Darko Taco

I love this cart.  Tongue tacos are always going to be good, but their selection is great.  A nice change of pace from the usual late night foods of pizza or a deli sandwich (usually your only choice).  You can really dress them up too.  As you'd suspect, its cheap.

I first saw Darko Taco a few weeks back, but had no cash. Today I finally found them for lunch. I was definitely impressed.

I was sort of predisposed to liking Darko Taco. I love independent food, and I love street food especially. Regardless of my expectations, Darko stands out on its own. I tried three tacos, two lengua and one carnitas, washed down with a lime jarritos. The carnitas were good, but the tongue was great. Really tender. The tortillas are good, the cilantro and onions were fresh, and the hot sauce was delicious.

$7 for three small tacos and a drink isn't exactly cheap, but compared to other fast food options not at all unreasonable either. Plus, unlike at a fast food joint, with Darko you are getting real, good food.

Do yourself a favor and check out Darko. And if you're a little uneasy about the lengua, just believe me: it's awesome.

Darko Taco is a menagerie of firsts:

-First non-cookie-based food cart in Bloomington

-First tacos that are actually half decent in Bloomington (or consider me wrong, read the positive reviews for Olive Market, and be duped).

-First tacos I've ever eaten that I can honestly say needed more salt.  Really.  I don't know how this is possible.

Not bad for a taco truck.  $5 gets you 3 tacos.  You do the toppings.  Today they had chicken, steak and pork tacos and quesadillas, coke and jarritos -  so it looks like their choices might rotate.  You can usually find them somewhere on Walnut in the afternoon and evening, but I'd check their twitter first: <a href="/redir?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FDarkotaco&s=386d31f11aa9b334aa5a05e6eb6b902f38e223397969d462d4c513356fb2c94f" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://twitter.com/Darko…</a>

It sounds like if you're having a party and you could drum up enough business, they'll show up at your place and do the cooking.

Word on the street is they'll deliver too.

Edit: After some sleuthing, we think these guys are from La Torre (<a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/la-torre-inc-bloomington">http://www.yelp.com/biz/…</a>).