I was with a group and peeled of when I saw the truck as you have to take these opportunities when they present themselves!

Glad I did. The line was definitely way too slow ( but then again there is plenty too look at around the park) and the sold out items were adding up as the line finally moved but the food was WELL worth the wait. These guys were pretty accomodating and made me the pulled pork as a taco (normally a slider) “beef style” which was with BBQ and habenero-pinapple salsa – awesome. I also had the brisket slider which was great and the lack of other red meat items forced me to get the smoked chicken slider. I am not a big chicken fan, but that was the star of the lunch – moist chicken with charred pablanos and a tomatillo sauce!! Was definitely the envy of my desk and will have a crew back to the truck next Tuesday.

Thanks Mexicue,

Turkeys

Will definitely be back next week to have another go, friends are already planning a swoopdown (that may or may not also involve cocktails from the southwest patio across the street – if the Mad Men can do a 3 martini lunch, a lil nip to accommodate Mexicue’s delish grub couldnt hurt). Hope to get an (almost, at least) full choice of menu items, but as I mentioned in my first post, it’s totes forgivable given you guys are just starting out (and hello, like a birkin, a lil’ “inaccessibility” also creates more hype/demand). Cheers!

MidtownMuse: Thanks for your thoughtful feedback. We massively underestimated demand on our first week and did sell out of everything pretty quickly. But we’re learning quickly and we’ll have more and more inventory as we get a better sense for demand. We also only have two guys working the truck right now (who now have two days of experience in the truck), but we hope to hire a third person very soon which will speed up the process significantly. Regarding pricing, we’re still tweaking so I appreciate the feedback, but we’re buying very high quality ingredients from local farms, so things are expensive for us and we have to price items accordingly. But our goal is to allow people to get a solid meal and a beverage for under $10. I’m very sorry you thought we were halfheartedly apologetic that we had sold out of so many items. Without being overbearing, we were trying to address customer concerns as much as possible. The bottom line is we’re brand new (again, 2nd day out) and looking for ways to improve, so you’re feedback is very valuable. Hope to see you back again soon!

The beet taco was absolutely delicious, as was the pulled pork slider (tho the meat was just the tiniest bit dry, it had tasted great). The chorizo taco was more heat than flavor – I adore spicy foods, but I like the taste to share the stage with the fire level.

It’s definitely worth another try, if only to catch them when the ribs/brisket/beef/duck/chicken items aren’t sold out. It’s only their second day, but if they want to make it in this game, they need to be prepared for what the midtown lunch scene entails volume-wise.

…oh, and for $11 I still wasn’t nearly full. and i don’t have a huge appetite to begin with.