Taran Tacos

Taran Tacos kept some of the cool decor of the Apache Diner, the glazed tile, the funky northwoods cabin wood work and the copper kitchen exhaust housing. They did paint over the borderline offensive American Indian stuff, which is kind of sad, but probably for the best.

Taran is not exceedingly vegetarian friendly. They use manteca (lard) in their beans, but at least the nice cashier was total fluent and willing to tell me that.

They could do a better job of translating some of the items on their menu, but that is a minor issue. Most of know what a Sope is by now.

Speaking of which, I had one and it was awesome ($3.99). There must have been an entire avocado on that thing. It was also piled high with lettuce, onions, and tomatoes. It had some cheese and crema, although not exactly a ton of it. It was piled so high that it was nearly impossible to eat. Let's just say that I'm glad that I wasn't there on a first date!

The highlight was a condiment bar the likes of which I've never seen at a taqueria. The red and green salsas had some kind of cream? base - they were amazing. Also on the bar was the pickled pepper, carrot thing as well as radishes... I may be forgetting something. It was all fresh and well maintained.

Taran Tacos stil has the tv in the corner over the door, but they didn't have it on so they don't get the One Star TV Penalty. Thank you!

Taran does not appear to have a liquor license. They do offer catering service.