Where To Lunch For Cinco de Mayo
So, if Japanese curry isn’t your thing and a Cinco de Mayo pizza sounds too weird there are still plenty of straight up Mexican options in Midtown to partake in today. Eating Mexican food on Cinco de Mayo is kind of cliched, but we’re not above using it as an excuse to chow down at one of our favorite taco spots for lunch. Here’s a list of our favorites…
- Tongue tacos or a hurache from the El Rey Del Sabor Carts (60th and 3rd, 49th and Park, & 43rd and 6th)
- Chile Relleno Tacos from Las Poblanitas (39th btw. 8+9th)
- Alambre burrito at Pampano Taqueria (on 3rd btw. 49+50th)
- Sopes or mole from La Rosita (on 47th btw. 9+10th)
- Tacos from Tehuitzingo (on 9th btw. 47+48th)
- Chorizo taco from El Camioncito Truck (on 31st and 7th Ave.)
- Tamales from the Tamale Lady in front of the Mexican Embassy (on 39th btw. Mad+Park)
Got a favorite that we missed? Feel free to put it in the comments…
Posted by The ML Team at 11:50 am, May 5th, 2010 under Mexican.
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This list is for *real* Mexican food. :-)
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It doesn’t get any more real than the Sombrero Cart. Word.
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Who’s doing the shaemful thing and eating Taco Bell today? ;P
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Who’s doing the shameful thing and eating Taco Bell today? ;P
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I wish! too far.
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For the record, this is NYC, and Frankly, Taco Bell rates about “Average” with respect to what NYC has to offer as “Mexican Food”…
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El Rey on 43rd has about 20 ppl online @ 12:15.
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heading to el rey now…
p.s. it’s technically the mexican consulate. -
I really want a chile relleno now!
Don’t forget dessert, the MTA subway churro ladies!
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Tulcingo Del Valle omission is criminal. Ee just ordered it into the office, and they easily have the best carnitas in Manhattan.
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Q: What do you call 4 Mexicans in quicksand?
A: Cuatro Cinco
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I had to settle with Baja Fresh because of an immediate project. Lame!
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…2nd pic looks like a 12 week abortion.
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What does DocChuck eat to celebrate ‘cinco de mayo’?
Bangers and Mash with Onion Gravy, with a bit of brown Irish soda bread.
Then I get down on ‘all fours’ and say a little prayer for my wife’s distant cousin, General Sam Houston (yeah, Google it, it you’re smart enough).
Carrion, please.
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I’m sure you get down on “all fours” for your wife’s cousin quite often.
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Duh. If you are in Houston, then Ninfa’s and a designated driver.
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I got a huarache from El Rey de Sabor at 43rd & 6th a few weeks ago and it was terrible. I was bitterly disappointed. Maybe it was just an off day? Anybody around here got better huaraches? Or do I have to wait for the weekend and go back to the Red Hook Ballfields (or maybe Spanish Harlem?) to get good huaraches?
Also, Steveroller, I think Tulcingo Del Valle is terribly overrated.
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I don’t like everything they have but it’s comparable or better than the places listed above.
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I went to El Rey for lunch today, and plan on going somewhere different for dinner. Plenty of margaritas and mojitos for me tonight!
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I’ll confess I wound up at the Coconut Creek casino buffet. But they did have tasty chile rellenos, a really good potato-chorizo soup, and some surprisingly good flan. And yeah, Coronas were involved all evening.
What?! No mention of the sombrero cart?! How much more Mexican can you get!! THEY HAVE A HUGE SOMBRERO!!!