After a few doctor appointments and a much needed nap, I met my friend Matt for tacos and a margarita for National Margarita Day. I picked Jose and Tony’s from my taco list of places to try. A friend of mine told me months ago that Jose and Tony’s had a great Happy Hour so I figured this was a great place to hit on such a special day. Just take a gander at this Happy Hour Monday- Friday 5-7pm:…
On average, I don’t think I regularly experience a case of the “Mondays”. Usually on Mondays I try to get a good workout in and get my favorite dollar tacos at Patron Mexican Grill. Rarely do I let Mondays get to me. However, last Monday…oh last Monday…I had a bad case of the Mondays. On that fateful Monday, I had Nate drive my beloved 2003 Honda CRV (aka Silver Bullet) to work at the Washington Auto Mall so he could…
Taco Troubles Two Tuesdays ago took an unexpected turn after I was done training at West Penn Hospital in Bloomfield. After finishing the in class and online new hire courses, I was planning to get a late taco lunch in Lawrenceville, the neighborhood next door. Since I was in the area during the day I figured it would be a great time to try out Smoke. I have heard wonderful things about their meats, and I didn’t want to attempt…
Although I missed the free tacos at the grand opening of Condado Taqueria in the Cultural District of Pittsburgh on March 14th this year, I knew I had to visit soon. There has been a lot of build up for this new restaurant, along with quite the following in Columbus, OH, where they have two other locations. I had a few friends of mine who already rave about this place, specifically for the reasonable prices and unbelievable queso so I…
For this most recent Taco Tuesday, Nate and I ventured to Madero Cantina located at 4462 William Penn Highway in Murrysville, PA. It was the Tuesday we were supposed to get hit with such a bad storm, yet it turned out to be quite an enjoyable night! With my work location changing next month, I wanted make this a priority on my list of restaurants. I found out about Madero Cantino from a coworker of mine, Pam and her husband…
This is the third week in a row I had tacos after racquetball, and it was an exciting game this time ending with 2 wins and 2 loses! My racquetball partner Andy and I were too tired for the intense fifth game tie-breaker and decided it was time for tacos after working up a sweat at the gym. Since we were in Greensburg for racquetball I decided it was an opportune time to taco ’bout a restaurant that I have been to many…
Last tacos of 2016 at Round Corner Cantina New Years Eve of 2016 turned out to be one of my favorites of all time. I woke up Saturday morning without any plans made for the day. The only thing I knew was that I would be having leftovers for lunch and tacos somewhere for dinner. After watching a few episodes of Parks and Recreation, I pulled out a list of breweries around the Pittsburgh area that I wanted to try. As soon as I…
National Taco Day! A Great Reason for Tacos! A few Tuesdays back on October 4th, I celebrated one of my new favorite holidays, National Taco Day! I had a big decision to make on how to celebrate this day. Since I was meeting up with friends from Monroeville, Downtown and Dormont, the Southside seemed like a reasonable location. I decided on Emiliano’s Mexican Restaurant and Bar located at 2557 East Carson Street in Southside. Emiliano’s has two other locations 1) 20111 Route 19 in Cranberry Township (been there)…
After the taco filled trip out in Philadelphia over Labor Day weekend, the very day after I returned I went to a Taco Tuesday at Mexi Casa in Pittsburgh. Four taco stops in five days! Mexi Casa was not my original plan for that day, I was supposed to bike and meet friends in the Strip District for lunch at Casa Reyna and then have wings in Dormont for dinner. However just when I was about to lock up my…
Last week, I decided to try Acapulco Mexican Restaurant and Bar (how relaxing looking does that website page look??) located at 8949 Route 30, North Huntingdon Square (in the same plaza as Target/Giant Eagle) in Irwin. Acapulco is about 30 min east of the city, minutes from the Irwin PA Turnpike Exit. I grew up in the North Huntingdon area and discovered it when I was searching for restaurants to try in the area a few months ago. I also had…