

price: $1.50 each

8 - fairly bare bones but nice - service was phenomenally friendly, mexican television show playing, some posters and soccer jersey's on the wall…More »

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 5. Taqueria Nuestra Familia

7620 W Vernor Hwy
Detroit, MI 48209
(313) 842-5668

Category: Mexican

Neighbourhood: Southwest Detroit

4.0 star rating
  2/23/2012

Take-Out Taco Review
Total Average Taco Score: 6.66 (low 6 high 7.5)

type: medium restaurant

price: $1.25 ea.

9 - atmosphere: I loved-at-first-sight'ed this place. Enter and you are greeted with these gorgeous, melodic door chimes (I ain't no new-ager --…More »

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 6. Los Altos Restaurant

7056 W Vernor Hwy
Detroit, MI 48209
(313) 841-3109

Category: Mexican

Neighbourhood: Southwest Detroit

3.0 star rating
  2/12/2012

Take-Out Taco Review
Total Average Taco Score: 5.83 (low 5 high 6.5)

type: large restaurant
price: $1 each
5.5 - atmosphere - lots of vinyl booths - fairly average chain-like feel

4 - guacamole to go: almost more like a salsa, bland, creamy
5 - salsa to…More »

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 7. El Nacimiento

7400 W Vernor Hwy
Detroit, MI 48209
(313) 554-1790

Category: Mexican

Neighbourhood: Southwest Detroit

3.0 star rating
  2/12/2012

Take-Out Taco Review
Total Average Taco Score: 6.83 (low 6.5 high 7)

type: restaurant

price: $1.25

6.5 - atmosphere - large bar - lots of vinyl booths - fairly average chain-like feel

8 - guacamole to go: like half salsa and half guac heavy on the…More »

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 8. Taqueria Mi Pueblo

7278 Dix St
Detroit, MI 48209
(313) 841-3315

Category: Mexican

Neighbourhood: Southwest Detroit

3.0 star rating
  2/23/2012

Take-Out Taco Review
Total Average Taco Score: 6 (low 5 high 7)

type: large restaurant

price: $1.00 ea.

6 - atmosphere: Lots and lots of brick arches. Lots of open space. Fairly campy in its layout - kind of like what non-Mexican Mexican restaurants look…More »

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 9. El Rancho Restaurant

5900 W Vernor Hwy
Detroit, MI 48209
(313) 843-2151

Category: Mexican

Neighbourhood: Southwest Detroit

3.0 star rating
  2/23/2012

Take-Out Taco Review
Total Average Taco Score: 6 (low 5.5 high 6.5)

type: large restaurant

price: $2.50 ea. (seems like A LOT - I wonder if they double charged me...)

6 - atmosphere: ehhhhh - I kind of imagine it like if a Denny's were in Mexico? Some…More »

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