Move over hot dogs, Taco Bell is moving in on America’s Favorite Past Time by once again offering their “Steal A Base, Steal A Taco” promotion.
If a player from either team in game 1 or 2 of the World Series steals a base, every person in the U.S. 50 states and D.C. will be entitled to one free Doritos Locos taco on November 1, 2017 from 2-6pm. Only the first stolen base will count, but you’re still eligible for a free taco even if it’s not your team that steals the base.
Many claimed that last year when October 4th, National Taco Day, fell on a Tuesday, we were getting the best of both worlds because we could double up on tacos. I don’t know about you, but I eat tacos until I’m full for either occasion, so I felt a little ripped off. Having the excuse to eat tacos twice in one week sounds like a much better deal to me, and two days in a row? Oh, Hell yeah!
Until visiting Hacienda La Joya, we’d been to taco places that had great carnitas tacos, and others that had great carne asada tacos, and still others that specialized in some other kind of tacos. But those specialty items were more often than not, one hit wonders. Typically, anything else on the menu paled in comparison to that one great item that made our mouths water and our bellies happy.
We first spotted La Vida Cantina on one of our frequent trips to the Starlight Cinemas at Triangle Square in Costa Mesa. We head to Starlight frequently for movies on the weekends because they are never crowded and there’s usually a great deal on Groupon so we can see the latest movies for bargain prices.
Cecilia’s Tortilla Grill – charbroiled steak on a jalapeno tortilla and pulled pork on a cilantro lime tortilla
Flour or corn tortillas? This is the choice facing most taco lovers as they place their orders at the counter or with their waiter. For me it’s pretty simple, I like carnitas and al pastor on a corn tortilla, but prefer flour tortillas for chicken or asada. Anything else, and it’s a simple coin flip to decide. Well, put the change back in your pocket, because a coin toss isn’t going to cut it at Cecilia’s Tortilla Grill. At Cecilia’s they make all their tortillas, flour and corn, fresh on the premises. But they go a step further. In addition to traditional tortillas, you also have three Continue reading Cecilia’s Tortilla Grill – First Review: Thinking Outside the Taco→
Everybody loves free stuff. But you know what’s better than free stuff? Free tacos! And Taco Bell is giving away free tacos!
Apparently, there was some basketball game on this week, or something, and Taco Bell is letting everyone steal a taco because the Golden State Warriors stole a road win in game three of the NBA finals. Whatever. Let’s get back to what’s really important: Free tacos!
From 2-6pm PST today, all you have to do is walk into a participating Taco Bell and ask for a free Doritos Loco taco. It’s definitely easier than winning an NBA finals game on the road.
Congrats Warriors, and thanks for scoring us the free tacos!
You Might as Well Face It, We’re Addicted to Tacos and… Chili Cheese Fritos?
Red O – Taco Tuesday
You wouldn’t expect to find taco Tuesday bargains in the ritzy Fashion Island area of Newport Beach, nor would you expect to find a dozen extras to an ’80s music video, even if the latter wasn’t intentional. But you can find both if you know where to look. And the place to look is Red O. To be fair Red O doesn’t exactly offer the usual taco Tuesday cheap tacos, but at $3 a taco on a menu where most entrees hover in the $30-$40 range, it’s a steal for those looking for high end dining on a low end budget. Even better, their tacos are part of the regular Red O happy hour, so you can enjoy Continue reading Red O – First Review: For Chicken Tacos that are Simply Irresistible→
Tacos are tacos, right? Just a tortilla loosely folded in half and filled with some meat and a few toppings. I mean anyone can make ’em, can’t they?
Just like a canvas is a canvas… at least until someone applies a few brush strokes. Anyone can do that as well. But how many of those brush stroked canvases make their way into art galleries? Only the ones painted by truly gifted artists.
So, when a taco is created by a culinary artist, shouldn’t it be considered something more than a brush stroked canvas or a folded and stuffed tortilla?
There is No Ahhs and The Emerald Lounge is… Sapphire?
Emerald Lounge Steak Taco
You’re out following the Yellow Brick Road, and decide to stop for the night. You pull your farmhouse off the to the side of the tornado you’ve been riding, find a nice independent hotel (a former Holiday Inn) in sleepy little Mission Viejo, make sure you didn’t accidentally park on any wicked witches, and decide it’s a good place to crash for the night. Not wanting to go back out, you decide to hit the Taco Tuesday right here in the hotel at the Emerald Lounge. Sorry, Toto. The tacos are going to taste like you’re still in Kansas, and the lounge isn’t Emerald.
With a name like Mission Viejo, you’d think good tasting Mexican food in a full service restaurant would be easy to find. But it seems suburbanites in the sleepy little bedroom community of south Orange County, like their dining establishments like they like their houses: expensive, in a limited number of floorplans, and only available in earth tones. So, it’s no surprise, uniform and boring chain restaurants dominate the foodscape where cookie cutter is the rule of the day. There are exceptions to every rule, though, and today’s Continue reading Hacienda on the Lake – First Review: Breaking the Chains of Suburban Dining→
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